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Internships: A Foot in the Door to a Future Career

Tyndale St. Georges Community Center, Little Burgundy, Montreal, Canada


Back when I was a university student at Concordia working toward getting my post-graduate TESL degree (Teaching English as a Second Language), I had the wonderful opportunity to do an internship at Tyndale St-Georges in Little Burgundy, Montreal. Tyndale is a community center that offers a number of youth programs for kids aged 6-15 years old, such as early childhood education programs and after school programs for teens. In addition, they have partnered with Concordia University to offer English language classes to both immigrants and refugees. This allows teaching interns at Concordia the chance to get some much needed on-the-job-training teaching adults English, as well as the opportunity to put into practical application some of the pedagogy being learned in their theoretical classes. At the same time, participants in the English language program get access to some quality English instruction and hopefully have their integration into a new culture and society facilitated in the process.

Looking for a job can be stressful, especially when you don't have much experience, but an internship can help bridge that gap from school to work life. So, while they may not always be paid, you can rest assured that internships can contribute something positive in that they can help you learn the ropes in your chosen future career, as well as potentially providing important networking opportunities.



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