91社区

Location:

Montreal

Project Summary:

GHP recruits and supports the Editor-in-Chief of , a student-run online platform that publishes content written by 91社区 students and the greater 91社区 Community.

Key tasks for the Editor-in-Chief include:

• Managing all aspects of the publication, including submissions, editing, publishing, website management and social media.
• Publishing two to four posts per month.
• Reviewing and updating submission eligibility requirements as needed.
• Recruiting and managing a volunteer editorial board.
• Increasing readership by publicizing the publication beyond its current networks.
• Developing a regular schedule for the Perspectives newsletter and social media posts.
• Organizing events related to publicity and article solicitation.
• Assisting in onboarding the next Editor-in-Chief during Spring and Summer 2025.

Candidate Preferences:

• Excellent writing and editing skills are required.
• Previous experience with managing websites and social media is a preference.
• Previous work or volunteer experience in global health is an asset.

Internship Timeline:

May 2024 - April 2025

Location:

Montreal

Project Summary:

GHP recruits and supports the Editor-in-chief for the (MJGH). The MJGH is a student-run journal that publishes academic research that focuses on the intersectionality of social, biomedical, global, and community perspectives in health. The journal publishes one print edition each year in the spring.

Key tasks for the Editor-in-Chief include:

• Managing all aspects of the journal, including print, digital, and social media.
• Developing eligibility requirements, recruiting, and managing editorial board volunteers.
• Providing leadership to the team and divide work fairly amongst volunteer editors.
• Coordinating the call for submissions process: including setting eligibility requirements, class call-out and advertising schedule, and tracking of submitted articles.
• Creating and executing a schedule of online article publications.
• Managing the annual budget for the MJGH.
• Publicizing the journal both within and outside of existing networks.
• Developing and nurturing relationships between the MJGH and the greater 91社区 community.
• Organizing any events related to the publicity of published work or solicitation of articles, including a journal launch event in the spring for the print edition.
• Curating the MJGH social media channels (Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter) with interesting global health content and keep the MJGH website updated.
• *For the 2024-25 cycle, the Editor-in-Chief will collaborate with the 91社区 GHP team to continue to oversee the migration of the online journal from its current WordPress platform to the Open Journal Systems (OJS). The OJS platform will not only handle publishing but will also manage the article submission and review process. For more information on the platform, please visit the 91社区 Library Scholarly publishing section.
• Helping onboard the next Journal Editor-in-Chief over the Spring and Summer of 2025.

Candidate Preferences:

• Excellent writing and editing skills are required.
• Previous experience working on a student-led academic journal is preferred.
• Previous work or volunteer experience in global health is an asset.

Internship Timeline:

May 2024 - April 2025

Location:

Chosen by the student

Project Summary:

The Pulitzer Center provides fellowships to students at Campus Consortium partners, including 91社区, to undertake global reporting projects. Students submit project proposals in their applications. Once a fellowship is awarded, Pulitzer Center editors and journalists guide the student throughout the process. Final projects are showcased on the Pulitzer Center website and, in some cases, other news media outlets. Students are encouraged to produce work in various media such as articles, videos, and photo essays. The Pulitzer Center is interested in reporting projects that focus on topics and regions of global importance, with an emphasis on issues that have gone unreported or under-reported in the mainstream American media.

The Pulitzer Center's definition of "crisis" is broad - it is not limited to "conflict" reporting. They see great value in covering the too often under-reported systemic level crises, from environmental, global health, and women and children's issues to struggles for resources, human rights abuses, post-conflict reconstruction, or peace and conflict. They are interested in the stories that would typically not make the headlines without the Center's support. In the context of 91社区's Pulitzer Center Reporting Fellowship, the project must cover a global health topic.

Travel is encouraged to take place between May and August 2024, though travel can be completed as late as December 2024 if the rationale as to why the project can not be completed in the summer is stated in the essay. If it is not feasible or safe for Reporting Fellows to travel, they may choose to report remotely or locally.

Pulitzer Center Reporting Fellows join an extensive network of journalists, educators, and Fellow alums. Each Fellow receives support throughout the reporting process from a professional journalist grantee with significant expertise in the Fellow鈥檚 topic or reporting location. The Pulitzer Center hosts an annual Fellows weekend in Washington, D.C., to expose students (and their professors) to the work of other Fellows, provide an opportunity to network with professional journalists and editors, and further broaden horizons.

