[IPSM] Fwd: Reminder: Summer Work Opportunity - 2 QPIRG Summer Stipends!!!!

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From: QPIRG McGill <qpirg at ssmu.mcgill.ca>
Date: Apr 25, 2006 4:16 PM
Subject: Reminder: Summer Work Opportunity - 2 QPIRG Summer Stipends!!!!
To: QPIRG McGill <qpirg at ssmu.mcgill.ca>
Cc: grasp at lists.riseup.net, act-mtl at masses.tao.ca,
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> please forward widely...
>
> *********** 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
>
>
>

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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