Alliance against Violence & AdversityAlliance against Violence & AdversityBelow is a list of our current Community Agency Internship Program project opportunities. If you are a scholar interested in applying to the program but you don’t see a project that’s right for you, submit an application anyways — the right project might be around the corner, and we can match you with the opportunity when it presents itself!
Alternatively, explore if the AVA Triadic Mentorship Program is the right fit for you — you could have the opportunity to co-design an internship project with your mentors!
This project involves better understanding the relationship between domestic violence in Alberta and disasters, including both environmental disasters and pandemics. For this project, we would ask the intern to conduct a literature review and environmental scan of best practices for communicating with survivors in the context of different disasters.
Literature review and environmental scan of best practices for communicating with survivors in the context of different disasters.
This project is a continuation of ACWS’ Lift Her Up project. ACWS created Lift Her Up in response to ongoing violence against women in politics. We have already published a Power and Control Wheel for Women in Political Office. The next step in the project is to build a corresponding Equity and Accountability Wheel. For this project, the intern would conduct a literature review of best practices for building gender equity and accountability in politics.
Literature review of best practices for building gender equity and accountability in politics.
The Ending Violence Association of BC (EVA BC) is currently undertaking a research project with our provincial partners focused on sexual exploitation of youth. In many cases, these youth have been unwilling or unable to seek health care or other support services, feel safe cooperating with police, or separate from the violent relationship. EVA BC has explored literature related to the topic, and we are working with provincial partners to conduct focus groups with anti-violence and youth-serving organizations regarding this phenomenon. We are hoping to work with an intern who has training, experience, and skills related to qualitative data analysis, as well as literature reviews and report writing. The start date would be October 1, 2023, and we would be looking at a 10-20 hour/week internship for 3 months (October-December 2023), followed by a possible 10 hour/week internship for 3 months (January-March 2024).
The focus of the research is on current knowledge, promising practices and existing system gaps as they relate to the experience of female-identifying youth who face intimate partner violence (IPV) (emotional, physical and sexual) perpetrated by older partners. A report will be prepared based on the findings of the literature review and focus groups.
For over 25 years Envision has been dedicated to improving the lives that live in Southeast Saskatchewan. Our geographical regions spans 29,000 km2 supporting over 50,000 people including 30 RM’s, 3 First Nation bands, Treaty 2 and Treaty 4 territories, the traditional Homeland of the Métis, and 0 transition homes. Our region is in need of safe emergency lodging. Our communities and partners are in support of our pursuit for a safe transition home away from violence & adversity. The risk of further harm occurring could be mitigated by completing a feasibility assessment and eventually, the creation of a safe housing option. We are currently facilitating a Needs Assessment in our geographic service delivery area, which includes distributing a survey regarding our programs and seeking feedback on any gaps in services in our region. Part of our Strategic Plan is determining the need for the creation of a DV Shelter in our corner of the province.
Quality improvement (QI) grant writing; QI grant research; evaluation; writing QI feasibility studies with respect to creation & continuing operation of an emergency (domestic violence) shelter; reviewing community needs assessment for statistical analysis.
Conducting client feedback interviews: This project involves gathering feedback from clients who have received services from your organization. The scholar will learn how to design and conduct interviews, analyze data, and report on findings. This project can provide valuable insights into the impact of your organization’s programs on clients and can help identify areas for improvement.
Design and conduct feedback interviews; analyze data; report on findings.
Document management plan: The scholar will learn about information management best practices, document organization, and data security. This project can help improve organizational efficiency and ensure that important information is easily accessible to staff and stakeholders.
Document management (document organization and data security).
Manual and Legend for Reports on the Client database application: The scholar will learn how to create user-friendly documentation, as well as gain experience with software applications and information technology. This project can improve the usability of the client database application for staff and help ensure data accuracy.
Database management (documentation, software applications and information technology).
Streamlining Exit surveys for all programs: The scholar will learn about survey design, data analysis, and program evaluation. This project can help improve the quality of program evaluation data and ensure that the feedback collected from clients is useful and actionable.
Survey design; data analysis; program evaluation.
Working on a policy brief; tasks will include literature reviews, writing a brief, and making presentations to multiple agencies including government.
Literature reviews; write a brief; make presentations to multiple agencies including government.
Updates to prevention toolkits and website: Specific duties may include: 1. literature review 2. report writing 3. developing presentations 4. delivering presentations 5. organization and co-facilitating community forums/meetings 6. developing website 7. updating toolkits 8. working with partners.
Literature review; report writing; developing presentations; delivering presentations; organizing and co-facilitating community forums/meetings; developing website; updating toolkits; working with partners.
We are looking for someone to work closely with Regina Transition House management to develop training process and programming, stats collection and reporting, and support a mother and child group development. We also could use some assistance with our internal policy development and updating. We have some ideas in mind but we are open to working with someone who has other suggestions or a project in mind.
Develop training process and programming; stats collection and reporting; support a mother and child group development; internal policy development and updating.
SIGN is looking to become more trauma informed as an agency and a community, and have come up with one overarching project (see below) they would like an intern’s help with.
Collaborative Community, Healthy Neighbours 4 Pillars:
Exact deliverables the intern will complete will be discussed between the agency project leader and the selected intern prior to/at the start of the internship.
We are looking to engage the intern in our project with the Tahiuqtiit Women’s Society (TWS) where we’re supporting their capacity needs which will allow them to structure and model an Inuit-centred shelter for Inuit women and 2SLGBTQIAA+ people in Ulukhaktok, NWT. Specifically, we’ll be looking to have the intern support us in working alongside TWS in researching culturally appropriate policies and procedures and developing policy based on the research with the added guidance of RDN’s Policy and Research Analyst.
QI research related to culturally appropriate policies and procedures; developing policy based on the research with the added guidance of RDN’s Policy and Research Analyst.
Updating all theories of change and standard QI research blurbs with newer relevant research. No required start date or hours, work can be done remotely or in connection with Innovation Team.
Updating program documents/policies.
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