Where to find internships?
This University of Guelph website helps students find internships and experiential learning opportunities
What is Experience Guelph
In Ontario, this law determines whether an internship must be paid
What is the Employment Standards Act (ESA)
This type of inequality makes unpaid internships unrealistic for students who need income to cover living costs.
What is financial inequality
This is one key document that internships help students strengthen for future employment
What is a resume
Students with strong financial support are more likely to access this type of internship
What are unpaid internships
This is the most common LEGAL way an internship can be unpaid in Ontario
What is an approved academic program
This type of inequality explains why students with family, university, or professional connections have better access to internships.
What is social inequality
Internships help students build these professional relationships that can lead to references and job opportunities
What is networking
If you want to find research-based internships, this group of people is often your best first contact
Who are professors
If an intern is performing productive work that directly benefits the employer, they are usually considered this under the law
What is an employee
According to the NACE survey, about this percentage of students said their course load was too heavy to make time for internships. A) 25% B) 38% C) 43% D) 12%
What is 43%
According to our slide, internships function as this bridge between…
What is a transition (or bridge) between education and employment
Internships connected to your degree are often shared through his institution
What is a University/college
One major red flag that suggests an unpaid internship may be illegal is when the intern is doing this instead of existing paid staff
What is replacing paid employees
This form of inequality highlights how students in large cities like Toronto have far more internship options than students in smaller towns like Guelph.
What is geographical inequality
Internships help students develop this type of confidence related to navigating workplace norms and expectations
What is workplace confidence
One of the most reliable places to find structured, often paid internships is within this sector of employment
What is the government (Public Sector)
Under Ontario standards, for an unpaid internship to be legal, the primary purpose shouldn't be productivity. It should be this
What is training
Unpaid internships are often inaccessible because students must work for this to cover basic expenses
What is income
Beyond improving employment outcomes, internships shape this broader concept related to how individuals see themselves in their careers
What is professional identity