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This site presents translated summaries of information obtained from each funding body’s website. While we strive to ensure that all program information is as accurate and up-to-date as possible, we encourage users to consult each funder’s program documentation in full or to contact a program officer directly with any questions prior to submitting an application.

CultivART program – Intern component

Programme CultivART – volet stagiaire

DESCRIPTION

Paid internships offer established arts and culture organizations an opportunity to host emerging Indigenous artists and cultural workers. Interns must want to work in an arts and culture setting. The objectives are:

  • provide Indigenous people with a stimulating professional environment to learn about the real-world working conditions of a career in arts or culture
  • provide the personal and professional guidance of an Indigenous or racialized mentor to ensure that the intern’s professional objectives are achieved in their host environment
  • recognize the intern’s contribution to their host environment

This program aims to:

  • build a new generation of Indigenous cultural workers in the arts and culture sector and contribute to the advancement of the Indigenous arts and culture sector
  • foster fruitful two-way exchanges and intersectional dialogue on Indigenous realities
  • bring more Indigenous perspectives within the Montreal arts and culture communities 
  • build a professional support network between professional mentors and emerging cultural workers

CRITERIA

  • Be an Indigenous artist or cultural worker (First Nations, Inuit and Métis of Canada)
  • Be a Canadian citizen or permanent resident

This presentation is intended for interns, only if the organization/intern/mentor have not already been matched.

If the groups were formed before the submission of the application file (optional), Interns and mentors must create and/or complete an ORORA profile and then complete a simplified application, indicating the name of the host organization.

If the groups have not already been matched, mentors should refer to the presentation Indigenous Arts CultivART Internship Program – Component 3 – Mentor and organizations, Indigenous Arts CultivART Internship Program – Component 2 – Indigenous and Non-Indigenous Host Organization.

EXPENSES

$12,500 will be paid to the host organization to pay the intern (equivalent to $19.23 per hour).

The organization will issue payments according to the pay schedule established in their agreement with the intern and upon submission of an invoice.

DOCUMENTS

  • Application form through Orora platform
  • Curriculum vitae
  • Short press kit or review (optional)
  • A personal appendix (presented as a single PDF document) comprising any relevant documents to include with the application (optional)

Candidates must identify the type of internship they are interested in and the mentor they are looking for. Provide a description in written, video or audio format, including:

  • the type of organization you are looking for and why
  • the type of activities and context you are looking for
  • objectives and expected results

Get In Touch With Your Agent

Mylène Guay

Cultural Advisor – Indigenous Arts

mylene.guay@montreal.ca

514 280-0552

Mylène Guay

Cultural Advisor – Indigenous Arts

mylene.guay@montreal.ca

514 280-0552

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