Technology Internships
(including Volunteer Work)
AIESEC is the world's largest student organization. The AIESEC Exchange Program connects students and recent graduates with internship opportunities in a network of 97 countries. Each year, over 10,000 participants have the opportunity to work in a foreign country in the areas of management, information technology, education, and development.
AIESEC International
AIESEC Canada |
Association for International Practical Training (AIPT) AIPT is a non-profit organization that provides support to students, early-career professionals, businesses, and attorneys seeking to expand their involvement in the global arena. AIPT sponsors non-American citizens for on-the-job training experiences in the U.S. through the J-1 exchange visitor visa. AIPT also assists American students and professionals through international, on-the-job training experiences.
AIPT
Phone: (410) 997-2200 |
Career Edge Organization is a private-sector, not-for-profit organization. It offers six, nine or 12-month paid internships within Canadian organizations for university and college graduates in a variety of fields, including information technology, marketing, human resources and finance. It also offers specialty programs for graduates with disabilities and internships for internationally qualified immigrant professionals in Canada.
National Head Office Website: www.careeredge.ca |
The Council of Canadian Academies is a non-profit organization with the mandate to perform independent, expert assessments of scientific issues relevant to public policy development in Canada. It offers paid internships for graduate students and post-doctoral fellows in various fields of study. The objective of the six-month internship program is to provide an opportunity to gain experience in the area of science and technology policy.
Council of Canadian Academies |
Engineers Without Borders Canada Engineers Without Borders Canada (EWB) is an independent, non-profit organization that works to help people in developing communities gain access to technologies that will improve their lives. EWB provides volunteer placements overseas for engineering students as well as non-engineering students. EWB offers four-month placements and longer-term placements lasting 13 months.
Engineers Without Borders Canada - Ingénieurs Sans Frontières Canada |
Industry Canada, Community Access Program Youth Initiative Industry Canada's Community Access Program Youth Initiative aims to provide employment opportunities for young Canadians between the ages of 15 and 30. Interns help individuals, community organizations and small businesses to improve their knowledge and effective use of the Internet and related information technologies.
Community Access Program |
Industry Canada, Technical Work Experience Program (TWEP) TWEP hires students and recent graduates from college/university information technology programs. TWEP offers paid, practical, first job experience in Computers for Schools (CFS) repair centres throughout Canada for a maximum of 52 weeks. CFS is a federal government-led program that collects, repairs and refurbishes donated surplus computers and distributes them to schools, public libraries and not-for-profit learning organizations throughout Canada.
Computers for Schools Program |
International Association for the Exchange of Students for Technical Experience (IAESTE) IAESTE is an independent, non-profit organization located in 80 countries. IAESTE's international exchange program enables students to combine travel with a career-related job. Students who are currently in full time attendance at a university or college studying engineering, technical sciences or technologies can be placed abroad. An application fee is required.
IAESTE Canada
Phone: (613) 533-2030
Canada: iaeste.sa.queensu.ca |
Natural Resources Canada (NRCan), Science and Technology Internship Program NRCan is a department of the Government of Canada that works to ensure the responsible development of Canada's natural resources, including energy, forests, minerals and metals. Its Science and Technology Internship Program provides an opportunity for recent graduates in science or engineering to gain relevant and meaningful work experience. Interested youth are encouraged to market themselves directly to eligible partners of NRCan as possible candidates for internships under this program. Website: www.nrcan-rncan.gc.ca |
The Ontario Internship Program is a paid, two-year, entry-level employment opportunity that provides career development in key professional fields across the Ontario Public Service. The program is open to recent university and college graduates with limited work experience. Positions are offered in the areas of business and financial planning, communications, human resources, information and information technology, labour relations, policy development and project management.
Youth & New Professionals Secretariat |
United Nations International Computing Centre The International Computing Centre (ICC) is a United Nations facility with the mission to deliver high quality information and communications technology services to United Nations organizations worldwide. ICC provides internships to final year or recently graduated university students specializing in information technology or other relevant disciplines.
International Computing Centre
Email: personnel@unicc.org |