Sabrina Guvenc, 2021

Sabrina interned with the Ottawa Biosphere Eco-City (OBEC) in 2021. She was involved in much of their community workshops, events, and managed community outreach and engagement. Following her time at OBEC, Sabrina moved on to work as a manager at Eco-Internships. 

Today she works as the Climate Coordinator for the Township of King. Her position focuses on the Climate Action Plan, and different Climate Change Projects and policies at King.

NICK GAVIN, 2020

Nick completed his internship at Goodwork. Originally Nick was not involved in the environmental sector but realized he felt more proud of his work helping the environment and people than to work for another sector which would have a greater net negative impact on the world.

Throughout the internship Nick learned about about the structure of nonprofits, communication and general outreach strategies. He highly recommends that other youths participate in this program. It really helped ease the post-graduation anxiety of finding a job!

Laura McLean, 2019

Laura was an intern at Tucker House Renewal Centre between 2019 and 2020. During that time, she worked alongside her colleagues to host community events, trainings, workshops and more. With the division of the tasks between the team, Laura took on managing the organizations social media presence, website and outreach and quickly discovered her passion for all things communications. 

Laura currently works as a Marketing and Communications Coordinator at COPA, a membership association in Ottawa.⁠

AKIL MESIWALA , 2019

Owner and Founder of Box of Life, an Ottawa-based social enterprise. He is compassionate about vermicomposting systems and how these organisms can bring change to waste management systems.

DEVANSHI KUKADIA, 2019

Devanshi was an intern at Canadian Environmental Network (RCEN). After her internship, she now works at the Clean Air Partnership.

Victoria Woodhouse, 2017

Victoria interned at Tucker House Renewal Centre in 2017. Her internship provided the opportunity for her to explore and narrow her interests, network with peers in the ENGO field, and gain confidence in her abilities. Most importantly, it allowed her to put into practice her program management skillset she had developed in her graduate degree.

She has continued to work in the ENGO sector, now as a Habitat Program Manager at the Canadian Wildlife Federation.