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Internship opportunity: Audience Analysis—North American Environmental Atlas

The Secretariat of the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC), headquartered in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, is offering a paid internship to support efforts related to the visibility and promotion of CEC’s geospatial initiatives, including the North American Environmental Atlas. If you have expertise in performing audience analyses and developing strategic communications and are interested in gaining work experience with international geospatial and mapping initiatives, be sure to apply for this opportunity!

Eligibility

The successful candidate should meet the following requirements:

• Completed undergraduate degree.
• Experience in marketing, communications or audience analysis.
• Experience in and/or knowledge of geospatial data, environmental science or digital mapping tools is a strong asset.
• Ability to synthesize information and research into a concise summary, with key insights.
• Good organizational, time-management and priority-setting skills.
• Adaptability and flexibility in a dynamic, multicultural environment.
• Ability to work independently.
• Demonstration of strong skills in document preparation and data management, using word processing and spreadsheet applications.
• Fluency in English, with excellent written and communication skills. Additional knowledge of French or Spanish is considered an asset.
• Candidates must reside and be authorized to work legally in Canada, Mexico or the United States of America.
• For in-person work (Montreal, Canada): Candidates must reside and be authorized to work legally in Canada. Note that relocation assistance is not available.
• For remote work: Have access to the Internet and have the required hardware (e.g., laptop)

Description of tasks and deliverables 

The intern will work with the Environmental Quality Unit under the direct supervision of the Specialist, Geospatial and Environmental Information, with the support of the Communications, Outreach and Engagement unit. The main responsibility will be to produce an audience analysis for the North American Environmental Atlas (the “Atlas”). Tasks will include the following:

1. Audience analysis for the North American Environmental Atlas. Assess the audience of the Atlas initiative and the initiative’s geospatial products.
   • Based on existing lists of research articles, review and assess the current profile of users of Atlas data.
   • Develop user profiles, based on common characteristics.
   • Identify potential users for the Atlas initiative.
   • Recommend outreach strategies, including social media, to expand the initiative’s reach.
   • Support the creation of targeted communications and outreach materials for the Atlas.
2. Promotion of the North American Environmental Atlas. Based on the audience analysis, develop recommendations for the promotion of the Atlas in general (communication activities, engagement strategies, etc.).
3. Presentation of internship work. The intern will present their work (methodology, findings, recommendations, etc.) to the CEC Secretariat and to CEC’s partners from federal governments’ mapping agencies.

Remuneration

This is a paid internship, remunerated at C$25 per hour for 20–30 hours per week for 12 weeks.

Application process

The Commission for Environmental Cooperation promotes employment equity and encourages diversity. Interested candidates should submit their CV/résumé, along with a short statement of interest (1 page maximum) stating their expertise or skills related to the internship, and alignment with the values and objectives of the CEC, to ATLASinternship@cec.org by 15 October 2025, 11:59PM ET.

No phone calls or email message inquiries will be accepted.