Internship

Students in the Honours Program will be required to take PGOV 451 (Experiential Learning). This course includes a minimum 60-day placement with a relevant employer. This is an opportunity to build networks and connections within government, NGOs, and policy organizations that can be leveraged for opportunities after graduation. Past internships have been with federal and provincial government departments, NGOs, Indigenous organizations, and think-tanks. Some have even leveraged these positions into jobs following the internship.

PGOV 2025-26 Internship Handbook

J. Armand Bombardier Student Internship 

Past Positions

• Academic Research Positions
• Atlantic Regional Ministers Office
• Canadian Armed Forces, Task Force (North), Yellowknife
• Change Lab Action Research Initiative
• Congress of First Nations Chiefs Secretariat
• Conservative Party of Canada
• Constituency Assistant, Minister’s Office
• Department of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada
• Elizabeth Fry Society of Mainland Nova Scotia
• Fisheries and Oceans Canada
• Government of Nova Scotia
• IDG Migration Project
• International Democracy Union
• Liberal Research Bureau (Liberal Party)
• Lindsay Downtown Business Improvement Association
• Marine Conservation Science Team, Fisheries and Oceans Canada
• Member of Parliament Office
• Mi’kmaw Native Friendship Centre
• Minister’s Office, Ontario Ministry of Transportation
• Municipality of the County of Antigonish
• North American and Arctic Security Network
• Nunavut-Nunavik SAR Project and the Kativik Civil Security Department
• Policy & Information Management Div., NS Department of Justice
• Resource Works Society
• Senate of Canada
• StFX Student Union
• Students Nova Scotia
• Texas Statehouse
• Town of New Glasgow