A statement from our Policy Chair, Pouyan Tabasinejad:

Paid Internship Position.                                                                                   

June 2016- end of August 2016 (3 months)

As a policy research intern you will provide research, analysis and administrative support to Policy Department and will report to the Chair and Vice-Chair of the Department. The Iranian Canadian Congress is a non-profit, non-partisan and non-religious organization that aims to uphold the interests of Iranian Canadian community in the social, economic, political and cultural spheres, promoting and celebrating Iranian culture, Iranian languages, and Iranian history. We also seek to build mechanisms for cooperation between Iranian-Canadians and other segments of Canadian society to promote cross-cultural harmony and to advance understanding and goodwill within Canada’s multicultural society. ICC values its interns for their strong sensibility and promotes their professional development during the internship. You’ll be an integral part of the team, involved in doing the following:

• Preparing policy briefs

• Exploring and finding policies for the ICC to endorse

• Monitoring legislative developments relevant to ICC priority issues

• Perform Desk research,  Fact checking, and Data collection

• Design relevant charts, graphs and tables

• Provide administrative support to the Policy Department

• Prepare progress reports and presentations for the work of the Policy Department.

You need to have the following:

• Full-time student status both during previous and next academic year

• Strong organizational skills and interpersonal skills

• Interest in policy research and ethnic issues

• Experience with statistics, economics or social sciences through coursework

• Working knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint

• Skills & experience for qualitative research

• Proficiency in English – written and verbal

• Familiarity with Farsi (Persian) is a plus

• Educational background in policy (required), specialization in immigration, ethnic & equity issues (preferred).

We’d love to have you join the team. To apply, send your resume to [email protected]; include the job title in the subject line of your email. Due to time constraints, only candidates who meet our requirements will be contacted.

هیئت مدیره کنگره ایرانیان کانادا (کنگره) برای پیشبرد اهداف کنگره و برای به‌انجام رساندن تعهدات خود در سال جاری سه کمیته اصلی که در اساسنامه کنگره پیش‌بینی شده‌اند را سامان داد. کمیته سیاست‌گذاری (کمیته) یکی از این سه بود که بیش از دو هفته پیش کار خود را آغاز کرد. بر اساس رهنمود هیئت مدیره، این کمیته زیر نظر هیئت مدیره و در چارچوب اساسنامه کنونی عمل می‌کند