Paid Summer Internships Available: Sustainability Scholars Program

I am currently recruiting for several summer 2020 Sustainability Scholars Program internships: Deadline to apply is midnight, March 8.

Successful candidates work under the mentorship of a partner organization, and are immersed in real world learning where they can apply their research skills and contribute to advancing organizational sustainability goals. Internships run May 4 to August 14, 2020. Each Scholar receives $22 per hour to complete 250 hours of work.

For more information on the available projects and to apply, visit the Sustainability Scholars Program website. Applications close at midnight Sunday March 8.

Note: Some of these opportunities are new, and some are reposts of previous opportunities. If you applied for one of these opportunities before, you are welcome to apply again although you are encouraged to update your cover letter to describe more specifically how your background and skills meet the needs of the project.

2020-22 Developing long-term forest monitoring strategies to address the impacts of climate change on Metro Vancouver’s water supply areas (repost, closes March 8)

2020-31 Research to support development of a retrofit plan to improve performance of City-owned building systems (repost/revised, closes March 8)

2020-35 Heat pump retrofit benefits and barriers for Multi-Unit Residential Buildings in the social housing sector (repost, closes March 8)

2020-40 Incorporating Embodied Carbon into Sustainable Decision-Making in Construction at the Vancouver Airport Authority (new, closes March 8)

2020-58 Research to understand best options for electrifying the Stanley Park train (repost, closes March 8)

2020-61 Research to understand opportunities to improve a GHG community energy program (new, closes March 8)

2020-62 Strategic benchmarking to inform sustainability goal-setting for the Vancouver Fraser Port Authority (new, closes March 8)

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Karen Taylor

Program Manager | UBC Sustainability Initiative

The University of British Columbia | Vancouver Campus | Musqueam Traditional Territory

Room 2343, 2260 West Mall Vancouver, BC Canada V6T 1Z4