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Students for Development
2010 internships

Application stage

Who can apply: AUCC member institutions – through the International Liaison Officer only – can submit proposals to AUCC to place eligible senior-level students (third and fourth-year undergraduates through to PhD students) in internships focused on CIDA's priority themes of food security, children and youth, and sustainable economic growth.

*Only international liaison officers (ILOs) can submit internship proposals to this program. Students are NOT allowed to submit proposals directly to AUCC.

• Students for Development 2010 guidelines (pdf)
• Annex to the guidelines (doc)
• Application form (doc)

Implementation stage

• Handbook for interns (doc)
• Responsibilities of participating universities (doc)
• Pre-departure form (doc)

Reporting stage

• Financial reporting form for students (xls)
• Questionnaire (doc)
• Financial reporting guidelines for universities (doc)
• Financial reporting form for universities (xls)

DFAIT Travel Reports and Warnings

• www.voyage.gc.ca/countries_pays/menu-eng.asp

Pre-departure orientation workshops and Debriefing and re-entry workshops

The Centre for Intercultural Learning (CIL) offers pre-departure orientation workshops free of charge for SFD interns. To register, go to the CIL’s website.

The CIL also offers debriefing and re-entry workshops free of charge for SFD interns. To register, go to the CIL’s website.

CIL contact:

Janis Brown
Telephone: 613-688-0255, extension 305
Email: janis.brown@intercultures.ca

Information on the program

Claire Millington
Manager, International Initiatives and Exchanges
600-350 Albert Street
Ottawa, Ontario K1R 1B1
(613) 563-3961, ext. 303
sfd@aucc.ca

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