Top 25 Winners Campaign Article Series - 2024/25
The Starfish Canada is looking for one intern to write five articles celebrating our 2024/2025 Top 25 Environmentalists Under 25 . The articles will be between 800 to 1000 words each and cover the stories and work of multiple Top 25 winners per article. The articles will also be translated and published in both English and French in our journal, but the intern is not required to be bilingual. The articles will be published from the first week of February until the first week of April 2025.
The Starfish Canada - Top 25 Winners Campaign Article Series - 2024/25
The Starfish Canada is looking for one intern to write five articles celebrating our 2024/2025 Top 25 Environmentalists Under 25 . The articles will be between 800 to 1000 words each and cover the stories and work of multiple Top 25 winners per article. The articles will also be translated and published in both English and French in our journal, but the intern is not required to be bilingual. The articles will be published from the first week of February until the first week of April 2025.
Workshop Facilitator for The Starfish Canada Editorial Program
The Starfish Canada is looking for 1 student to facilitate a workshop series for our Editorial Community that focuses on climate storytelling and/or developing writing and communication skills. The student will create content for a workshop series that is aligned with our vision, mission, and sector. We will ensure the student has a clear understanding of what these elements are for our organization.
Writer Internship - Climate Action and Social Justice Series / Stage de rédaction - Série sur l'action climatique et la justice sociale
The Starfish Canada is looking for 1 student to help us with creating content in either English or French for our journal that is aligned with our vision, mission, and sector. We will ensure the student has a clear understanding of what these elements are for our organization. The Starfish Canada est à la recherche d'un.e étudiant.e pour nous aider à créer du contenu en anglais ou français pour notre journal qui est aligné avec notre vision, notre mission et notre secteur. Nous nous assurerons que l'étudiant.e a une compréhension claire de ce que sont ces éléments pour notre organisation.
Writer Internship - Community Spotlight Series / Stage de rédacteur·rice - Série de projecteurs sur la communauté
The Starfish Canada is looking for 1 student to help us with creating content in either English or French for our journal that is aligned with our vision, mission, and sector. We will ensure the student has a clear understanding of what these elements are for our organization. The Starfish Canada est à la recherche d'un·e étudiant·e pour nous aider à créer du contenu en anglais ou français pour notre journal qui est aligné avec notre vision, notre mission et notre secteur. Nous nous assurerons que l'étudiant.e a une compréhension claire de ce que sont ces éléments pour notre organisation.
Writer Internship - Stage de rédacteur·trice
The Starfish Canada is looking for 3-5 students to help us with creating content for our journal that is aligned with our vision, mission, and sector. We will ensure the student has a clear understanding of what these elements are for our organization. The Starfish Canada est à la recherche de 3-5 étudiant.es pour nous aider à créer du contenu pour notre journal qui est aligné avec notre vision, notre mission et notre secteur. Nous nous assurerons que chaque étudiant.e a une compréhension claire de ce que sont ces éléments pour notre organisation.
Top 25 Winners Campaign 2023/2024 Internship#2
The Starfish Canada is looking for one additional intern to write 2-3 articles celebrating our 2023/2024 Top 25 Environmentalists Under 25. The articles will be between 800 to 1000 words each and cover the stories and work of multiple Top 25 winners per article. The articles will also be translated and published in both English and French in our journal, but the intern is not required to be bilingual. The internship will run from January until the first week of April 2024.
Top 25 Winners Campaign 2023/2024
The Starfish Canada is looking for one intern to write five articles celebrating our 2023/2024 Top 25 Environmentalists Under 25. The articles will be between 800 to 1000 words each and cover the stories and work of multiple Top 25 winners per article. The articles will also be translated and published in both English and French in our journal, but the intern is not required to be bilingual. The internship will run from the first week of January until the first week of April 2024.
The Starfish Canada: Rédaction d'articles de journal (stage) / Journal Article Writing (Internship)
Quel est l'objectif principal du projet ? The Starfish Canada est à la recherche d'un.e étudiant.e pour nous aider à créer du contenu en français pour notre journal qui est aligné avec notre vision, notre mission et notre secteur. Nous nous assurerons que l'étudiant.e a une compréhension claire de ce que sont ces éléments pour notre organisation. What is the main goal for the project? The Starfish Canada is looking for 1 student to help us with creating content in French for our journal that is aligned with our vision, mission, and sector. We will ensure the student has a clear understanding of what these elements are for our organization.
Redacteur.rice francophone Articles sur la nourriture et la durabilité
The Starfish Canada est à la recherche d'un.e étudiant.e pour nous aider à créer du contenu en français pour notre journal qui est aligné avec notre vision, notre mission et notre secteur. Nous nous assurerons que l'étudiant.e a une compréhension claire de ce que sont ces éléments pour notre organisation.