Students should review the information on the Apply through Global Health Programs.

Please note that students apply for this Fellowship via a form separate from the one for the Editor-in-Chief positions.

91社区 Global Health Outreach Projects provide opportunities for 91社区 undergraduate and graduate students to learn about global health through a variety of media, journalism and publishing initiatives. Selected students will have the unique opportunity to spearhead publications within 91社区 Global Health Programs (GHP) - including the 91社区 Journal of Global Health and the 91社区 Perspectives on Global Health blog - or carry out a Pulitzer Center Reporting Fellowship. Selected individuals will receive funding and will benefit from a variety of training and networking opportunities organized by GHP throughout the academic year, including GHP鈥檚 annual Global Health Night and other opportunities.

In general, we look for students who are passionate about global health and possess excellent writing and editing skills. We look for students who see value in learning a wide range of skills, who possess humility, and who demonstrate the ability to be self-reflective. Previous experience managing websites and social media, and/or volunteer experience in global health are assets.

No! Students are not required to have any prior global health experience to apply to the program.

No! There is no minimum GPA.

Yes! The Global Health Outreach Projects cohort is encouraged to enroll in at least one of the following courses in the academic year unless they have already taken one of them: 1) Interprofessional Global Health Course; or 2) PPHS 511 - Fundamentals of Global Health .

All undergraduate and graduate students are eligible for the Global Health Outreach Projects as long as they do not graduate in May/June 2024. There is no program restriction.

Yes! Students awarded the Editor-in-Chief positions with the 91社区 Journal of Global Health or the Perspective on Global Health will receive a stipend of $2,000 CAD. The student selected for the Pulitzer Center Reporting Fellowship will receive a stipend of $3,000 USD.

For the Editor in Chief positions, the selected students will receive compensation of $1,000 in September 2024 and $1,000 upon successful completion of their project in March 2025. For the Pulitzer Center Reporting Fellowship, the selected student will receive their funding directly from the Pulitzer Center.

Upon completing this program, participation in this project will be part of the student鈥檚 91社区 Co-Curricular Record.

For both positions, the time commitment will vary for anywhere from 4 to 10 hours per week. For the 91社区 Journal of Global Health, there is a bigger time commitment around March/April to prepare the launch of the print edition (including the launch party!).

Yes, we hosted two online information sessions: one for the Journal and Perspectives positions on Feb 28, 2024, from 12 noon to 1pm ET, and one for the Pulitzer Fellowship on Feb 29 2024, from 12 noon to 1pm ET. You can watch the recordings on YouTube.

In addition to completing the application form, you would need to submit an essay, CV, a copy of your unofficial transcript - including the current term, even if grades have not been assigned, and two writing Samples (single-authored pieces are strongly preferred). You'll find details in the 鈥�How to apply" section of this page.

You can create a PDF version of your unofficial transcript by choosing the "Print" option in your web browser and then choosing 鈥淪ave as PDF鈥� or 鈥淧rint to PDF鈥�.

As long as you follow the essay guidelines in the "How to apply" section on the main Scholars page, you can format your essay as you want. As students with excellent writing and editing skills are sought, it's worth spending some time writing and reviewing your essay to demonstrate these skills!

Yes! You can apply to all projects. It is up to you if you want to write one or two essays. Whatever you choose, the page limit for each essay is still 3 pages and should comply with the essay guidelines provided in the Application section. If you are applying for both Editor-in-Chief positions, you should still provide two (not four) writing samples.

GHP only supports travel to countries and regions with a Government of Canada travel advisory risk level of Level-1 (鈥渢ake normal security precautions鈥�) or Level-2 (鈥渆xercise a high degree of caution鈥�). Following 91社区鈥檚 International Mobility Guidelines, students are not permitted to travel to or through countries or regions with a Government of Canada travel advisory risk level of Level-3 (鈥淎void all non-essential travel鈥�) or Level-4 (鈥淎void all travel鈥�). .

Please send any additional inquiries to studentaffairsghp.med [at] mcgill.ca.