The Irma Parhad Summer Research Program

The Irma Parhad Summer Research program supports emerging global citizens in exploring innovative solutions to situations that are disrupting human health and welfare, overseas or here in Canada.  Working together with civil-society, social service and / or non-governmental organizations, program participants receive funding to carry out research that will improve our understanding of both the issues different communities face as well as the work they are doing to meet their challenges head on. 

Applicants are responsible for arranging their own placements and for verifying the legitimacy and quality of the agency that will host them.  Please check our Resources page for links to different organizations that have worked with program participants in the past.   The internship or placement must concern an issue related to the Parhad Programmes’ and CCGC’s mandates including but not limited to: conflict prevention / transformation; community building and civic participation; the link between humanity and the environment; factors contributing to unhealthy living conditions and human rights and international law.