Internship Program
CANN2ONET internships provide students and early career researchers with opportunities to gain hands-on experience working at the intersection of agricultural sustainability, greenhouse gas mitigation, and climate-smart agriculture. Through collaborations with industry, government, and research partners, interns contribute to real-world projects focused on topics such as nitrogen management, carbon markets, soil carbon, and agricultural emissions reduction strategies.These optional internships are designed to build practical skills in research, data analysis, scientific communication, and stakeholder engagement, while exposing participants to the challenges and opportunities associated with developing sustainable solutions for Canadian agriculture.
Current Opportunities
Carbon Program Research Analyst
Partner Organization: Viresco Solutions
Supervisor: Trevor Paul, Manager
Location: Remote
Anticipated Timeline and Time Commitment: Start asap – August
Support Available: Unpaid
Project Background: Viresco Solutions is an international environmental consulting firm that helps clients strategically navigate the complex and evolving world of sustainability. The Viresco team is recognized as experts in climate policy, sustainable supply chains, and natural climate solutions, and prides itself on providing trusted advice and recommendations to clients.
This internship provides an opportunity to work on a live project with our team of experts. Viresco is supporting a global agricultural input company with their multi-year Soil Organic Carbon (SOC) program design and Low Carbon Fuel Standard and Land Sector Removal Standard compliance strategy for North American crop inputs. This internship will contribute to the project with research and analysis. The focus will be on analyzing SOC methodology options for leading carbon registries (Verra, CAR, ISCC), a LCFS fuel pathway literature review, and Scope 3 decarbonization data synthesis.
Training Opportunities
Field to File: Practical Techniques for Greenhouse Gas, Soil, and Ecosystem Measurement
When: Sunday, June 21, 2026 from 8:30 am – 3:00 pm
Where: University of Guelph Alex 265
The workshop will provide students and early-career researchers with a comprehensive, hands-on introduction to environmental data collection in agricultural and natural ecosystems. Hosted at the University of Guelph as part of CSSS 2026, the workshop will feature expert-led sessions and live demonstrations from industry leaders including Campbell Scientific, Hoskin Scientific, and LI-COR Environmental. Participants will gain practical experience with greenhouse gas monitoring systems, soil and plant measurement tools, eddy covariance instrumentation, and data acquisition technologies used in field research and greenhouse gas accounting. Through interactive breakout sessions and field demonstrations, attendees will develop technical skills in sensor installation, environmental monitoring, data processing, and ecosystem measurement techniques relevant to climate-smart agricultural and environmental research.
