We will be hiring new interns soon! Check out what it is like to intern at SC, through the eyes of Ankit Kumar, working on social media and content creation these past months
“In mid-October 2017, I started getting involved with Sustainable Concordia as a Social Media and Online Content Creation Intern and I can proudly say that during the past months my learning curve regarding the concept of sustainability has been exponential. I have been fortunate to meet several like-minded people who are passionate about sustainability and want to bring about a change in the world and in the society, that we live in.
Right from day one, I have received tremendous support from my colleague – Pauline, the communications and design coordinator at Sustainable Concordia. I was given complete autonomy on how I want to shape my internship and the kind of projects that I want to take up and at the same time, I was also provided with proper guidance and the right resources to unleash my creativity and come up with exceptional work.
During my internship, I have learnt how to write persuasive blog posts by exploring a topic through different angles and by incorporating different voices, expertise’s and sources to support and feed your point. I realized that it is important to dig deeper and bring different perspectives on the table when one is writing articles to share with the community.
Secondly, I also got the chance to attend various workshops and events in the university which helped me broaden my views about sustainability and look at the amazing work that some of the other sustainability-related organizations are carrying out.
At the Divest 101 workshop, I got to learn about what divestment is, its history at Concordia and in the world, and how to make a change in our context. At the Sustainability Mixer 3.0, I made new connections with members of the Concordia Community who are interested in researching and working on projects around sustainability. Zero Waste Week, which was an effort to promote sustainable waste management practices by Concordia student groups such as the Dish Project, Concordia’s Centre for Creative Reuse (CUCCR) and Waste Not Want Not, helped me gain insight on some creative solutions for reducing waste.
The best workshop of all was the internship orientation meeting organized by Sustainable Concordia where I met an excited bunch of interns who had joined SC this semester and the strong cohort of coordinators at SC. This combination of sustainability-minded individuals resulted in stimulating discussions about the complexities of sustainability, which was followed by a fun social mingling session.
Till now, interning with Sustainable Concordia has been an enriching and rewarding experience. For the next semester, there are some fascinating projects in the pipeline that I am excited to work on such as the Sustainable Investing Project, the Resource Library at the SC office and our campaigns for this year – Carbon and Institutionalizing Sustainability. I am pretty sure this intuitive learning experience will not only help me in my academic journey at Concordia university, but it will also be immensely useful in my professional career later in life”
Stay tuned for more of Ankit’s articles and for upcoming opportunities at our organization!