Apply your humanities skills to the broader world through paid summer work placements, valued at $7,500.
Find out more about Internships for Public and Applied Humanities
In partnership with TECHNATION, King’s has funding from the Infuse Program for ten summer internships. The program recognizes the skills and diversity that arts students bring to Canada’s tech sector. Internships involve roles in communications, research, social media, website and database work, and more. They last 8 to 16 weeks and must consist of at least 50 per cent digital skills.
Mitacs offers students valuable hands-on experience in tackling critical business challenges by collaborating on strategic insights, improving processes and developing new opportunities.
A free non-credit course at King’s to help you understand the possibilities, dig deeper into your values and interests and frame your abilities for potential employers. It consists of six short online modules + six group coaching sessions.
Find out more about Liberal Passport to Innovation
A public humanities project that explores the potential of book culture to affect patients and staff in a hospital setting and beyond.
In partnership with MITACS, Cameron Nyman worked for an aerospace company. “They were interested in somebody who understood the scientific process, but also wanted to contextualize scientific inquiry, scientific innovation..."
Social anthropology student Ruth McGill worked as a Research Coordinator for the Black Planning Project. She helped with interviewing, report writing and presentation. “I had learned the theories, I had learned the methods,” she said. “...But this is my first real experience of actually applying it every step of the way.”
For philosophy and contemporary studies student Emily Gilbert, a self-described outlier, a summer spent at Ocean School was supposed to be about researching and writing firmly on land, but opportunity knocked and she was suddenly filming on a boat and making the most of her chance.
Recent King's graduates have navigated their careers in multiple directions, into multiple industries. See how King's Experiential Learning program helped.
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