We’re looking for students to intern with us for the summer! All internship projects will have a real impact on the future of food on campus – expect no photocopying, paper filing, or coffee fetching in this job!
As an intern with the Campus Food Strategy Group, you’ll be getting hands on, field experience with your campus food supply, from farm to plate. Really. You will meet farmers and food processors, tour distributor’s warehouses, and work with food service directors and chefs. You’ll be identifying sources of local and sustainable food, and figuring out how to get them into your campus cafeterias. You’ll also be working with professors to help set up research courses to continue this work in the fall, and be networking with students on campuses across the country who are tackling the same issues on their campuses. You’ll be identifying sources of local and sustainable food for your campus and you’ll be working with professors to help set up research courses to do similar work in the fall. You’ll also be networking regularly with students on campuses across the country doing similar work. If you’re up for a challenge, and want to gain tremendous summer work experience, this is the opportunity for you!
Interns will work with a student coordinator on your campus, and will be in regular contact with the Campus Food Systems Project staff, located in Ottawa and Toronto. We are excited to be offering this internship to benefit the future of food on your campus your campus food supply, from farm to plate. Really. You will meet farmers and food processors, tour distributor’s warehouses, and work with food service directors and chefs. You’ll be identifying sources of local and sustainable food, and figuring out how to get them into your campus cafeterias. You’ll also be working with professors to help set up research courses to continue this work in the fall, and be networking with students on campuses across the country who are tackling the same issues on their campuses.
Internships will last approximately 8 weeks at potential for flexible hours. Unfortunately, we are not able to pay our internships, but course credits for your work and time may be able to be arranged.
Desired Attributes:
- Knowledge of food issues
- Excellent interpersonal, self-management and organizational skills
- Excellent communication skills
- Ability to take initiative and engage in active learning
- Openness to new perspectives and desire to do solutions-focused work with a diverse group of stakeholders
For more details, check out the descriptions of potential projects below:
Interested? Or thinking of another project that you’d like to be involved in? Get in touch today with Dana at food@syc-cjs.org, Caitlin at Caitlin@mealexchange.com, or the coordinators at your campus.