Internships
The internship program provides practical field experience and fulfills the 'planning work experience' part of the CIP Program Content Requirements. Building especially on Planning Theory it also provides an opportunity to more directly explore the planning theory/practice interface and to more actively reflect on the planner's fundamental role, in the public domain, of linking knowledge and action. It is expected that the internship activity will be undertaken at some period during the intervening summer, between Years 1 and 2. There are no credits associated with this program component; student performance is assessed on a pass/fail basis—taking into account an evaluation provided by the placement supervisor.

Objectives:
  1. To revisit, reconsider, integrate, and apply/test, the Planning Theory course, and the learning from other courses taken to date, in a practical placement setting;
  2. To initiate and facilitate active exploration by students of their evolving praxis of planning, in all its dimensions - technical, utopian and moral, through active reflection on their learning, in terms of acquired knowledge, skills, ethical insight and practical wisdom.
  3. To experience full-time planning practice first-hand under the supervision of a practitioner (assisted by City Planning department representatives), to maintain a professional journal recording reflections on this experience, and to participate in a summative evaluation of the experience to extract lessons and learning.
  4. To effect mutually beneficial linkages between students, the Department of City Planning and the planning profession, in pursuit of the advancement of the theory and practice of planning in the public domain.

Students have been very successful in securing internships following their first two terms of classes. The internship integrates theory and practice, giving students the opportunity to synthesize and apply their planning knowledge and skills as interns. Students are placed with practicing planners in planning office settings, private, public, community and NGO sectors.

Those interested in suggesting or offering possible internship opportunities, or wanting further information should contact:
Dr. Richard Milgrom
Head, Department of City Planning
University of Manitoba
t (204) 474-6868
milgrom@cc.umanitoba.ca