The Centre for Sustainability and Social Innovation
Sauder School of Business
UBC
ISIS Internship
ISIS offers Sauder MBA students summer internships focusing on sustainability and social engagement. Internships cover multiple research areas including, social entrepreneurship, sustainable social housing, health economics and microfinance, social media, and renewable energy technologies. Internships are carried out over a three to four month period wherein each intern is partnered with a business or non-profit organization in order to carry out research, strategic planning and development.
ISIS launched Peer-to-Peer Learning Sessions in 2008 to provide a supportive environment for all students in sustainability, non-profit axnd social enterprise-focused internships. Sessions now run once a month over the summer to assist students at different stages of their projects. The environment encourages collaboration and brainstorming to address the overlapping challenges that may arise during the internship project. In 2008, ISIS supported 17 students in sustainability and social enterprise-focused internships through the P2P sessions, and, in 2009, this number reached 30.
