The morning was broken into three interactive sections, starting with a听panel discussion titled 鈥淐ommunity Culture Shock鈥� on the power, joys and tribulations of community-campus partnerships featuring听Marc-Andre Clement听of 鈥溾�� and students from CCDP3003 (Communication Skills for Multimedia Design听Students), moderated by Lisa Meyer (School of Linguistics and Language Studies). This was followed by speed-presentations of 27 students involved in community-based projects.

After a break, which allowed participants to re-fuel and start to make connections,听a Community-Campus Networking event took place presenting 18 faculty and community partners who were willing to share their successes and experiences through a number of sessions.

Thank you to all who attended. The event was only successful because you were here to network!!

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1. Study Abroad

Many universities in Ontario have exchange partners in countries in Europe, Africa, South America and Australia! And if you were wondering, Masters students can apply for exchanges, too! To study abroad at 杏吧原创, visit听

2. Work Abroad

There are many short and long-term opportunities to work abroad, especially if you already completed your undergraduate degree and speak more than one language. For example, teaching English is a popular post-graduate opportunity and a great way to pay off student debt! Working abroad is a great networking opportunity and this can help with your post-graduate job search.

3. Intern/volunteer abroad

Volunteering and interning abroad will assist you in your professional development, and take you one step closer to kick starting future career. Use this opportunity to further identify your strengths and weaknesses and what career path you want to take!

All of these opportunities can make you become an inter-culturally effective person and a global citizen!

5 Websites where you can find Entry-Level Work/Volunteer Placements in Development

1. – This is a great tool to use as you can filter your search to include your areas of interest and apply for positions directly through career beacon, as opposed to going to different websites.
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3. – Self-funded UN placements all over the world. Upon completing this internship, you have access to the UN internal jobs database!
4. – gender equality and sustainable development jobs from all over the world are posted here.
5. – Students Without Borders and Uniterra entry-level internships and job placements in Africa, Latin America and Asia. This is administered through the Ottawa-based World University Service of Canada.

To learn about Khadija’s internship in South Africa, visit听

She was fortunate enough to work alongside various members of the Western Cape Government鈥檚 Department of Health, attend health policy research functions, and assist HST senior project officers with research initiatives funded by well-known organizations such the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the President鈥檚 Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR). The highlight of her internship took place in September when Khadija and her manager presented their project proposal to a Health Systems Information Director at South Africa鈥檚 National Department of Health. Despite undergoing such a nerve wracking experience, they met with success as the project was granted funding from the Centre for Disease Control! During the final stages of her internship, Khadija assisted her manager with the project鈥檚 implementation in various rural sub-districts in South Africa. When she wasn鈥檛 working, she travelled frequently, including a trip to South Africa鈥檚 Garden Route, achieving one of her life-long dreams in the process: cage diving with Great White Sharks! She also volunteered once a week at the Desmond Tutu HIV Foundation, where she learned about various innovative HIV treatment options and developing a user-friendly HIV/TB co-infected patient database.

The International Youth Internship is one of the few long-standing skills-building and career launching programs available to Canadians graduates interested in gaining international work experience. It assists many young graduates with overcoming the catch-22 that many of them suffer from: not being able to launch their careers without experience. Khadija believes that this internship has not only confirmed her desire to pursue a career in health policy and international development, but has also greatly enhanced her resume and Masters applications. She encourages recent and prospective PAPM graduates to apply for internships once the program is confirmed for an additional five years by the Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development. Though it was bitter-sweet to leave Health Systems Trust and return to Canada, she鈥檚 excited to start graduate school in the fall of 2014, where she will continue to seek out opportunities to launch her career in public policy and international development.

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Sprott Competes is ever-expanding as听听to the Sprott School of Business, some of which will be used for funding more international case competitions.

A 2013 graduate with a Bachelor’s in Commerce and Marketing shared their thoughts on Sprott Competes.

“My experiences with the Sprott Competes program are overwhelmingly positive, but that’s not to say that it was in the least bit simple or easy. The training we completed to participate in case competitions was rigorous, stressful, thorough, enlightening, and nothing short of the best learning experience (outside the classroom) I could have asked for at Sprott. Within the program, we learned how to leverage our own strengths and experiences, while merging them with our teammates’. We were taught to think holistically about businesses and their environments, and how to come up with creative, feasible and complete solutions to real-life problems that many companies are facing today. In addition, the Sprott Competes program gave me the ability to present my ideas with confidence and conviction by improving my public speaking.”

Mimi Lam,听a fourth year student in听Global Financial Management and Systems with a minor in Economics, was pleased with the development of her public speaking skills and the unexpected growth in her confidence gained from Sprott Competes. Also, she had placed significant emphasis throughout her studies on Finance, her area of concentration, but was pleased to discover 听that Sprott Competes pushed her to become more interdisciplinary. The 杏吧原创 University Discovery Centre wishes Sprott Competes the best of luck in their upcoming case competitions.

To hear more about the experience of a highly engaged Sprott student, visit:听

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Though she may not have begun her studies knowing about the possibilities for her to learn outside the classroom, Mimi quickly found these opportunities to take advantage of. The Discovery Centre made contact with her to hear about her work as the co-president of the (SFSA) and she had plenty of hands-on learning experience to share!

With 16 student associations, Sprott prides itself on promoting a well-rounded student experience. The SFSA is one such organization which focuses on events and activities for finance students related to their field of study. Mimi’s main focus has been on building relationships with industry in the community so students can learn from professionals and also increase the possibility of sponsorship.

SFSA’s most recent event was a Wine and Cheese where Business and Economics students had the opportunity to mingle with industry professionals. Mimi noted that “In finance, it is about who you know and what they know about you. If you want to get a job, you have to know people a lot of the time to get that first interview.鈥�

Some other upcoming goals for SFSA include providing students with background information about careers in finance and timelines for job applications, which many students don’t realize begin in August. SFSA wants to make sure students are prepared to meet these deadlines and that guidance is provided through career information.

Mimi is also the 杏吧原创 student ambassador for the , a team competition where students from all over Canada receive a virtual budget of $100,000 which is used to build an options portfolio. The teams which have the best returns at the end of a 9 week period and have followed the requirements are eligible to win $10,000 as a first place prize.

On top of SFSA, Mimi also shared about her experience with the .听As the longest standing member and the sector manager of the听Sprott Investment Fund, Mimi had very positive experiences to share. With the Sprott Investment Fund, Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of International Business students manage an equity portfolio, giving them a taste of real-world business experience and money management. “I鈥檓 always finding things that push me,” she noted.

When asked what she would say to first year students about their upcoming education, Mimi said “don鈥檛 be afraid. Try everything and if you don鈥檛 like it, you don鈥檛 have to do it, but try it all because now is your time to make mistakes and try something you have never done before.”

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