QPIRG Concordia is hiring a Summer Stipend Coordinator

Deadline to apply: Thursday, May 26th, 2011, at 5pm. 
The Quebec Public Interest Research Group at Concordia is a resource centre for student and community research and organizing. We strive to raise awareness and support grassroots activism around diverse social and environmental issues. Our work is rooted in an anti-oppression analysis and practice. We seek to make campus-community links and inspire social change through engaging, inclusive and non-hierarchical approaches.
 
QPIRG’s summer stipend is intended to provide individual(s) with a budget/honorarium of $3,000 to work over the summer doing research or working on projects leading towards action and change on Campus and within the Montreal community. We encourage anyone interested to apply!  
Successful applicants will demonstrate to the selection committee that:
– their project fits into QPIRG’s mandate to promote social and environmental justice activism on Concordia campus and in the Montreal community
– the research or project will be useful, and implemented as a useful campus and community resource
– the applicant(s) has appropriate experience and can be reasonably expected to meet these goals.
We encourage projects that demonstrate a likelihood of ongoing and sustained activity beyond the final project.
Examples of past summer stipends at QPIRG Concordia include the development and implementation of:
– Vélo! Vélo!, a conference about and for bicycle collectives in the Greater Montreal Area (www.velovelo.ca)
– the Community-University Research Exchange (CURE) database, linking student research with grassroots groups throughout Montreal and beyond (www.qpirgconcordia.org/cure)
– “Queers Made This: A Visual Archive of Radical Queer Organising in Montreal, 2005-2010″ by members of Qteam (www.qteam.org)
In your application, please include:
a) a proposal that outlines the objectives of your project, the needs it addresses, and how it fulfills the above criteria. (2 pages maximum)
b) a CV with two references
c) a project timeline that shows clear goals for the summer, as well as the follow-up action period
d) a budget of estimated expenses (and revenue, if any) for the project (i.e. honorarium, photocopies, travel costs, long distance phone calls, etc).
*Please keep in mind that the $3000 stipend is meant to cover both the estimated project expenses and an honorarium for the project coordinator(s).
Responsibilities of Summer Stipend recipients include:
– outlining with a QPIRG board or staff member the method and payment plan for the stipend (NOTE: a TOTAL of $3000 is given PER PROJECT)  
– meeting with a QPIRG board or staff member to give updates on the progress of the project at least once per month throughout the duration of the summer
– giving at least three oral reports to the QPIRG board throughout the summer  
– producing a final written report of the project that includes a summary of the completed project
– providing QPIRG with any materials that were produced
– presenting their project at QPIRG’s Annual General Meeting in October.
– acknowledging QPIRG Concordia’s contribution to the project on all publicity material  
Please submit a summer stipend proposal with all the above documents to QPIRG Concordia by 5pm on Thursday, May 26, 2011:
– via email to “hiring@qpirgconcordia.org”
– dropped off in person at our office DURING OFFICE HOURS (Monday to Thursday, 12-6pm): 1500 de Maisonneuve Ouest, suite 204 (corner of Mackay – please note the QPIRG is a scent-free and wheelchair accessible space).
– sent by mail to: QPIRG Concordia, c/o Concordia University, 1455 de Maisonneuve Ouest, Montreal, QC, H3G 1M8 (it must arrive before the deadline)
QPIRG Concordia has an employment equity policy in effect. People from marginalized communities, including women, Aboriginal people, visible minorities, people with disabilities, Deaf people, gay men, lesbians, bisexuals, two-spirited people, transgendered and transsexual people, and working class people are especially encouraged to apply. Please indicate in your proposal if you would like to be considered for employment equity (full policy available upon request).
Are you interested but not sure if your idea would be accepted? Have lots of energy to commit to a project but fresh out of ideas? Give us a shout!
Contact us with questions at 514-848-7585, email us at hiring@qpirgconcordia.org, or drop by our office:
The Quebec Public Interest Research Group (QPIRG) at Concordia
1500 de Maisonneuve O. suite 204
Montreal, Quebec, H3G 1N1
Tel. 514-848-7585

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