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Summer 2025 Opportunities
Join our summer team! Find all available jobs below. Submit your application via Google Form with the yellow button above.
S.T.E.M. Camp Instructors
- Delivery of STEM workshops in May & June
- Run weeklong STEM camps in July & August on campus
- Gain experience in teaching and planning
- Learn to use a variety of tech used in K-12 education
- Valid licence and access to a vehicle is preferred
- Typical hours of 8:30am-4:30pm
- April 23 - August 20, 2025 (Full Time)
- $18.00/hour
Indigenous STEM & Outreach Instructors
- Participate in 1-week long Land Camp in May
- Deliver and lead STEM workshops in May & June
- Deliver day camps in communities within Lethbridge and the surrounding area during July & Aug
- Travel to Northern Alberta and deliver satellite camps
- Learn to use a variety of tech used in K-12 education
- Weave Indigenous Ways of Knowing with Western STEM
- Inspire Indigenous youth with hands-on STEM experiences
- Must have a valid licence and access to a vehicle
- April 23 - August 20, 2025 (Full Time)
- $18.00/hour
S.T.E.M. Camp Coordinator
- Train and deliver STEM workshops within Lethbridge and surrounding area
- Assist in camp content creation in March & April
- Develop mentorship skills to lead Camp Instructors
- Assist with day-to-day camp operations in the summer
- Work in both an administrative and teaching setting
- Must have prior summer camp leadership experience.
- Valid licence and access to a vehicle is preferred
- Part time (March-April) to Full time (May-August 20, 2025)
- $22.00/hour
High School Internships & Camp Volunteers
High School Internships are PAID work opportunities for those currently in Grade 9 to 12. Applications to open in March.
Volunteers at DE are anyone in Grade 8 and up looking for volunteers hours over the summer. Volunteers are expected to be present throughout the entire week of camp from 8:30am-4:30pm (rather than just a few days).
High School Interns 2025
Applications open Late March
- Be a high school student or recent high school grad.
- Develop leadership skills and gain experience working with youth.
- Assist instructors with camp supervision and leading activities.
- InSTEM High School Internship available to students who identify as FNMI.
Camp Volunteers 2025
- Volunteers must be 14 years+
- Available for a full week
- From 8:30am-4:30pm
- Help and assist with STEM camps
- Roles & Responsibilities 2025
What Outreach Team did last summer
Travel across Southern Alberta with your team and share your knowledge with youth. Be the role model you wish you had growing up and have fun doing it.
Indigenous STEM & Outreach Instructors wanted for summer 2025!
Summer Instructor FAQs
Destination Exploration isn’t your typical summer camp job. While you’ll still go outside to play games, swim in the pool and work with kids, as an instructor you will gain experience in public speaking, classroom management, educational lesson planning, and valuable teamwork and communication soft skills that will help you after the summer is over. DE camps work with a variety of technology used in K-12 education that you will be taught how to use effectively such as Spheros, Ozobots, Makey Makey, Micro:bit, TinkerCAD and 3D printing. Who doesn’t want to make explosions and work with robots all summer.
Yes! For those instructors that have school obligations, we allow them to work part-time until May 1st. School comes first. We’ll set a training schedule that works for everyone.
No. Our instructors always have a variety of degree paths. We do ask that you have experience in a type of science (bio, chem, physics, kinesiology), engineering, computer science or are working towards an education degree.
TLC stands for Traveling Lab Coats. Our TLC workshops are a collection of pre-made 1-hour workshops that align with the Alberta Curriculum for Grades K – 8 and are designed to engage students in STEM through hands-on projects. Teachers and other community groups book these workshops in advance and DE Instructors travel to schools with all the necessary materials to teach the lesson.
While having access to a vehicle is not a requirement, it may be a deciding factor during the hiring process. Our instructors travel in teams therefore there is a minimum number of successful applicants that must hold an unrestricted Class 5 license and have access to a vehicle.
InSTEM stands for Indigenous STEM. As an InSTEM instructor, you will act as a mentor for Indigenous youth while you lead and participate in programs designed to connect Traditional Knowledge with Western Science. This includes two weeks of Land Camp during May, an InSTEM camp week on-campus and programming in-community at libraries or community centers. InSTEM instructors are a team within the larger DE instructor team.
You will first be taught the collection of TLC workshops and other skills during April. Through May and June, you and another instructor may be travelling to schools across southern Alberta delivering these workshops or in the office working to develop your own summer camp activities and schedule.
No. During camp you will always be working with another instructor and may have a high school intern and/or volunteer.
Most of our camps have 24 spots available except for our Codemakers and Code+ camps which are limited to 15.
DE is all about having fun with STEM. That includes you too. There are a variety of camp week themes set, but we give our instructors the opportunity to plan and develop activities that they find interesting. Don’t worry, we have lots of examples and past activity guides to help you get started. For a full list of camp themes, visit go.uleth.ca/DEcamps
Cedric Linatoc Helped Youth Discover STEM in Destination Exploration
Fourth-year general major student Cedric Linatoc worked with youth in Destination Exploration to help them discover their love of STEM.