The Starfish Canada: Série d'articles sur la durabilité alimentaire (stage) / Food Sustainability Article Series (Internship)
Quel est l'objectif principal du projet ? The Starfish Canada est à la recherche d'un.e étudiant.e pour nous aider à créer du contenu en français pour notre journal qui est aligné avec notre vision, notre mission et notre secteur. Nous nous assurerons que l'étudiant.e a une compréhension claire de ce que sont ces éléments pour notre organisation. What is the main goal for the project? The Starfish Canada is looking for 1 student to help us with creating content in French for our journal that is aligned with our vision, mission, and sector. We will ensure the student has a clear understanding of what these elements are for our organization.
Book Club Internship
The Starfish Canada is looking for 1 intern to write a three-part article series summarizing our organization’s monthly Book Club discussions on There’s Something in the Water by Ingrid R.J. Waldron . The goal of the project is to publish 3 high-quality articles about our discussions each month on the assigned reading for that meeting.
Top 25 Winners Campaign 2022/2023
The Starfish Canada is looking for one intern to write five articles celebrating our 2022/2023 Top 25 Environmentalists Under 25. The articles will be between 800 to 1000 words each and cover the stories and work of multiple Top 25 winners per article. The internship will run from the first week of January until the first week of March 2023.
TikTok Specialist
This is an exciting opportunity for someone who loves to create fun, original and attention-grabbing content and who has an understanding of the TikTok platform. Working closely with our digital marketing and editorial teams, you will get to own the content creation process from generating ideas, to filming, editing and publishing weekly content. Working 7 hours a week with The Starfish Canada team! The Starfish Canada is seeking an intern who has an interest in environmentalism, self-sufficient at creating content, and full of ideas! Our ideal candidate should be excited to establish, grow, and manage our TikTok account while building our brand, expanding our community base, and growing our overall TikTok following. Time commitment: 7 hours a week Start timing: Flexible, as soon as intern is available to start End timing: Dependant on start date
Women's History Month Article Series
The Starfish Canada is looking for 1 intern to write a three-part article series on the Canadian National Women’s History Month (~800-900 words each). The goal of the project is to publish 3 high-quality articles about National Women’s History Month and its connection to environmentalism on The Starfish Canada’s Youth Journal.
Alternative Forms of Content Creation
The Starfish Canada is seeking an intern to create a three-part alternative forms of content series based on themes surrounding Canadian Women’s History Month. The goal of the series is to publish high-quality creative forms of content to diversify the types of content that we publish on The Starfish Canada’s Youth Journal.
The Starfish Canada: Journal Article Content Creation (Internship)
The Starfish Canada is looking for 2 students to help us with creating content that is aligned with our vision, mission, and sector. We will ensure the student has a clear understanding of what these elements are for our organization.
The Starfish Canada: Journal Article Content Creation (Internship)
The Starfish Canada is looking for 2 students to help us with creating content that is aligned with our vision, mission, and sector. We will ensure the student has a clear understanding of what these elements are for our organization.
The Starfish Canada: Mental Health Article Series (Internship)
The Starfish Canada is looking for 1 intern to write a three-part article series on the importance of mental health awareness and support (~700-800 words each). The goal of the project is to publish 3 high-quality articles about Mental Health and its connection to environmentalism on The Starfish Canada’s Youth Journal.
The Starfish Canada: Community Spotlight Campaign (Internship)
The project that we are looking for participation in is the ‘Stories to Empower: The Starfish Community Spotlight Series (CSS)’. The CSS is a project focused on sharing the incredible stories and work of people within The Starfish Canada’s community. The main goal for this series is to leverage the stories of people within our community to empower and inspire others to create environmental change and take climate action within their own communities.
Editorial Content Creation
We would like students to help us with creating content that is aligned with our vision, mission, and sector. We will ensure the student has a clear understanding of what these elements are for our organization. The Starfish Canada's Editorial Program is looking for students that are aiming to improve their writing skills and gain knowledge in sustainability and environmentalism. With the LevelUp Internship program, we have the opportunity to expand our variety of journals and looking for more in-depth analytical pieces to diversify our audience reach. To accomplish this, we expect the student(s) will: Write editorial pieces based on documentaries or your own research on sustainability and environmental issues Identify media outlets that are most beneficial to share our story Depending on depth and reach of the editorial piece, students will have the option to submit either 2 editorial piece (~2000 words each) or 1 in-depth piece (~3500 words). We recommend participants to write about documentaries that are related to environmentalism and sustainability, for example: Seaspiracy , water shortage or agricultural concerns . If you like the sound of our culture, and are ready to tackle this challenge with us, then we'd love to hear from you. The submitted articles will be published on our Starfish journal - https://thestarfish.ca/journal/ A student or team with excellent writing and video skills would be the ideal candidate for this project.
