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International Internships

The DiversityCanada Foundation has designed several internship positions for post-secondary graduates under its Career Enhancer Foreign Internship Project.

These funded internships provide young professionals with the opportunity to utilize relevant skills learned through their academic program; develop flexibility, inter-cultural effectiveness, and readiness to work in new environments; learn self-reliance, strengthen language skills and inter-personal skills; and develop personal and professional confidence and the ability to participate in the global economy.

Candidates qualify to participate as an intern if they are:

no older than 30 years of age (inclusive) at the time of selection;
a post-secondary graduate (with a college diploma/certificate or university degree)
out of school (ie not currently enrolled in an academic program);
a Canadian citizen, permanent resident or person on whom refugee status has been conferred;
unemployed or underemployed
new to the Career Focus program (that is, they have not previously participated in any work experience funded through the Career Focus program).

These placements are for six months with some of the leading companies, financial institutions and non-profit organizations in Europe, Central America and South America, as well as in the United States. These positions are offered under the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade's Young Professionals International program.

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Host Organizations

- The Inter-American Development Bank, Bolivia

Established in 1959, the IDB is today the main source of multilateral financing for economic, social and institutional development in Latin America and the Caribbean as well as for regional integration
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- Junior Chamber International, USA and Hungary

Junior Chamber International (JCI) is a federation of young professionals and entrepreneurs with over 6,000 chapters in more than 100 nations
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- Ronald A. Chisholm Limited, Russia

Ronald A. Chisholm Limited (Chisholm), established in 1938, is one of the world’s leading independent agrifood dealers, providing market information to major participants in the meat and dairy industries and food ingredient
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- Fundacion Paraguaya , Paraguay

The mission of the Fundación Paraguaya is to achieve sustainable development through the promotion of entrepreneurship. Its programs include microfinancing, business incubation
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- Collective Integral De Desarrollo, Peru

The Collectivo Integral de Desarrollo (CID) is a non-governmental organization founded in 1990 which specializes in the development of entrepreurship through the provision of information
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- Instituto de Liderazgo Simone de Beauvoir, Mexico

The Instituto de Liderazgo Simone de Beauvoir (ILSB) is an organization formed in 2000 that provides women and youth leaders practical and theoretical-conceptual tools
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- International Institute for Development of Citizenship, Brazil

The Instituto Internacional para o Desenvolvimento da Cidadania (IIDAC) was formed in 1998 with a mission to promote sustainable human development. In cooperation with international organizations, public institutions
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