[IPSM] Summer Work Opportunity - 2 QPIRG Summer Stipends!!!!

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*********** DEADLINE: MONDAY MAY 15 at 5pm************

Summer Work Opportunity - 2 QPIRG Summer Stipends!!!!

The Quebec Public Interest Research Group at McGill is a non-profit,
student-run organization that conducts research, education, and action
on environmental and social justice issues at McGill University and in
the Montreal community.  QPIRG's summer stipend is intended to provide
individuals with a budget/honorarium of $3,000 to work over the summer
doing research leading towards action and change within the Montreal
community.  We encourage all interested individuals to apply!

Successful applicants will convince the selection committee that
(1) their project fits into QPIRG's mandate to promote social and
environmental justice;
(2) the research will be useful, and won't just sit on a shelf when
it's done; and
(3) the applicant has appropriate experience and can be reasonably
expected to meet these
goals.

Applicants who are prepared to commit to a year-long campaign
with a specific action-oriented goal or set of action-oriented goals
in the public interest will be favoured.

Examples of past summer stipends:
* Publishing School Schmool, an activist's guide to McGill
* Setting up an internship program and writing a training manual for
the students to get involved in community economic development
* Organizing and running WAVES (Women Active Vocal Effective Strong), a
summer day program for teenage girls
* Writing a manual for high school teachers on incorporating queer
issues into the curriculum
* Producing a documentary film on the fight against the Live-In
Caregiver Program (LCP) that now acts as an educational tool for
community and labour organizers
* Organizing a bilingual walking tour of Montreal's southwest
neighbourhood that aimed to draw out the history of struggle in this
neighbourhood and highlight present day battles against gentrification

For the application, please include
* A letter of introduction that outlines the objectives of your
project, the needs
it addresses, and how it fulfills the above criteria. (MAX: 2 Pages)
* A resume with two references
* In a third seperate document, include
    (1) a timeline that shows clear goals for the summer, as well as
the follow up action period.
    (2) a budget of estimated expenses for the project (i.e. long
    distance calls, material purchases, travel, etc.). Please keep
in mind
    that the $3000 stipend is meant to cover both the estimated project
    expenses and an honorarium for the project coordinator(s).

Submit your application by Monday May 15, 2005 at 5 pm one of three
ways.

*Via email at qpirg at ssmu.mcgill.ca as a RTF (rich text format)
attachment with
"STIPEND APPLICATION" in the subject line,
**fax it to (514) 398-8976, OR
***drop it off at 3647 University, 3rd floor between 11h and 17h
Monday to
Friday.

Successful applicants will be contacted by Friday, May 20th and
expected to meet briefly with a staff/board liaison during the week
of May 22nd.

Responsibilities as stipend recipients:
* outline with the staff liaison the method and payment plan for the
stipend (NOTE: a TOTAL of $3000 is given PER PROJECT, so if you are
applying as part of a group it is your responsibility to divide the
total stipend amongst the members as you wish)
* meet with a staff liaison and/or QPIRG board member to give updates
on the progress of the project/get support at least twice per month
through the duration of the summer
* give at least three oral reports to the QPIRG board through the summer
* produce a final written report of the project giving a summary of the
organizing that was done and provide QPIRG with any materials that were
produced
* acknowledge QPIRG-McGill's contribution to the project on all
publicity material

Are you interested but not sure if your idea would be accepted? Have
lots of energy to commit to a project but fresh out of ideas?

Contact us at 398-7432 or qpirg at ssmu.mcgill.ca. Or drop by our office:
3647 University (metro McGill), 3rd Floor, M-Fri, 11-5



Quebec Public Interest Research Group at McGill University
3647 University, 3rd Floor
Montreal, Quebec, H3Z 2P8
Tel. 514-398-7432
Fax. 514-398-8976
http://ssmu.mcgill.ca/qpirg
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