Please visit Govolunteer.ca for detailed listings. If you would like to volunteer with us, we are accepting interested volunteers to attend our cleanups and other events, assist with office projects, and have a volunteer opening for a legal intern (see below).

Hours are flexible, but some of the positions require weekly contact with the Office Manager or Executive Director and a willingness to plan your volunteer schedule a week in advance.

New volunteer position:

FRASER RIVERKEEPER – LEGAL INTERNSHIP DESCRIPTION

Position Title: Law Student Intern

Fraser Riverkeeper, located in Vancouver, seeks a law student intern for the winter period of this calendar year.  Please find information on this position, and the application deadlines, further down this page.

Note, Fraser Riverkeeper does not hire articling students. We regret that this is the case, and we appreciate your interest our organization.

Law Student Internship Opportunity

Employer:     Fraser Riverkeeper

Address:       #303-207 W. Hastings St.

Vancouver BC  V6B 1H8

We seek a law student internship for the following period:

• The Winter Law Student position is for the four-month period of the first week of January to the end of April.  Accepting applications.

Description of Duties:

Fraser Riverkeeper is the first Waterkeeper program in British Colombia and the ninth’s across Canada. You will join a hard-working, friendly team that uses a multidisciplinary approach involving lawyers, scientists and volunteers. You will make a valuable contribution to ongoing environmental activism by:

-    providing legal assistance to lawyers and scientists working on environmental law and policy issues;

-    conducting legal, policy and general research and preparing legal memoranda, primarily in the areas of environmental and administrative law;

-    assisting in researching and writing reports and articles;

-    assisting with requests for information and reviews under the Freedom of Information Act;

-    attending meetings and conferences and assisting field investigations;

-    interacting with non-governmental environmental organizations; and,

-    taking inquiries from members of the public about environmental law and pollution issues

Preferred Qualifications:

-     familiarity with environmental and administrative law

-     awareness of environmental issues

-     interested in working in the public interest arena

You should include a cover letter, resume, reference information, a short writing sample and copies of your transcripts. When official transcripts of your current term are not available, we accept unofficial transcripts (copies are fine).  We accept applications by mail or e-mail.

Contact:        Lauren Hornor, Executive Director

Telephone: 604-786-0888  (cell)

Email: Lauren@fraserriverkeeper.ca

Riverkeepers work on many watershed issues, projects, and activities to preserve and restore the river. Want to get close to the action? Volunteer with the Fraser Riverkeeper by contacting us! You will gain on-the-ground experience, meet some of the most active community organizers and advocates working on environmental issues, and will gain an understanding of the issues affecting the Fraser River and its watershed. We welcome people interested in office administration, fundraising, research, events coordination, program development, biological work, and other related activity at our organization.