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Thursday, September 8, 2011

Internsheep: The Intern Strikes Baaaaaaaack


There is an exciting, new website  devoted to exposing the unpaid internship scam being thrust down the throats of young, Canadian workers. Internsheep started last month and its goal is "To ensure that high-quality, meaningful internship opportunities are accessible to Canadian youth". It follows in the footsteps of great websites from the U.K. such as Interns Anonymous and Intern Aware, both are worth extended reads if you have any interest in the subject. Internsheep already has some great content up about the how the careers services departments at the University of Toronto and York University are complicit in letting organizations exploit students for free labour and the recent policy balloon from Premier Dalton McGuinty about interest relief for students who start their careers at non-profits. Also, there's an political action portion of the website that looks very promising.

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