Paid summer internships for English undergraduates
Undergraduate students in the Faculty of Arts are invited to apply for paid summer internships through the Arts Internship Office (AIO). This year, three internships are directly associated with initiatives run (in whole or in part) through the Department of English.
Poetry Matters
Poetry Matters is an initiative based in the Department of English at McGill University in Montréal, Québec. Inspired by figures from the history of McGill—such as Canadian poets Louis Dudek, Leonard Cohen, Barbara Althea Jones, and Patrick Anderson—we seek to build from existing resources at McGill toward developing an enhanced culture for poetry.
EXPOSURES Montreal Trans Film Festival
EXPOSURES is Montreal’s pioneering trans film festival and intends to be Canada’s first multi-year trans film festival in over 20 years. Our inaugural edition, set to take place in September 2024, will celebrate the rich tapestry of both new and older trans cinema, featuring events that pay tribute to the legacy of Quebecois trans cinema as well as screenings that champion a new generation of trans voices globally. Our festival will also pay specific attention to the cinema of Indigenous and/or trans artists of colour whose work often gets erased or tokenized by film festivals.
Trans people organise EXPOSURES for trans people, and aims to reclaim the cinematic spotlight for trans, queer, and gender-diverse narratives in Canada.
Arts East-West (Korean Film Festival Canada)
Arts East-West, a Montreal-based international non-profit organization established in 1996 (formerly Ciné-Asie), is dedicated to fostering cross-cultural connections. Emphasizing Asian empowerment and diasporic arts through cinema, new media, and visual arts, our pioneering projects encompass exhibitions, seminars, workshops, and publications, creating platforms for Asian artistic expression.
The intern will gain valuable experience in all aspects of the management of running an NFP focusing on arts-based programming and dedicated to the principles of EDI. A core opportunity of this internship is the chance to work with the 11th Korean Film Festival Canada and to assist in planning for the 2025 edition.
For more information on how to apply, and for the full list of internship postings, see here.