Graduate internship opportunities

• 2026-01: Building Capacity for Sustainable Trades & Construction Operations: Developing an Industry Toolkit and Educational Curriculum Closed

• 2026-02: Benchmarking Shoreline Resilience: A Cross-Municipal Review of Shoreline Protection Policies in the Capital Region Closed

• 2026-03: Strengthening Community-based Climate Action in Oak Bay Closed

• 2026-04: Understanding how aquifers are connected across the unceded and unsurrendered territories of the lək̓ʷəŋən and SENĆOŦEN speaking peoples a.k.a Southern Vancouver Island

• 2026-05: Nature-based Solutions and Natural Asset Management: Valuing Ecosystem Services for Cost-Effective, Sustainable Approaches to Municipal Asset Management, Climate Action, and Land Use Planning Closed

• 2026-06: Weighing the balance: environmental, economic, and social aspects of agricultural practices vs watershed health in North Cowichan, BC Closed

• 2026-07: Advancing Zero-Waste Strategies in Student Housing: Improving Sorting Practices and Supporting Behaviour Change Closed

• 2026-08: Tides of Change: The Growth of an Environmental Advocacy Group on the Gorge Waterway Closed

• 2026-09: Measuring comparative biodiversity at the UVic Campus Community Garden Closed

• 2026-10: Energy & Water Conservation Compliance Checklist Development Closed

• 2026-11: Going From Benchmarking to Commissioning: Recommendations for Energy Reporting Programs to Effectively Promote Building System Recommissioning Closed

• 2026-12: Historic Ecological Baseline of the Saanich Inlet and Surrounding Watersheds Closed

• 2026-13: Tsawout First Nation clam population assessment for sustainable Food, Social, and Ceremonial harvest Closed

• 2026-14: Plastic Reduction Campaign Research and Applied Analysis in Greater Victoria Closed

• 2026-15: Literature Review of Indigenous-led Cumulative Effects (CE): Approaches and Best Management Practices for the Saanich Inlet Closed

• 2026-16: Practicing Reciprocity: Exploring Community-Led Frameworks for Complementary Co-existence of Land Interests in the Wake of the Tl’uqtinus decision (2025 BCSC 1490) Closed

• 2026-17: Advancing Nature-Based Investment for Watershed Security in the Syilx Territory for Headwater Protection and Restoration Closed

001-Assessing the Role of Street Sweeping in Stormwater Runoff Quality

002-Examination of Municipal Park Connectivity, and Forest Species Sustainability within North Saanich –A First Approximation

003-Understanding Cortes Island Beliefs, Knowledge, and Preferences to Inform Local Climate Action

004-Coastal and Marine Climate Change in Kitasoo Xai’xais Territory

*Updated: 005-Rain Gardens for Headwaters: A Comparative Policy and Field Study of Barriers and Opportunities for Scaling Sustainable Green Stormwater Infrastructure (GSI) in the Capital Region

006-Complete Communities: A Sustainable Urban Planning Internship

007-Circular Economy Hub Project to stimulate green business expansion in three forestry-impacted communities on Vancouver Island and the Sunshine Coast: Create a robust and inclusive community engagement plan to guide project development

008-Beaver Wetlands as Nature-Based Climate Solutions: Exploring GHG Dynamics

*Updated: 009-Creating 1000 Rain Gardens - supporting and promoting the creation and maintenance of rain gardens in the Bowker Creek watershed

010-Tides of Change: Evaluating the Estuaries of the Gorge Waterway

011-Enhancing FireSmart and ClimateSmart Neighbourhood Resilience through Community Mapping and Data Visualization

*Updated: 012-Developing guidance for Indigenous Land Defenders and other grassroots community organizers who are seeking help investigating environmental contaminants from industrial activity.

013-Just Transition Guide 2.0 - Exploring Indigenous-led pathways to equitable climate resiliency and solutions.

014-Tsawout First Nation clam population assessment for sustainable Food, Social, and Ceremonial harvest 

015-Designing a Circular Economy Waste Audit Methodology for the University of Victoria

016-Scaling Funding for Watershed Security in British Columbia

• 2024-01 Researching fishing gear pollution types, sources, and supply chains in West Coast fisheries to support policy reform proposals

• 2024-02 Electrifying UVic’s Fleet – Green Fleet Strategy

• 2024-03 Community-Engaged Care for Rare, Threatened and Endangered Species in an Urban Nature Park

• 2024-04 Researching the invasive aquatic plant, Parrot's Feather, and its relationship with other native and invasive aquatic plant communities in support of the restoration of S'amunu/Somenos Creek fish habitat and access

• 2024-05 Sandown Coastal Douglas Fir Forest: Mapping and Restoration Plan Development

• 2024-06 Surveying research needs of climate action movements and communities resisting extractive developments in BC

• 2024-07 Food independence on Haida Gwaii: fostering resilient food systems through Local Foods 2 School and an All-Islands Food Strategy

• 2024-08 Restoration of a Native Saltmarsh Ecosystem in Esquimalt Gorge Park

• 2024-09 Telling the Story of Water Quality in the Cowichan Valley: Supporting sustainable, collaborative decision-making through data review, analysis and crafting the story of watershed health throughout the years

• 2024-10 Climate Equity by Design: A Collaborative Planning Internship

• 2024-11 UVic Sustainable Procurement Initiatives: Developing an Implementation Strategy for Supplier Code of Conduct and EcoVadis Supplier Sustainability Assessments

• 2024-12 Working for Watersheds Roadmap Development Research Project