Enriched Educational Opportunities (EEOs) are high-quality off-campus experiential opportunities officially recognized by your Faculty. They foster self-development and help students transition successfully to the workplace or graduate studies. The University is striving to expand opportunities for undergraduates to participate in EEOs and to make them accessible to all undergraduates regardless of their financial capacity.
Bursaries are non-repayable forms of financial assistance based on demonstrated financial need, to help undergraduate students with the additional costs associated. The bursary is available at any time in the academic year, but all steps should be completed well in advance of the start of your internship. No approval will be granted after you have started your internship.
Eligibility Criteria
The Faculty of Arts Internship Office will determine which internship opportunities shall be eligible for the EEO bursary program. These may include unpaid (or insufficiently paid to cover cost outlay) internships opportunities, depending on faculty-based priorities. They may be in-person or remote, local (off-campus and not at 91社区-affiliated hospital or research institute), within Canada, or abroad.
Faculty of Arts Student eligibility for EEO Need-based Bursary Program is determined as follows:
- Be enrolled in an undergraduate Faculty of Arts degree (B.A., B.A & Sc., BSW, B.Th.).
- Be returning to the Faculty of Arts in the same program the semester following your internship.
- Full-time (or deemed full-time per government aid programs, due to disability or with young dependent children) in your EEO term, or at minimum in the term preceding the EEO term.
- Demonstrate financial need for your standard costs of attendance.
- This typically means that Canadian or U.S. residents must apply for and receive the maximum government aid, or international students received or would receive in-course 91社区 bursaries/loans.
- Have an听official record for EEO participation either听on your transcript听by registering to an academic internship course听or by having your internship recognized as an EEO on your Co-Curricular Record (CCR)听(see steps to apply below).
- Please note the Arts Internship Office will not support fee based and third-party internship opportunities:听see Ineligibility听criteria listed here.
Steps to apply for the EEO Need-based Bursary Program (for an Internship in the Faculty of Arts):
Please note: All steps should be completed well in advance of the start of your internship.
No approval will be granted after you have started your internship.
- Check if your internship meets the requirements indicated in the听What is an Internship?听section below.
- Obtain a written confirmation of your internship from your host organization.
- The written confirmation must听include听learning goals and outcomes, mentorship plan, hours per week, start and end date, and remuneration. If done in letter format, it must be signed by your host organization. If done by screenshot of email conversation, it must clearly show the sender, the recipient, and the date the email was sent.
- For internships in the Fall or Winter semesters: Please note that internship hours during the Fall or Winter semester should normally be around 150 hours total, 10-15 hours per week (maximum of 20 hours). Students who choose to do an internship during Fall/Winter semester, are encouraged to meet with an Arts OASIS Advisor prior to start of internship, to help better plan academic terms and ensure the internship does not interfere with your academic study.
- Read the eligibility criteria and apply to have your internship recognized either on your transcript or on your CCR:
- Steps to getting approval for Academic Credit
- Steps to getting approval for Co-Curricular Record (CCR)
- The Arts Internship Office will review your request and prepare an approval letter if your internship is approved听by the Faculty of Arts.
- Send the letter of approval to the Student Aid Office听and they will advise you how to submit the application for Enriched Educational Opportunities: Need-based Bursary Program.听
- Read the Interns Handbook听(General Resources->Handbook).
- Within two weeks of the completion of the internship, the student emails a听completion letter听from their internship supervisor attesting to the successful completion of their internship听to the Arts Internship Office.听The letter must include the duration of the internship as well as the tasks performed. Email to听aio [at] mcgill.ca.
- The letter can be emailed directly from your internship supervisor or if sent via the student,听it must be signed by the host organization. If done by email, the听conversation must clearly show the sender, the recipient, and the date the email was sent.
Decision times
The processing time for the Arts Internship Office to review and process document requests is around 2 weeks. If you have questions, please contact us at aio [at] mcgill.ca.
Please note: All steps should be completed well in advance of the start of your internship. No approval will be granted after you have started your internship.
What is an Internship?
An internship is a short-term, hands-on, supervised work experience with a professional organization. It provides the student with an invaluable opportunity to apply the skills and knowledge acquired in the classroom to real world problems and enables the student to broaden his or her understanding of the field.
An internship is more than a part-time job or volunteer experience; it includes:
- Specific learning objectives designed to increase the student鈥檚 knowledge
- Training to hone existing skills and develop additional ones
- Supervision to guide and mentor the intern
- Through their internship, the student is able both to expand their horizons and to engage in a meaningful collaboration with their corporate or community organization for their mutual benefit.
