As befits the season, there are many seasonal job posting right now, especially in the areas of gardening, urban agriculture, and the environment.
Evergreen, based out of the Brick Works, is hiring an
urban agriculture program assistant for the summer. Applicants must be under 30 years of age and returning to full-time post-secondary studies in the fall, and will work both on the green spaces at the Brick Works and in delivering programs across the Toronto region.
Green Thumb Growing Kids, a charity that helps urban children learn about how to grow, cook, and enjoy fresh food, is also hiring summer students: they are looking for two
garden program leaders to help maintain school gardens and develop children's garden programs. Applicants can be younger in this case—the age range is 15-30—but must be returning to some kind of full-time study in the fall.
Also in this area, Central Toronto Community Health Centres is looking for a
garden and program support worker to run weekly programs, maintain a community kitchen, and provide other assistance as needed. This too is a program for students under 30 returning to studies at the end of the summer. Another community organization, the Agincourt Community Services Association, is on the hunt for some similar help: they are trying to find two
urban agriculture facilitators for the summer to promote youth engagement in gardening and healthy eating.
Finally in this sector, the Toronto Botanical Garden is seeking a
teaching assistant for their children's programs. The assistant will be working with children aged 3-11 enrolled in the Gardens' summer camp programs, as well as help with maintaining the teaching gardens.
Also for students, but in another area of environmental work: TREC Renewable Energy Co-operative, which focuses on energy conservation, has a summer opening for a
communications and research assistant to help with their ongoing outreach and marketing efforts.
Moving on to the cultural sector, FACTOR, the Foundation Assisting Canadian Talent on Recordings, is hiring a
full-time project coordinator to manage an artists' client base. Also looking for a project coordinator
is ArtReach Toronto, which focuses on engaging youth who typically have a hard time accessing arts programming. It's a six-month, part-time contract, and the coordinator's primary responsibility will be to develop a series of cultural career workshops.
One last, and particularly noteworthy opportunity: Diaspora Dialogues, which supports diversity in the creation of new literature in Canada, is seeking a new
artistic director. The position is part time, and the successful candidate will play the lead role in shaping the overall direction programming takes in future.
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