Project Ploughshares, an internationally recognized NGO that focuses on international peace and conflict issues, is looking for interns for the Winter 2012 semester. A Ploughshares internship is a unique opportunity to work on the front lines of contemporary peace and conflict research and providing students with the opportunity to work on developing the Armed Conflicts Report. Project Ploughshares has been monitoring armed conflicts worldwide since 1987 and publishing an Armed Conflicts Report annually.
 
Students are expected to commit eight hours per week over the semester conducting research on current armed conflicts, as well as to gather data on related issues, such as child combatants and peacekeeping initiatives.  Excellent research and writing skills are a requirement of the internship, which will look great on any resumé once you graduate.

The internship will begin the week of January 9, 2012 with an orientation session at the Project Ploughshares offices. It is important that applicants make note of the time commitment required for this internship. Regular time commitment during the weeks leading up to the mid-term reading week is especially critical in ensuring that interns gain experience early and are able to easily complete the work by the end of term.

If you have particular questions about this opportunity, please feel free to contact the PACS Assistant Mary Lou Klassen (mlklasse@uwaterloo.ca 519-885-0220 ext. 24269).

In order to apply, you will need to submit an application package to Mary Lou Klassen (CGUC Rm 2130)
by 4 p.m. on MONDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2011.  The packages received will then be forwarded on to Project Ploughshares. Ploughshares will make the final decision based on an interview and a short test.


The application will consist of the following:
•    Brief (no more than one page) written application outlining your suitability for the internship. Please highlight any research skills you bring
•    Resumé
•    Name and contact information for ONE academic referee (normally, a professor with whom you have completed a course) who can vouch for you

This opportunity may potentially qualify as a modified Field Studies Course (PACS 390) for the Winter term. The arrangement described above currently does not fulfill the work hour required, for example. Project Ploughshares may consider taking fewer interns to allow for more hours per intern. But this decision will only be made after the interview/test selection process. If you are interested in discussing how you might use this opportunity for a Field Studies Course credit, please contact Mary Lou Klassen before completing the application process.

If you are interested in the opportunity, please complete the application package and drop it off for Mary Lou by the date shown.