It's not a secret that non-profit organizations (NPOs) stand to benefit from engaging in WIL just as much, if not more, than their for-profit counterparts. However there are a significant number of challenges that often emerge when partnering with NPOs or that prevent the partnership in the first place. This is further complicated the farther you get from a metropolitan hub that houses some NPO "head offices". What about Indigenous NPOs? Another layer of complexity. Add this all up and you've got quite the investigation on your hands - how do you navigate WIL in the Non-Profit Sector in Northern Canada? My guest this week just happened to do her PhD dissertation on that exact topic! On this episode we discuss partnering with NPOs, how to better prepare them for WIL, how to better prepare your students, the role WIL plays in prepping students for the future, and the role Indigenous NPOs feel they need to play. All this and I accept the fact that I will never play water polo.

Guest: Dr. Amelia Merrick, Acting Dean of ACCESS and Continuing Education, College of New Caledonia, Prince George, BC

"Fallen Leaves" by Electric Wildlife