Cassidy McKellop from Lennox Island will join five other Indigenous youth from Nova Scotia on a four-month international internship in Cambodia, Guyana and Kenya.
She was selected from candidates across Canada to participate in the program called International Internships for Indigenous Youth Program (IIIY). A total of 20 indigenous youth from across Canada will be working and living overseas through the program.
McKellop will be working on, among other things, preserving traditional and elders’ knowledge and wildlife conservation.
“I wanted to go to Kenya to explore the world more and have new and fun experiences during my gap year between high school and university,’’ said McKellop.
“Also, I don’t know what I want to study yet so exploring and experiencing new things might help me find what I would want to study in university or college.’’
