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Interns Jonathan Hall, Kate Graham, Stephen O’Brien and Joel Lemoyre with Betteanne Cadman, the former president of the Association of Municipal Managers, Clerks and Treasurers of Ontario, and John Burke, former Deputy Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing.
This month young graduates will complete their internship at six Ontario municipalities.
This year-long work experience marks the end of the second year of the Municipal Internship Program, a partnership of the provincial Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing and the Association of Municipal Managers, Clerks and Treasurers of Ontario (AMCTO).
The program, which was introduced in 2007, aims to attract young graduates to careers in the municipal sector and build a core of trained professionals to assist with succession planning.
Successful applicants are matched with individual host municipalities where the office of the Chief Administrative Officer supervises the respective intern’s orientation to municipal management and administration.
Intern Kate Graham called her recent experience working for the City of London “an unparalleled opportunity to learn about municipal administration in a practical, hands-on environment.” She says, “I am confident it will assist me throughout the rest of my career in municipal administration.”
A one-month placement at Ministry regional offices introduces the interns to the relationship between the Province and municipalities.
Here’s what the 2008-2009 interns had to say about their work experience at the regional offices.
“I thank the staff and manager of Central Municipal Services Office (MSO) for their hard work and dedication in creating a fulsome and challenging work plan that led to an outstanding experience with the regional office,” says Amy Agulay, a Regional Municipality of Peel intern, who was assigned to the Central MSO in Toronto.
“The time I spent learning about planning and housing exposed me to unfamiliar policy and management areas,” says Jonathan Hall, a Township of Schreiber intern, who was assigned to MSO Northwest.
On his work assignments during his month-long stay at MSO East, City of Kawartha Lakes intern Joel Lemoyre, said: “I was honoured to work with staff in gathering financial data on local governments, completing Integrated Community Profiles and learning about affordable housing projects.”
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