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Transitions Research Coordinator
JOB LOCATION: Fairbanks Centre, 54 Locks Road, Dartmouth, NS
RATE OF PAY: $27 hr. / 35 hours per week
EMPLOYMENT DATES: One Year Contract
HOURS OF WORK: Monday– Friday. Weekends or occasional evenings may be required.
ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Reporting to the Executive Director, the Research Coordinator is responsible for a variety of research associated duties for the Transitions Initiative, a three-year research and planning project led by the Shubenacadie Canal Commission (SCC).
Transitions Initiative Summary
Transitions is focused on two priorities:
1) Work with stakeholders to raise awareness, conduct research, and create pilot projects highlighting the rural river section of the waterway, including its unique natural and cultural histories, the world’s highest tides, fishing, mining, dairy farming, and rapidly changing rural communities, and
2) Substantially rework and augment the exhibit space at the Fairbanks Centre in Dartmouth to include these research findings and to promote cultural awareness of the contributions of underrepresented people, notably women and families, Mi’kmaw, Acadians, Gaels, African Nova Scotians, and immigrants.
At the core of the project is an opportunity to tell new stories and to engage in a different dialogue with the community. It is time for the Shubenacadie Canal Commission to expand the interpretation of sites to include vital subjects such as the cultural memory, both past, and present, of the Mi’kmaw Nation.