Book Club Internship
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No skills listedThe 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.
The intern will work on the articles post Book Club meetings to summarize the discussions held each month on the assigned reading for that meeting. This internship will span 80 hours and will also involve collaboratively leading our monthly Book Club meetings. The intern is required to write 3 high-quality articles and submit them in a timely manner to an editor.
We will connect the intern to an editor to help them with direct editing and feedback on their writing. The intern will also have monthly check-ins with our Editor-in-Chief in order for the Editorial Leadership Team to provide feedback and support. We will provide the intern with a timeline and a schedule of deadlines for the first draft, final draft, and publication date in order for a successful publication. The submitted articles will be published in The Starfish Canada’s Youth Journal: https://thestarfish.ca/journal/.
Our Editorial Leadership Team at The Starfish Canada is here to support the intern from day one of this internship with anything they need. Our main form of communication is through both email and our online Slack channel, Monday through Wednesday, 9am to 5pm PST.
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Since 2010, we have inspired young Canadians to take leadership roles in their communities and to celebrate their peers contributing in the environmentalism movement. // Depuis 2010, nous avons inspiré des jeunes Canadiens à prendre des positions de leader dans leurs communautés et à célébrer leurs pairs contribuant au mouvement environnementaliste.
The Starfish Canada celebrates young environmental leaders by connecting them with a platform for storytelling and a community of change-makers. // The Starfish Canada célèbre les jeunes leaders de l'environnement en les connectant à une plate-forme de narration et à une communauté de décideurs.