Student Eligibility
A post-secondary student means a student living in Alberta who is
- a Canadian Citizen;
- a Permanent Resident; or
- an international student with appropriate authorization as may be required from Citizenship and Immigration Canada to participate in the SCiP Program (up to 10% of the Internships will be available to international students)
And, is enrolled in a part-time or full-time certificate, diploma, undergraduate, graduate, or PhD program at an eligible post-secondary institution.
Organization Eligibility
“non-profit/voluntary organizations” means an organization that:
- Is self-governing and exists to serve the public-benefit;
- Does not distribute profits to owners, members, directors, shareholders, or managers;
- Is voluntary (benefits to some degree from voluntary contributions of time or money);
- Is independent or institutionally separate from the formal structures of the federal and provincial government and the profit sector (municipal programs and services DO qualify); and
- Is currently operating in the Province of Alberta and has been for at least one year.
And, may include non-profit organizations or other non-profit groups that are incorporated, established and/or registered in Alberta under the laws of Alberta or Canada, including the following Acts:
- Agricultural Societies Act
- Canada Corporations Act (non-profit sector)
- Cemeteries Act or Cemetery Companies Act
- Regional Health Authorities Act (foundations)
- Libraries Act
- Part 9 of the Companies Act (non-profit)
- Part 21 of the Business Corporations Act – Extra-Provincial Corporations
- Societies Act
- Special Act of the Parliament of Canada
- Special Act of the Alberta Legislature
Notwithstanding the above, and organization will not qualify for the Serving Communities Internship Program if it is:
- A university, college, or other educational institutes (including Students’ Unions and their programs and services)
- A faith-based organization that does not provide philanthropic community
programs/services to the broader community; - An organization that has a sole mandate to provide programs and services
outside of Alberta; - An organization that has a primary mandate to provide national or
international services and does not provide philanthropic community
programs/services to Albertans; or - An organization that is affiliated, either directly or indirectly, with a
political party or entity having a political mandate.
