Are you a post-secondary student looking to trade the traditional summer grind for a project that actually makes a difference? At the Alberta 2SLGBTQI+ Chamber of Commerce, we’re a small but mighty team dedicated to supporting queer and trans entrepreneurs across the province.
This summer, we are thrilled to open two Canada Summer Jobs positions starting June 15, 2026. We aren’t looking to hire someone to fetch coffee; we’re hiring collaborators to help us build a dynamic, interactive digital home for our community.
The Big Project: The Beyond Belonging Toolkit
The centerpiece of our summer is the Beyond Belonging Interactive Toolkit. Based on real community research and focus groups, this digital resource will provide queer and trans entrepreneurs with the filterable guides, resource libraries, and funding opportunities they need to thrive in Alberta’s business landscape.
We have two seats at the table:
Back-End Web Developer
Alberta 2SLGBTQI+ Chamber of Commerce · Edmonton, AB · $22.00/hr · 35 hrs/week
- Canada Summer Jobs #5432930
- Starts June 15, 2026
- Post-secondary required
- Collaborative role
About the role
This is a hands-on, project-driven role at a small but mighty organization. You won’t be left to figure things out alone. Instead, you’ll work closely with the Market Research Analyst student and have ongoing support from our Executive Director and Operations Coordinator. The centrepiece of the summer is building a meaningful digital resource for queer and trans entrepreneurs, alongside day-to-day WordPress support for the Chamber’s existing site.
Who you’ll work with:
Executive Director
- Overall direction, vision, and sign-off
- Mentorship and career development
Coordinator, Operations and Communications
- Day-to-day support and check-ins
- Context on org needs and web presence
- Market Research Analyst
- Co-lead on the Beyond Belonging toolkit
Signature Project — Interactive Queer and Trans Entrepreneur Toolkit
Working with the Market Research Analyst, you’ll translate findings from the Chamber’s Beyond Belonging interviews and focus groups (and other research) into a dynamic, publicly accessible toolkit for queer and trans entrepreneurs in Alberta. Think filterable guides, resource libraries, or interactive content grounded in real community experience. You’ll have flexibility to propose the tech approach and shape the final product — with support the whole way through.
What you’ll do
- Collaborate with the Market Research Analyst to understand the Beyond Belonging findings and define the toolkit’s structure and content needs
- Design and build a dynamic, interactive web-based toolkit for queer and trans entrepreneurs
- Choose and implement an appropriate tech stack for the project scope and long-term maintainability
- Build and manage any back-end logic, databases, or APIs needed to power dynamic content
- Support and maintain the Chamber’s existing WordPress site as needed
- Ensure the final product is accessible, mobile-friendly, and easy for a small org to maintain after the summer
- Document your work clearly so the Chamber can update and build on it going forward
- Participate in regular check-ins and present your progress to the team
Skills & qualifications
- Back-end development (any language)
- Front-end skills (HTML/CSS/JS)UX
- Database designREST APIsGit / version control
- WordPressWeb accessibility basics
- Self-directed work
- Collaborative communication
- Technical documentation
- Familiarity with 2SLGBTQI+ communities
Market Research Analyst
Alberta 2SLGBTQI+ Chamber of Commerce · Edmonton, AB · $18.00/hr · 35 hrs/week
- Canada Summer Jobs #5432932
- Starts June 15, 2026
- Post-secondary required
- Collaborative role
About the role
This is a research-driven role at a small but mighty organization. You won’t be left to figure things out alone. Instead, you’ll work closely with the Back-end Web Developer student and have ongoing support from our Executive Director and Operations Coordinator. The centrepiece of the summer is building the research foundation for a robust, interactive resource guide for queer and trans entrepreneurs — drawing on our own Beyond Belonging community research as well as a broad landscape of existing entrepreneurial and 2SLGBTQI+-specific resources. Your work is what fills the toolkit with meaning.
Who you’ll work with:
Executive Director
- Overall direction, vision, and sign-off
- Mentorship and career development
Coordinator, Operations and Communications
- Day-to-day support and check-ins
- Context on org needs and communications
Back-end Web Developer
- Co-lead on the interactive resource guide
Signature project — Interactive Queer and Trans entrepreneur resource guide
The goal is a publicly accessible, easy-to-navigate resource guide that queer and trans entrepreneurs can actually use. You’ll be the researcher behind it: analyzing the Chamber’s own Beyond Belonging findings to understand what the community needs, then casting a wide net to identify, evaluate, and curate the best resources available.
That means sourcing from across the spectrum, including queer-specific business supports, general entrepreneurship programs, funding opportunities, mental health and community resources, legal and financial guides, and more. Your job is to find these sources and organize them in a way that’s intuitive, relevant, and genuinely useful. You’ll work hand-in-hand with the Back-end Web Developer to make sure the structure you design can be brought to life interactively.
What you’ll do
- Analyze qualitative and quantitative findings from the Beyond Belonging interviews and focus groups to identify key themes, needs, and gaps for queer and trans entrepreneurs
- Research and evaluate a broad range of existing resources — queer-specific, general entrepreneurship, government programs, funding, and more — for inclusion in the guide
- Define the content structure, categories, and tagging system for the interactive resource guide in collaboration with the Back-end Web Developer
- Write clear, accessible summaries and descriptions of resources for a public audience
- Design and administer a member needs assessment to understand what Chamber members want from programs and services
- Develop and analyze post-event and post-program feedback surveys to measure impact
- Prepare clear written reports and summaries for internal use and leadership review
- Participate in regular check-ins and present findings and progress to the team
Skills & qualifications
- Resource mapping / environmental scans
- Report and summary writing
- Information organization
- Survey design
- Qualitative and quantitative research methods
- Excel or Google Sheets
- Attention to detail
- Self-directed work
- Collaborative communication
- Familiarity with 2SLGBTQI+ communities
- Knowledge of Alberta’s business and nonprofit landscape
Why Work With Us?
- Work your way. Flexible schedule — you choose when and where you work. We care about the output, not the clock. So long as you are available for meetings and can meet the requirements set out in the job, we’re happy to work with your schedule.
- A project you can point to. By end of summer, you’ll have built something real, public, and meaningful — exactly the kind of portfolio piece that gets you hired.
- Work that matters here. Your code will directly support queer and trans entrepreneurs building their lives and businesses in Alberta.
If you are looking to make a difference for queer and trans entrepreneurs, send your resume and cover letter stating your interest in the position to info@ab-lgbt.com by May 20th, 2026. We do not use AI to review submissions, so every resume will be seen by our team.