Podcast Business Research
Podcasting is a rapidly growing content medium with a highly localized consumership. The Starfish Canada is exploring opportunities in the podcast sector and looking for students with business research background to help us navigate the feasibility of launching a podcast. Successful applicants will be working with our team on planning and potentially implementing their research for eight weeks, producing and presenting a feasibility report to our staff. Positions available: Up to 3 (individual or team) Timeline: 2-3 months (between June-August) Students will accomplish the following: Conduct business research on the podcast program, including target audience, budget, branding and advertising opportunities. Conduct informational interviews with The Starfish Canada community to understand what would entice them to listen to our podcast Propose a structure and format of the podcast, including the length, style, scripts and setup Identify potential partnerships for the podcast (both who would speak and who might be interested in advertising with us considering we are a new podcast) Provide guidance on any other potential implications required for podcasting, including legal considerations and distribution methods. If you like the sound of our culture and are ready to tackle this challenge with us, then we'd love to hear from you. A student or team with business research or program development skills would be the ideal candidate(s) for this project.
Editorial Content Creation
Positions available: 10 (Individually) We would like students to help us with creating content that is aligned with our vision, mission, and sector. We will ensure the student has a clear understanding of what these elements are for our organization. The Starfish Canada's Editorial Program is looking for students that are aiming to improve their writing skills and gain knowledge in sustainability and environmentalism. With the LevelUp Internship program, we have the opportunity to expand our variety of journals and looking for more in-depth analytical pieces to diversify our audience reach. To accomplish this, we expect the student(s) will: Write editorial pieces based on documentaries or your own research on sustainability and environmental issues Identify media outlets that are most beneficial to share our story Depending on depth and reach of the editorial piece, students will have the option to submit either 2 editorial piece (~2000 words each) or 1 in-depth piece (~3500 words). We recommend participants to write about documentaries that are related to environmentalism and sustainability, for example: Seaspiracy , water shortage or agricultural concerns . If you like the sound of our culture, and are ready to tackle this challenge with us, then we'd love to hear from you. The submitted articles will be published on our Starfish journal - https://thestarfish.ca/journal/ A student or team with excellent writing and video skills would be the ideal candidate for this project.
Project or Internship - Brand analysis
Positions available: 3-4 (individual or as a team) Being ten years old as an organization, we would like to conduct a review of our brand to understand how our target audiences resonate with our work. Our goals for the project are: To understand how we can better communicate our impact to potential program participants; How our brand (colours, name of the organization and of our programs, slogans, etc) resonate with our audience of young changemakers in our three market segments (under 18, 18-25, 25+), plus our potential donor base. What changes could be made to refresh our brand and better help us articulate the impact we'd like to see in our work. We will provide access to previous research projects and program participants for interviews and other statistics and reports we have available. If an internship, we will provide: Shadowing opportunities to see how our program works; Regular check-ins to provide feedback on project direction; Supports and resources to implement the intern's plan, with the intern as the project lead
Project or Internship - Membership Analysis & Restructuring
Positions available: 2-3 (individual or as a team) This year, we have changed our membership to The Starfish Canada from a $5 lifetime membership to a $10 annual fee. To date, we have not hit our targets for annual membership and would like a project or intern to help us refine and revisit this process to ensure we set an appropriate target for next year. The intern or team will: Learn the functionality of the CRM system that administers our organization, Keela (keela.co) Through conversations with our team, determine what are products and/or services we can offer our membership to ensure we continuously provide them with great value (this can include current products/services or new ones, like a magazine) Determine how to best set up this process within our systems (as automated as possible) Supports for the intern or team include: Mentorship and guidance from multiple team members of The Starfish Canada Access to leadership team members for informational interviews This is intended to be an analysis of our current work in addition to implementing those recommendations. We believe in learning by doing - a simple recommendations document or presentation will not suffice. Since our CRM contains confidential information about our funding and the contact information of our community, the intern or team will be asked to sign a confidentiality agreement and will be given @thestarfish.ca email addresses for the duration of their time with us.
