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<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-ca"><B></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"><B><FONT FACE="Calibri">Collections Assistant</FONT></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"><B></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"><B></B></SPAN></P>
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<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-ca"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"><FONT FACE="Calibri">Location:</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-ca"><FONT FACE="Calibri">Nikkei Internment Memorial Centre</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-ca"><FONT FACE="Calibri">306 Josephine Street, </FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-ca"><FONT FACE="Calibri">New Denver, BC V0G 1S0</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-ca"><FONT FACE="Calibri">250.358.7288 </FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-ca"><FONT FACE="Calibri">Website: newdenver.ca/nikkei</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-ca"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">Position Details:</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-ca"><FONT FACE="Calibri">Period of Employment: May 7 – August 24, 2018 (16 weeks)</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-ca"><FONT FACE="Calibri">Hours: 9:30 am – 5:30 pm Monday to Friday</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-ca"><FONT FACE="Calibri">Salary: $13.00 per hour</FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-ca"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"><FONT FACE="Calibri">The Nikkei</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"><SUP></SUP></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"><SUP></SUP></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> Internment Memorial Centre (NIMC) opened its doors in 1994 as an initiative of the New Denver Kyowakai Society to commemorate and honor the stories of over 22,000 Japanese Canadians who were stripped of their civil rights, labelled "enemy aliens" and uprooted from their coastal homes during the Second World War. Located in New Denver, BC, on the site of a former internment camp, the original buildings, period artefacts, interpretive displays, and Heiwa Teien garden designed by the renowned Roy (Tomomichi) Sumi, chronicle this extraordinary episode in Canadian history.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> </FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-ca"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"><FONT FACE="Calibri">The purpose of the NIMC is to collect, preserve, conserve, research, exhibit, and interpret objects which represent the life and condition of the Nikkei living in the New Denver and West Kootenay internment camps between 1942-1957. Owned and operated by the Village of New Denver, the NIMC was designated as a National Historic Site in 2010.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"> </SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-ca"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"><FONT FACE="Calibri">2018 will see the continuation of an important collections digitization project which began in 2012-2013 through a partnership between the municipality, the New Denver Kyowakai Society and the Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre. Since then, the successful digitization of over 2000 collection items has been realized. This year’s digitization project will include condition assessments, cataloguing, digitizing and processing, as well as mapping the location of displayed artifacts. In addition, the digitizing of archival materials including letters, directories, official documents, hand drawn materials will continue. </FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-ca"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"><FONT FACE="Calibri">The Collection Assistant will take part in the portion of the project which will provide the necessary condition assessments to help inform the next steps in care and conservation of the museum holdings as a whole. Meanwhile digitizing and cataloguing further items will fulfill our museum mandate to improve long-term preservation and to allow for the collection to be publicly accessible through the shared Nikkei National Museum online database. </FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-ca"><FONT FACE="Calibri">Skills Required: </FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-ca"><FONT FACE="Calibri">Ideally student</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> will be</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> in the field of history, art history, anthropology, museum studies, curatorial studies or library and archival studies</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-ca"><FONT FACE="Calibri">Knowledge of and practical experience with computers, internet, and online resources</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-ca"><FONT FACE="Calibri">Ability to safely lift and carry 20lbs of archival boxes</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-ca"><FONT FACE="Calibri">Photography and photo editing skills an asset</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-ca"><FONT FACE="Calibri">Fluent in English, Japanese language would be an asset</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-ca"><FONT FACE="Calibri">Good oral and written communication skills</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-ca"><FONT FACE="Calibri">Students should be organised and detail oriented.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-ca"><FONT FACE="Calibri">Knowledge of Canadian History/Japanese Canadian History an asset</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-ca"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Calibri">Please note that this temporary position is supported by Young Canada Works in Heritage Organizations,</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"> <FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Calibri"></FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"> <FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Calibri">and is subject to confirmation of funding. All candidates must meet the Young Canada Works General Student Eligibility Criteria:</FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-ca"><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Symbol">·<FONT FACE="Courier New"> </FONT></FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"> <FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Calibri">be a Canadian citizen or a permanent resident, or have refugee status in Canada. </FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-ca"><B></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"><B></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"><B><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Calibri"> Note</FONT></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Calibri">: Non-Canadian students or graduates holding temporary work visas or</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-ca"><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Calibri"> awaiting permanent status are not eligible.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-ca"><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Symbol">·<FONT FACE="Courier New"> </FONT></FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"> <FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Calibri">be legally entitled to work in Canada. </FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-ca"><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Symbol">·<FONT FACE="Courier New"> </FONT></FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"> <FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Calibri">be between 16 and 30 years of age at the start of employment </FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-ca"><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Symbol">·<FONT FACE="Courier New"> </FONT></FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"> <FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Calibri">meet the specific eligibility criteria of the program to which you apply. </FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-ca"><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Symbol">·<FONT FACE="Courier New"> </FONT></FONT> <FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Calibri">be registered in the YCW online candidate inventory. </FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-ca"><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Symbol">·<FONT FACE="Courier New"> </FONT></FONT> <FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Calibri">be willing to commit to the full duration of the work assignment (minimum 30 hours a week). </FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-ca"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"><FONT FACE="Calibri">Candidates will be chosen on the basis of their skill level and ability, therefore we welcome all applicants regardless of race, gender or disability. We thank all applicants for their interest; however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted. </FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-ca"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"><FONT FACE="Calibri">Characteristics of City/Region:</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-ca"><FONT FACE="Calibri">The Nikkei Internment Memorial Centre is located in the beautiful village of New Denver, BC. On the shore of pristine Slocan Lake, nestled in the foothills of the mountainous West Kootenay region, the community was founded as a mining town in 1892 and was briefly known as Eldorado City before being renamed after Denver, Colorado. It was incorporated as a village in 1929 and is currently home to a population of 500 residents. It has a moderate climate, clean air, clean water, and excellent offerings in the way of outdoor recreation. Valhalla Provincial Park is located nearby and there are many hiking and mountain biking opportunities on local trails. In addition to the Nikkei Internment Memorial Centre, the town has other attractions including local galleries, museums, restaurants, gardens, campgrounds and shops. Several commercial and wild hot springs are can be enjoyed nearby in Nakusp and Ainsworth. The historic towns of Kaslo and Sandon are also located within a short drive. </FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-ca"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"><FONT FACE="Calibri">Applications:</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-ca"><FONT FACE="Calibri">Please forward applications with resume by email to:</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-ca"><FONT FACE="Calibri">Bruce Woodbury, Chief Administrative Officer, Village of New Denver</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-ca"><FONT FACE="Calibri">cao@newdenver.ca</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-ca"><B></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"><B><FONT FACE="Calibri">Applications accepted until April 1, 2018</FONT></B></SPAN></P>
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