Philanthropic investments

By supporting the Faulty of Environment Global Citizen Internship Program, you are mobilizing today’s youth — tomorrow’s global citizens — to sustain our communities, our economies, and our planet. But this is no easy task; they face complex challenges that cannot be solved in isolation, but rather require extensive collaboration across sectors, wide-ranging interdisciplinary knowledge, and deep ingenuity. 

Students need dynamic experiential learning opportunities such as the Global Citizen Internships (PDF). This fund enables committed, talented and passionate environment undergraduate and graduate students to apply their knowledge in a work setting at local and global not for profit organizations. 

These internships provide University of Waterloo Faculty of Environment students with hands-on, experiential education at the workplaces of our leading not-for-profit partners.

It’s a triple-win!

• Students win because they learn to apply their knowledge in real-world settings, directly serving local communities while building critical leadership skills.
• The not-for-profit wins because they benefit from the creativity of Canada’s most talented and ambitious students.
• Society wins because these synergistic collaborations yield new solutions to our biggest environmental challenges.

Donating to the Dean’s Entrance Scholarship has a measurable and immediate impact by helping us attract, recognize and support deserving incoming students, inspiring them to believe in themselves and putting them on the path to success. By easing their financial strain, your gift to the Dean’s Entrance Scholarship also buys incoming students the most precious gift of all; time - to focus on their studies and experiential learning opportunities, as well as adjust to a rigorous and stimulating environment. 

3) Environment Entrepreneurship Fund

When you give a gift to the Faculty of Environment Entrepreneurship Fund, you are investing in the sustainable business leaders of the future. Through prizes for business pitch competitions, entrepreneurship internships and academic programming, this fund empowers Faculty of Environment students to explore and develop their entrepreneurship initiatives.

Impact

University of Waterloo Planning Alumni of Toronto (UWPAT) Scholarship recipient, Enosh Chen.

Before applying, first-year Planning student Enosh Chen knew that the Planning program would meet his needs and align with his values, as his extracurricular activities in the past revolved around helping others and giving back to the community. Enosh is currently adjusting to online courses, while also continuing to connect to the community as member of the Planning Students Association (PSA) as well as interning at Urban Minds, a non-profit organization.