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Summer Stipend

The Quebec Public Interest Research Group at McGill is a non-profit, student-run organization that conducts research, education, and action on environmental and social justice issues at McGill University and in the Montreal community. QPIRG’s summer stipend is intended to provide individuals with a budget/honorarium of $3,000 to work over the summer doing research leading towards action and change within the Montreal community. 

Examples of past summer stipends:

  • Publishing School Schmool, an activist’s guide to McGill.
  • Setting up an internship program and writing a training manual for students to get involved in community economic development.
  • Organizing and running WAVES (Women Active Vocal Effective Strong), a summer day program for teenage girls.
  • Writing a manual for high school teachers on incorporating queer issues into the curriculum.
  • Producing a documentary film on the Live-In Caregiver Program (LCP).
  • Organizing a bilingual walking tour of Montreal’s southwest neighborhood that aimed to draw out the history of struggle and present day battles against gentrification.