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Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing

I went as an articling student for one year after my third year at Osgoode Hall Law School.  I was assigned to the Tenancy Branch for about 6 months and then to rotate to the corporate office.  The Tenancy Branch involved a lot of court work which I really enjoyed.  Other students that went to big firms seemed to spend most of their days (and nights) researching in the library whereas I had great hands-on experience.  It was an excellent training ground for private practice and I was offered a permanent position at the end.  I could not accept due to family obligations.
The time in the corporate area was also a great, but very different, experience.  All the personnel, managers and office staff were great.

MMAH still has elements within their workplace culture of classicism and traditionalist  elitism that is perpetuated by many of the older Ministry Senior Executives. That being said, with the Deputy they had at the time and new hires, they have taken steps to diversify their talent pool (including at the senior level). They're also working to modernize their policies (D.E.I./mental health initiatives) but only time will tell if it's genuine or if it's all just propaganda! I met some awesome people and learned so much professionally and personally and am so grateful for my experience.

Mostly worked on research projects assigned to me by other co-workers.

I learned how to survive and thrive in an office environment.

Once I got to know them, management were friendly and participated in staff events.

Co-workers were focused on their work, and they are fun to be with. Admin staff are very caring and motherly.

Hardest Part - Adjusting to a professional work environment

Enjoyable Part - I loved working in downtown Toronto. I enjoyed having pie and cake with my co-workers every Friday afternoon.

This was a great learning experience for myself as I had never worked in this kind of setting before. All of my co-workers were willing to open up about their experiences and give me great feedback, which was appreciated. Every day in the office was different; some days were slower than others. The hardest part of the job was being able to sit down one-on-one with all of the co-workers as they had a lot of work to do. The most enjoyable part of the job was meeting new people everyday and hearing their stories about how they got to where they are.

Extensive and complex Calendar management, learnt OPSEU protocols and how the Government, Management was great and the workplace culture exhibited a great camaraderie. The hardest part of the job was the packages which were urgent and had to be moved and monitored from desk to desk. The most enjoyable part of the job was that the staff was very friendly and ever willing to assist.

I learned a lot about the 445 municipalities in Ontario and got to work with them on a daily basis.

The training was done on a 1-to-1 basis and was very effective.

The most enjoyable part of my job was working with the municipalities.  The least enjoyable part was doing the receptionist position.

Strong management, very IT oriented, this Ministry was one of the first to use mainframes and outsource major IT components to a third party IT service company to increase savings without major investments (e.g hiring additional staff, software)

It was a great place to work and I learned a great deal from this internship position. It was a really great place to learn about planning policy and policy direction.

Team lead provided great motivation to staff and made working a pleasure.  No project was hard because the Team lead provided assistance and guidance whenever required.

It's been the best job I've ever had. My term as an intern is almost done, I would like to extend my work in the Ministry, but of course it is not in my hands.

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