Project or Internship - CRM administrator
Positions available: one student With a growing organization and over 100 new volunteers onboarded into the organization since March, we are seeing a need to ensure our internal systems are up to date and kept current. We are looking for a person or team to ensure we are using our new CRM (customer/client relationship management) platform in the most functional ways possible and to empower and train our teams on some of the best ways for us to use it. The intern or team will: Learn the functionality of the CRM system, Keela (keela.co) Dig for an understanding of our current systems and how we use them (Google systems, Squarespace, Quickbooks, etc.) Through conversations with our team, determine what features of Keela can best assist us in our work Create and run training sessions for our team to get their approval and train them on how to shift work towards using Keela. Supports for the intern or team include: Unlimited customer support from Keela, including a help website and an onboarding session Mentorship and guidance from multiple team members of The Starfish Canada Access to leadership team members for informational interviews Since our CRM contains confidential information about our funding and the contact information of our community, the intern or team will be asked to sign a confidentiality agreement and will be given @thestarfish.ca email addresses for the duration of their time with us.
Project or Internship - Brand analysis
With our tenth anniversary happening this year (November 2020), we would like to conduct a review of our brand to understand how our target audiences resonate with our work. Our goals for the project are: To understand how we can better communicate our impact to potential program participants; How our brand (colours, name of the organization and of our programs, slogans, etc) resonate with our audience of young changemakers in our three market segments (under 18, 18-25, 25+), plus our potential donor base. What changes could be made to refresh our brand and better help us articulate the impact we'd like to see in our work. We will provide access to previous research projects and program participants for interviews and other statistics and reports we have available. If an internship, we will provide: Shadowing opportunities to see how our program works; Regular check-ins to provide feedback on project direction; Supports and resources to implement the intern's plan, with the intern as the project lead
Project or Internship - CRM administrator
With a growing organization and over 100 new volunteers onboarded into the organization since March, we are seeing a need to ensure our internal systems are up to date and kept current. We are looking for a person or team to ensure we are using our new CRM (customer/client relationship management) platform in the most functional ways possible and to empower and train our teams on some of the best ways for us to use it. The intern or team will: Learn the functionality of the CRM system, Keela (keela.co) Dig for an understanding of our current systems and how we use them (Google systems, Squarespace, Quickbooks, etc.) Through conversations with our team, determine what features of Keela can best assist us in our work Create and run training sessions for our team to get their approval and train them on how to shift work towards using Keela. Supports for the intern or team include: Unlimited customer support from Keela, including a help website and an onboarding session Mentorship and guidance from multiple team members of The Starfish Canada Access to leadership team members for informational interviews Since our CRM contains confidential information about our funding and the contact information of our community, the intern or team will be asked to sign a confidentiality agreement and will be given @thestarfish.ca email addresses for the duration of their time with us.
Project or internship - Online writing & mentorship program analyst
We've built an award-winning editorial program that pairs volunteer writers and editors in a peer-to-peer program that accelerates aptitude in writing for online audiences. Editors coach and mentor writers on best approaches to writing about environmental issues in an online space, intentionally building skills while producing great content for our online journal. With this project in its tenth year, we'd like an intern or project team to review our process and procedures, provide recommendations that could help us improve our processes and procedures, and ideally provide or execute an implementation plan. Our goals for the project are to understand: How our writers and editors (past and present) feel are our program strengths and where those things could be improved; How to meaningfully recognize writers and editors for their contributions, recognizing our online format; What things we could do to create broader appeal for our program to our target market of 18-25-year-old people with interest in environmental matters; If and how a chapter model could assist writers and editors with meaningfully engage each other. We will provide access to writers and editors for interviews and other statistics and reports we may have available. If an internship, we will provide: Shadowing opportunities to see how our program works; Regular check-ins to provide feedback on project direction; Supports and resources to implement the intern's plan, with the intern as the project lead
Virtual Internship Opportunity: Office administration and event production assistant
Our organization is able to offer a virtual internship opportunity for one student as our office administration and event production assistant. This internship will focus on helping us manage our internal systems so we can continue to provide excellent care and service to young environmental leaders across Canada. During the internship, we will ask the student to help maintain our day-to-day operations. We also plan to host virtual events over the summer, where we would appreciate administrative support from this person where possible. The intern will be asked to use these online tools: Squarespace (website platform) Keela (CRM platform) Slack (communications platform) Zoom (videoconferencing) Eventbrite (event management) Google suite services (Docs, Sheets, Slides, Hangouts) Hootsuite (social media scheduling) * if the intern prefers not to create posts, pre-create content will be made for the intern to post Experience in these platforms (or similar platforms) is preferred but not required. As an online organization, all of our systems have been built virtually. Students will only need an internet connection and a laptop (preferably with a webcam for videoconferencing) to complete this internship. At the end of this experience, we hope that the student has gained skills in online program management in a practical setting. We will plan to communicate with our virtual intern using Zoom meetings and Slack communication channels. We are willing to work with the intern on other channels if accessibility considerations are requested.