ASPIRE Applied Science in Photonics and Innovative Research in Engineering

Industrial internships

Job readiness

Once you’ve completed your international placement, we’ll place you into long-term industry internships within businesses in the Canadian provinces of Nova Scotia, Ontario, Quebec and Alberta. Other provinces are scheduled to join us soon.

These internships will enable you to develop deep relationships with potential employers and to gain real-life experience dealing with the actual research and technical challenges that companies face.

Meanwhile, you’ll acquire hands-on understanding of how nanotechnology businesses actually work.

A placement perfect for you


Our program's industrial partners include:

•    OZ Optics, Kanata, Ontario
•    Cyrium Technologies, Ottawa, Ontario
•    KeyTech Consulting, Ottawa, Ontario
•    Ultra Electronics, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
•    Satlantic, Nova Scotia
•    Thermodynamics, Nova Scotia
•    Preciseley Microtechnology, Edmonton, Alberta

Industrial Internships held:

  • 2 trainees had industrial internships at Thermodynamics Ltd., Dartmouth, N.S.
  • 1 trainee had industrial internships at Lixar IT Ltd., WINSTORM Ltd. and JHE Electronics, Inc., Halifax, N.S., companies
  • 2 trainees had industrial internships at Alentic Microscience Inc., Halifax, N.S.
  • 1 trainee had an industrial internship at a neuroscience laboratory, Halifax, N.S.
  • 2 trainees had industrial internships at IC Litewaves Inc., Halifax, N.S.
  • 1 trainee had an industrial internship at Optiwave Ltd., Ottawa, Ont.
  • 1 trainee had an industrial internship at internship at Lockheed Martin Inc., Dartmouth, N.S.

Secured future internships:

  • 8-month industrial internship for 1 trainee at OZ Optics Ltd., Kanata, Ont.
  • 8-month industrial internship for 1 trainee at JDSU Inc., Ottawa, Ont.
  • 6-month industrial internship for 1 trainee at Satlantic Ltd., Halifax, N.S.
  • 4-month academic internship at Leibniz Institute of Photonics, Germany
  • 12-month combined academic/industrial internship at Nanotechnology Center, Czech Republic
  • 6-month combined academic/industrial internship at Nanophotonic Tecnology Center, Spain
  • 6-month industrial internship at Optiwave Ltd., Ottawa, Ont.
  • 4-month industrial internship at Alentic Microsystems Ltd., Halifax