<div dir="ltr">
<h1 style="margin-top:0cm;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Job Posting </span><span style="font-size:10pt"></span></h1>
<h1 style="margin-top:0cm;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Research Assistant – Landscapes of Injustice: Issei Records and Nikkei
Leaders circa 1940s Digitization Project</span></h1>
<p class="" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:10pt">Two Positions Available</span></p>
<h2 style="margin-top:0cm;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Nikkei National Museum </span></h2>
<p class="" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:10pt">6688 Southoaks Crescent, Burnaby BC </span></p>
<p class="" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:10pt">604 777-7000 </span></p>
<p class="" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:10pt">Period of employment:<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>April 28- August 17, 2016 (16 weeks)</span></p>
<p class="" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:10pt">Hours:<span style="mso-tab-count:3"> </span>9:30
am – 5pm Tuesday to Saturday </span></p>
<p class="" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:10pt">Salary:<span style="mso-tab-count:3"> </span>$15.00
per hour<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span></span></p>
<p class="" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:10pt">The mandate of the Nikkei National
Museum (NNM) is to honour, preserve and share Japanese Canadian history and
culture for a better Canada. Currently the collections include more than 20,000
photographs, 450 oral history recordings, over 25 metres of archival and
textual materials, and over 2000 artefacts.</span></p>
<p class="" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:10pt"> </span></p>
<h2 style="margin-top:0cm;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Job description: </span><span style="font-size:10pt"></span></h2>
<p class="" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:10pt">The Research Assistants, under direction
from the museum staff, will participate in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Landscapes
of Injustice</i>, a major collections related research project looking at the
dispossession of property from Japanese Canadians during the Second World War.
The Nikkei National Museum is a community partner on this significant project
and in 2016, is in year three of seven. Year one and two were foundational
research years that have unearthed historically valuable archival records that
are crucial to process for the upcoming year. These records focus on the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">issei</i>, the first generation Japanese
Canadians; and the Nikkei Leaders, those who extended boundaries, challenged
concepts of right and wrong, and contributed to the development of the Nikkei
community in Canada. Exciting fonds’ includes the Nishihata Family Collection
consisting of correspondence with the Custodian of Enemy Property regarding the
family Sheet Metal Works business at 457 Powell Street; and the Kunio Hidaka
fonds consisting of the Citizenship Defense Committee records who organized the
fight against deportation in 1946. The Research Assistants will identify
collections items of significance to the project, and assist with archival
arrangement, description, and digitization in order to make them accessible for
project scholars. The goal is to add over 1000 descriptions per position to our
online database by the end of 2016. </span></p>
<p class="" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:10pt"> </span></p>
<p class="" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:10pt">The <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Landscapes
of Injustice</i> Project will focus on archival material including personal
papers, letters, photographs, community directories, as well as artefacts,
related to the history of Japanese Canadians and the internment years. From
1942-1946, over 22,000 Japanese Canadians were forcibly removed from the west
coast and sent to internment camps in the interior of BC, or other work camps
across Canada. They lost all of their property, including cars and boats, businesses,
and many of their personal belongings. They also lost access to education and
job opportunities. This is the first in depth study to try and track and
quantify the actual losses to the community.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">
</span>As part of the training, the Research Assistant will have a chance to
participate in an in-depth Summer Institute offered by the University of
Victoria. The Research Assistants must be organized and detailed oriented and
will perform other related duties as required. The Assistants will acquire
skills in archival arrangement and description, cataloguing, museum standards
and policy, database software, artefact handling and preservation, acquisition,
storage, and research procedures. They will gain strategic planning, problem
solving, and leadership skills under direction of museum staff. The setting
will provide experience in cultural diversity, working as a team, working
collaboratively with other programs and exhibitions, and the importance of
preserving history for future generations.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">
</span></span></p>
<p class="" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:10pt"> </span></p>
<h1 style="margin-top:0cm;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Skills required</span><span style="font-size:10pt"></span></h1>
<p class="" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:10pt">Student in the field of history,
anthropology, museum studies, curatorial studies or library and archival
studies. </span></p>
<p class="" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:10pt">Must be a current full-time student
between the ages of 16 and 30 and intend to return to your studies in the fall.</span></p>
<p class="" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:10pt">Good level of computer literacy
including spreadsheets, database software, email. </span></p>
<p class="" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:10pt">Familiar with the Rules of Archival
Description, preservation and conservation </span></p>
<p class="" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:10pt">Fluent in English with excellent writing
skills. Japanese language would be an asset</span></p>
<p class="" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:10pt">Knowledge of Canadian History/Japanese
Canadian History an asset </span></p>
<p class="" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:10pt">Drivers’ license is not required but
would be an asset</span></p>
<p class="" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:10pt">Candidates will be chosen on the basis
of their skill level and ability, therefore we welcome all applicants
regardless of race, gender or disability.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">
</span></span></p>
<p class="" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:10pt"> </span></p>
<h2 style="margin-top:0cm;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Applications </span><span style="font-size:10pt"></span></h2>
<p class="" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:10pt">Please forward applications with resume
by email to:</span></p>
<p class="" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:10pt">Sherri Kajiwara -
<a href="mailto:skajiwara@nikkeiplace.org">skajiwara@nikkeiplace.org</a></span></p>
<p class="" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:10pt">Applications will be accepted until
April 13th.</span></p>
<p class="" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:10pt">POSITION IS DEPENDENT ON GRANT FUNDING</span></p>
<p class="" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:10pt">We thank all applicants for their
interest, however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.</span></p>
<div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:gray"><br></span></p><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
</div>