Join the team

• You are confident in engaging with large groups of people and public speaking.

• You like to think on your feet.

• You have great communication skills and can work independently and as part of a team.

• You know how to perform historical research with primary and secondary sources.

• You are a strong writer who wants to develop their ability to write for specific audiences.

• You have experience with customer service, interpretation/museum education, or interpretation.

• Enrollment in or completion of secondary school education: post-secondary education in related areas (history, communications, tourism and recreation) is an asset

• As a Canada Summer Jobs position youth must be between 15 and 30 at the beginning of employment period and be legally entitled to work in Canada. More on eligibility here. 

This position’s primary responsibility will be animating ECAMP exhibits and programs. This includes: 

Regular delivery of tours around Edmonton: 

• Learning tour routes and information (training)

• With the other ECAMP interpreter, deliver an exceptional experience for guests

• Ensure all equipment for tour delivery is working and packed

• Safely managing tour groups through city spaces

• Collecting guest feedback and filling out tour reports

• Review and revise tours/routes as required. 

Attending community events on behalf of ECAMP and Edmonton Heritage Council: 

• Planning and packing promotional and interpretive materials and other required equipment for events.

• Booth/Table set up and tear down.

• Interact with event attendees and promote ECAMP and EHC programs or guide through booth displays/programs

• Provide event summary to supervisor after each event 

Staffing exhibit at K-Days and other locations: 

• Assist the Exhibit Coordinator with set up, tear down, and transportation of our seasonal exhibit to K-Days and other locations

• Guide visitors through exhibit and deliver any accompanying programming

• Answer questions about the exhibit, ECAMP and promote our other programs to visitors

• Contribute to final reporting related to exhibit evaluations 

With the advice of the ECAMP Coordinator, create an ECAMP Tour: 

• Using primary (archival) and secondary sources, research a neighborhood or theme for a future ECAMP tour

• Plan and write the new tour, including the route, locations, script, and any accompanying images etc. 

• Deliver a draft of the tour to ECAMP staff 

• Receive feedback for any changes and perform a self-evaluation of the tour and revise the tour to incorporate the feedback.  

Write blog posts and contribute to ECAMP social media: 

• Write one blog post about the subject of the tour you developed

• Edit one blog post for a co-worker

• Co-write one blog post with other ECAMP Animator about summer experiences

• Throughout the summer, take photos for social media

• Work with the ECAMP Coordinator and Communications team to develop relevant social media content to programs they deliver throughout the summer 

• Adaptability

• Collaboration

• Communication

• Research: ability to search for, located, extract, organize, evaluate, and use or present information that is relevant to a particular topic.

• Creativity and innovation

• Problem solving

• Reading/and or writing

• Public speaking: ability to effectively and deliberately convey ideas and messages to a specific audience

The (Edmonton City as Museum Project (ECAMP) is an initiative of the Edmonton Heritage Council that uses stores to explore the history of Edmonton. Instead of acting as a physical museum with galleries and collections of objects, ECAMP is a virtual and floating entity that exists throughout Edmonton, offering online and in-person heritage experiences. Currently, ECAMP collects stories from the perspectives of  Edmontonians on what matters to them, with an emphasis on stories that have been excluded from representation of Edmonton’s history in the past. ECAMP also hosts events that bring people together to learn and experience the stories of Edmonton where they happened. These events include tours, pop-up museums, and presence at community events. Finally, ECAMP creates online, and in-person exhibits with community to explore relevant historical themes and experiences more in-depth.