Intern, Climate - Summer 2026

Job Description

Job Description

Job Description

Salary: $22-$26/hour

About MaRS

MaRS Discovery District (@MaRSDD) is a charitable organization and North Americas largest urban innovation hub, dedicated to helping high-growth technology companies succeed. With a focus on climate, health sciences and other emerging technologies, MaRS supports startups tackling some of the worlds most pressing issues. Through its world-class facilities, strategic programs and partnerships, MaRS accelerates the adoption of groundbreaking Canadian technology and bolsters a globally competitive innovation ecosystem. MaRS is the place where you can play a meaningful role in the innovation economy.

We understand qualifications on a job posting can be daunting. If you're passionate about the role and believe you can make a meaningful impact, we want to hear from you, even if you don't meet every listed qualification. Were always looking for great talent to join our team on planet MaRS.

We actively encourage all candidates to apply, including equity-deserving communities, including those who identify as BIPOC, racialized, women, people with disabilities, and people with diverse gender identities, expressions and sexual orientations.

We want you to be comfortable being your most authentic self throughout our recruitment process. Please reach out to careers@marsdd.com if theres anything we can do to make your experience more accessible and inclusive, including accommodations. Include 'Accessibility Request' in your subject line.

Want to be a Summer Intern?

Were offering a range of exciting summer internships that cover the full spectrum of the work we do: from venture programming to marketing & events, to benchmarking & insights. MaRS summer interns will have the opportunity to get hands-on experience, collaborate with multidisciplinary teams, put forth their ideas and contribute to a dynamic organization.

If youd like to apply to the opportunity detailed below, please make sure your cover letter demonstrates why you are a great match for this internship. Connect the dots from experience and education to what you're applying for.

And if you are applying for more than one MaRS internship, please make sure to identify this clearly in your cover letter, and tailor each letter to a specific opportunity.

Who we are looking for

MaRS interns possess a positive outlook and are smart, curious, energetic and engaged in the world around them. Theyre independent, but also work well on a team. They are ideas people, always thinking of innovative, new ways to do things. Beyond this, there are specific knowledge and skill requirements for each role, as detailed below.

About the Internship Opportunity with Climate

The Climate team is seeking an intern to drive operational excellence, strengthen data infrastructure, and support high-impact external engagements. In this role, you will work across three core pillars: Data Standardization, Event Coordination, and Program Strategy.

You will play a pivotal role in enhancing our ability to support climate ventures by streamlining investor-venture matchmaking and improving organizational decision-making. Beyond data, you will be on the ground coordinating our presence at Toronto Climate Week (June 2026) and helping to codify the "Mission from MaRS" model into a scalable playbook for future programs. This role offers the opportunity to build a strong professional network while creating tangible assets that will shape how MaRS supports the cleantech portfolio for years to come.

Major tasks the Intern will undertake:

In this role, you will drive operational excellence for the Climate team by modernizing data infrastructure, coordinating high-impact ecosystem events, and developing scalable frameworks for future programming. Specifically, you will:

• Build and optimize our Investor Database: Migrate existing data from Google Sheets to build a structured, searchable, and clean Airtable database, ensuring accurate tagging to streamline investor-venture matchmaking.
• Modernize Venture Tagging Logic: Collaborate with cross-functional teams (IT, Benchmarking & Insights, Member Experience) to update climate venture tagging in Salesforce. You will implement Sightlines taxonomy to ensure data is accessible and standardized across the organization.
• Coordinate Toronto Climate Week: Manage logistics, scheduling, and communications for our participation in Toronto Climate Week. This includes organizing 13 proprietary Climate team events and supporting logistics for ecosystem partner events.
• Define Success Metrics: Develop a comprehensive framework and set of long-term success metrics to ensure consistency in impact tracking across our various climate missions.
• Create the "Mission from MaRS" Playbook: Build upon foundational work to produce a polished, accessible climate programming playbook. You will format this resource to be easily replicable, ensuring future teams can scale the program efficiently.

What You Bring

Required Skills & Experience

• Currently enrolled in post secondary studies going into your 4th year, or Master's in September 2026
• Strong data management skills (Excel or Airtable experience)Attention to detail
  
• Familiarity with climate tech, impact measurement, or innovation ecosystems
• Strong organizational and project coordination abilities

Great to have (but not required)

• Experience with CRM tools (Salesforce)
• Prior experience creating process documentation or playbooks
• Comfort coordinating meetings, events, logistics

The Fine Print

The internship runs May 4 - August 21, 2026.

The expected annual base salary range (prorated for the term) for this role is $42,000 - $51,000, which is determined based on year of study, candidates skills, knowledge, experience, and internal equity.

Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. We encourage you to apply early as we may close the posting before January 30, 2026.

Applicants must be legally eligible to work in Canada, reside in Ontario for the duration of the internship and be willing to work out of our Toronto office (101 College Street) a minimum of 3 days per week.

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