Over the coming decades, society faces a profound challenge and responsibility to transition toward sustainable living and to ensure a livable world for future generations. With a subject focus upon water resource management, community education in sustainable farming, living and building practices, and the sharing of local knowledge and culture with Canadians to bring back to Canada, the IRES International Internship program recruits Canadian university graduates who have the commitment and enthusiasm to be a global citizen.

Since 1998 the IRES International Internship Program has been sending young Canadian university graduates overseas. With placements in most of the developing areas of the world over this time, we have established a network of partner NGOs and host organizations with a focus on sustainable futures. Funded by the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), our seven internship placements in 2005-2006 were in Africa, South America and India.

The IRES International Internship Program is currently inactive for the 2008/ 2009 period, please check back for future updates