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Turning Education into Experience

Often the best way to bring the your experiences and education together into a new career is through learning on the job. Experiential learning opportunities come in many forms and names. The Career Development Office would like to help you gain access to some opportunities through the following:

Internships

Some internships are paid, many are unpaid, and some can be "virtual", completed via internet. There are different levels of experience required for varying amounts of time. Please check our "What's New" section to learn about our most recent internship initiatives for UPeace students. This internship section is under construction.

Resources for Internships

Idealist.org is also a great resource for internship listings from around the world: http://www.idealist.org/

UN Programme on Youth' page contains information on internships available throughout the United Nations system and other international organizations. Please contact each office directly regarding programmes and not this office as they only host this list. http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/unyin/internships.htm

United Nations Association of the USA - Intern Program http://www.unausa.org/Page.aspx?pid=324

United Nations Headquarters Internship Programme: http://www.un.org/Depts/OHRM/sds/internsh/index.htm

The United Nations provides opportunities for students enrolled in a graduate programme to undertake an internship at its Headquarters in New York. The objective of the Internship Programme is threefold:

to provide a framework by which graduate and post-graduate students from diverse academic backgrounds may be assigned to United Nations Offices where their educational experience can be enhanced through practical work assignments.
to expose them to the work of the United Nations.
to provide UN offices with the assistance of highly qualified students specialized in various professional fields.

Fellowships

These opportunities are usually paid and for a longer period of time, such as a year, and may involve research. This fellowship section is under construction.

Please contact the Career Development Advisor for more information on how to develop internship opportunities.

Here's an interview with a recent alum about his fellowship:

Oscar Alvarado, is currently a Peace Fellow in

Toronto, Canada working with The Coalition

for Gun Control, an alliance of more than 300

major policing, public safety, and violence

prevention organizations whose mission is to

reduce and prevent gun violence, injury, and

crime in Canada.

“I now find myself working in a seemingly
unrelated field with an organization that I had
previously not heard of. I was rst introduced to
this amazing organization through a Peace
Fellowship with The Advocacy Project;
something I found out about through one of Christine Oatis’ career-related emails”,

said Alvarado.

Oscar, a dual Canadian citizen, was born in Panama and has been raised all over

the world ever since. After completing a BA&Sc in Biomedical Science and

Economics from McGill University, Oscar spent a year in Kazakhstan as an English

teacher and intern with United Nations Volunteers. His desire for a

multi-disciplinary understanding of socio-environmental issues led him to pursue

an MA in Environmental Security from the UPEACE in Costa Rica.

“It is thanks to the holistic perspective of peace that I obtained from UPEACE that I
decided to join and stay with the Coalition, despite the issues not being
environmentally related. Firearms and the measures to control them are important
contributions to peace that touch upon other aspects, such as: human rights, public
safety and security, gender empowerment, mental health rehabilitation, international
arms treaties, and many more”, said Alvarado.
“Regardless of which program one is involved with, a constant theme at UPEACE is the
importance of inclusive participatory action to any long-term solution”, Alvarado

added.

Oscar’s academic, professional and volunteer work has taken him to all seven

continents. He is excited to contribute his knowledge and passion to The Coalition

for Gun Control and its eorts to create more peaceful societies in Canada. from "Newsflash", Oct., 2010