The Northern Council for Global Cooperation (NCGC) and the Atlantic Council for International Cooperation (ACIC), in partnership with BYTE – Empowering Youth, the Confederacy of Mainland Mi’kmaq, the Native Council of PEI are happy to announce recruitment for the International Internships for Indigenous Youth (IIIY) program (2018-2023). This year’s four-month internship placement will run from October 2018 to January 2019. We will be hiring 20 Indigenous youth each year to participate in a diverse offering of internship placements in indigenous communities in five countries around the world (Costa Rica, Guyana, Kenya, Nepal, and Cambodia).

In collaboration with our partners, we are excited to support and engage indigenous youth as global citizens and as leaders in their own communities. We have taken a holistic approach to supporting indigenous youth as global citizens, incorporating Elders, traditional knowledge, families and community members, indigenous ...