Category: Summer Students

A Warm Welcome to Our Summer Students!

June 20, 2024

We were very excited and fortunate to be able to hire summer students to help us keep everything running smoothly. Young Canada Works and Canada Summer Jobs are huge supporters of this endeavour. Many thanks to Julia McCord and Morgan Kerr for joining the team!

Julia McCord

Julia McCord is a recent graduate of Wilfrid Laurier University, having earned her Honours Bachelor of Arts in English Literature. She will be attending Western University in the fall for her Master’s of Library and Information Science. Julia’s expertise will be a huge help in organizing and describing our archives!

Summer Student Julia McCord striking a pose next to our sign

Morgan Kerr

Morgan Kerr has finished her first year at Western University for English Literature and is headed into a second year of the same major with a minor in History. Morgan is looking forward to continuing the digitization of the museum’s general artifact collection and textile collection. We’re very excited to have Morgan back for her second summer in a row!

 

Summer student Morgan Kerr striking a pose next to our sign

We’re Hiring!

March 19, 2024

Through the support of Young Canada Works and Canada Summer Jobs, we’re pleased to announce that we’ll be hiring two post-secondary students to help us document our collections via our online database. Those hired will:

  • Assist museum staff in the effort to fully digitize the records relating to the museum collection.
  • Organize and document artifacts within a specified area of the collection, including creating photographic records and database entries for each artifact.
  • Identify artifacts that do not fall within the museum mandate and set them aside for review by the collection committee.
  • Assist with exhibit tours and visitors as needed.
  • Assist with exhibit installation according to the exhibit plan as set by the curator.

Qualifications include:

  • Secondary school graduation
  • Enrollment in post-secondary education related to culture, education, history, science and/or tourism and recreation (preferred).
  • Experience in museum-related work an asset.
  • Experience working with volunteers an asset.
  • Must possess strong computer skills in Microsoft Word, Excel, and Publisher.
  • Must be a self-starter and able to work independently as well as in a team setting.
  • Provision of police records search.
  • Must have own transportation.
  • Must be able to read cursive handwriting.

The Aylmer-Malahide Museum & Archives is an equal-opportunity employer. Qualified applicants are invited to submit a cover letter and detailed resumé by email no later than Friday, April 19, 2024, to officemanager@aylmermuseum.ca (attention: Kathi Vandermeer).

We thank all applicants who apply for this position, however, only those applicants selected for an interview will be contacted. Personal information collected will be used for the purpose of candidate selection only.

We look forward to hearing from you!

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A Warm Welcome to Our Summer Students!

June 14, 2021

While much of this year has looked very different for us here at the Museum, we were very excited and fortunate to still be able to hire two summer students to help us keep everything running smoothly. We may not have been open to the public due to COVID-19, but we have been very busy behind the scenes! While we have been closed we have been very focused on our collection and entering our artifacts into our database so that they can be accessible to the public online.

Our summer students have been very busy helping us to photograph, list, and enter our collection into the database.

 

Ivana Csinos

Ivana Csinos is a resident of Aylmer and is currently studying Commerce at Queen’s University as a second-year student. She has experience organizing and analyzing data files and has interests in preserving Aylmer’s heritage. Ivana’s goal this summer is to digitize the Museum’s General Artifact Collection, which has included artifacts such as lemon squeezers, automobile perfume lamps, and match safes!

 

 

 

Paul Hickling

Paul Hickling (right) is a resident of London and is currently studying Library and Information Science at Western University. As a Collection Indexer, he will continue to digitize the museum’s vast collections. Additionally, he will be assisting with archival arrangement and description as the museum looks for new ways to make its records more accessible for the community.