| Competency 1: Climate Adaptation and Resilience Literacy |
| 1.1 |
Evaluate core concepts of climate adaptation and resilience, its basis in multiple disciplines of the social and natural sciences, with a critical lens to solutions and make climate action recommendations. |
- Compiles project that connects classroom learning with applied insights relevant to internship.
- Presents recommendations based on research/science and informed practice
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| Competency 2: Critical, Creative, and Transdisciplinary Thinking |
| 2.1 |
Examine personal beliefs and worldview with a critical lens to develop solutions, strategies, and recommendations. |
- Engages in reflective practice
- Considers Indigenous perspectives
- Draws on range of approaches with cultural relevance and application
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| 2.2 |
Communicate effectively using coherent, synthesized, well organized, edited, logical, and fully supported work. |
- Material is organized coherently and concisely
- Main points are presented clearly and accessible to the target audience.
- Material is presented error-free, conforming to APA formatting and citation conventions, as well as copyright regulations.
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| Competency 3: Research Literacy |
| 3.1 |
Ask relevant, probing, and detailed questions to deepen knowledge that informs arguments, choices, and practices. |
- Connects program materials to applied practice as relevant to internship host and project.
- Gathers data from individuals and communities
- Asks relevant questions
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| Competency 4: Adaptive Leadership and Decision Making |
| 4.3 |
Draw on theories, methods, and frameworks to help make effective and informed decisions with the available data. |
- Connects program materials to applied practice as relevant to internship host and project.
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| Competency 5: Communication and Knowledge Mobilization |
| 5.3 |
Mobilize knowledge to share, reuse and contribute to the commons |
- Presents project to stakeholders and beneficiaries in suitable format
- Considers formats for knowledge sharing and dissemination beyond the project itself
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| Competency 6: Change Making Orientation and Implementation |
| 6.5 |
Familiarize self with the culture of the organization/community and identifies entry and leverage points in existing processes and systems in order to lead climate action (incremental and transformative), and where necessary support cultural shifts. |
- Designs, presents, and reflects on a project that is relevant and suitable
- Considers and engages the systems (e.g., internal local regional international policies and structures)
- Reviews existing structures and processes to consider what is working and what benefits from change
- Identifies entry points and barriers for climate action
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