This past year, Water First expanded its Indigenous Career Initiative (ICI) to host two positions within the organization.
These 16-week Career Internships provide hands-on learning opportunities related to each participant’s field of study, offering interns the opportunity to work alongside our highly-skilled trainers, educators, and communications professionals.
Water First was able to address organizational growth while extending our commitment to supporting Indigenous career pathways. And due to the enormous talent and growth of the interns, we were able to also increase our own capacity when this year’s interns were offered entry-level opportunities within our own organization following the fulfilment of the internships!
We are very happy to welcome Elijah Toulouse, a Drinking Water Graduate, to our Drinking Water team, where he will be helping to train and mentor new internship participants. We can’t think of a more perfect full-circle opportunity for this kind and dedicated team member!
Desiree Woodcock has joined the Communications team where she has very quickly established herself as a thoughtful and astute digital creator. Working with members of the design, copy, and cross-program teams, Desiree is able to assist with the technical and collaborative work Water First does for our digital platforms.
Welcome Elijah and Desiree, and thank you for helping to make the ICI such a success!
