City Internships | New Year Update

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Following on from our 2020 Program Launch notification, I am writing with an update for our 2020 Internship Programs for your students.

Our Summer programs continue to fill very quickly, and I would encourage any of your interested students to apply now to avoid disappointment. Toronto, Melbourne, Medellin, Santiago, Tokyo and Shanghai will close on February 28th.

There is still good availability for our Programs across our other locations of London, Paris, New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Boston, Washington D.C., Miami, Dublin, Barcelona and Madrid. All Programs of course include a guaranteed internship in a student’s industry of choice, as is usual. Programs are still open to students/graduates of all academic disciplines and ages.

In my previous email, I mentioned that our Student Aid scheme is again available this year, however I have received a few requests for clarification on what it is and how it works. 

Through generous CI Alumni, our Student Aid offering grants up to $3,263 towards a City Internships Program of choice. All students and recent graduates are eligible for some aid, irrespective of where they study, and the average award last year was just under $2,000. Your students may make a student aid application here at no cost.

We will endeavor to provide as much support as possible to your students, but sadly it is not an unlimited resource! As such, I would again encourage your students who aim to rely on our Student Aid offering to submit an application to a Program sooner rather than later.

Our 2020 Prospectus has now been completed and is available here. It provides an excellent overview of this year’s Programs, but if you have any further questions, please do let me know.

Once again, thank you for taking the time to read and share this email.

Josh
Joshua Edgley-Smith
General Manager of Programs, City Internships

CERC March Seminar

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We would like to invite you to this upcoming Clean Energy Research Centre Seminar:

Date: Monday, March 2, 2020

Time: 2:00 PM

Title: Research and policy development to advance the green economy in South Africa

Speaker: Dr. Somayeh Farzad & Dr. Mohsen Mandegari from Stellenbosch University of South Africa

Location: CHBE 202, 2360 East Mall 

Please see attached poster for more information. 

CERC Seminar – March 2, 2020

We look forward to seeing you there!

Regards

Sarah

*Please feel free to forward to anyone who may be interested

**Please email cerc@cerc.ubc.ca if you wish to be removed from this mailing list

Sarah Chen
Administrator
Clean Energy Research Centre
The University of British Columbia | Vancouver Campus
2360 East Mall | Vancouver BC | V6T1Z3 Canada
Phone 604 827 4342
sarah@cerc.ubc.ca
http://www.cerc.ubc.ca

Upcoming Sustainability Engagement opportunities

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Check out the following engagement opportunities that might be of interest to you or your network.

Sustainable Development Goals Week  

SDG Week is the first of its kind at the UBC-Vancouver campus, focusing on the Sustainable Development Goals from diverse perspectives. From science and technology to public health, business, and politics, we will discuss challenges and solutions to turn talk into action. We will also unpack shortfalls of the SDGs, including missing Indigenous perspectives that are crucial in creating a unified and equitable vision for global development.

More info and registration: https://sustain.ubc.ca/sdgweek

Sustainability Career Connections

A conference involving non-governmental organizations, organizations, banks, professors, alumni and more to discuss how their careers are related to the SDGs. It’s a great conference to expose these opportunities to students, so they can get involved in with these organizations, whether it be internships or volunteer opportunities.

Register at: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeydRHgDwPQsN6wVnmzZ0zltHp8ux0AdHmH8z9KsTDkiETLFw/viewform

Sustainability Hacks

Are you a student or recent grad interested in developing solutions to challenges faced by sustainability-driven organizations? Register now for sustainability hacks, a sustainability-themed ideation challenge taking place at UBC from March 14th to 15th!

This is your opportunity to learn about the design thinking process, network with industry professionals in sustainability-related fields, and make a tangible impact on your community by helping real sustainability-driven organizations tackle their challenges.

More information and registration: https://sustainabilityhacks.info/

Kshamta B. Hunter  M.A.
Manager, Sustainability Student Engagement
UBC Sustainability Initiative | 2260 West mall
The University of British Columbia | Vancouver | Musqueam Traditional Territory
2260 West mall | Vancouver BC | V6T1Z4 Canada
Phone 604 827 3754
kshamta.hunter@ubc.ca
https://www.sustain.ubc.ca

UBC PAW Animal Welfare Conference

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Tickets are still available for the 4th annual UBC PAW Animal Welfare Conference! This year’s theme will revolve around companion animal welfare and the dynamic relationship between humans and animals.

The keynote speaker of the conference will be Dr. Clive Wynne from Arizona State University, founder of the Canine Science Collaboratory at ASU and the author of the book “Dog is Love”.  A fellow graduate student, Megan Arrant will also be presenting as will Dr. Sasha Protopopova from the Applied Animal Biology program (Companion Animal Welfare).

A light lunch will be included. Check out our event website for more information about our speakers and their respective topics. Be sure to grab your tickets soon as we are over 60 percent sold out. Hope to see you all there!

https://ubcpawawc.wixsite.com/awc2020