Job/Poste: Employment Opportunity/Possibilite d'emploi (fwd)

[Moira Day]

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>>                          EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY:
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>>                CANADIAN LITERARY AND ARTISTIC ACHIEVEMENTS
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>>Duration: Three months, flexible starting date, completion by
>>     March 31, 1997.
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>>Position:  Historical Researcher
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>>Group and Level:  HR - 02
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>>Program: Historical Services Branch, National Historic Sites
>>Directorate, Parks Canada, Dept. of Canadian Heritage
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>>Location: 25 Eddy St., 5th floor, Hull, Quebec
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>>Assignment: To prepare a scoping study within the broad theme of
>>Canadian literary and artistic achievements, in one of three sub-
>>fields: Literature and Drama; the Performing Arts; or Visual
>>Arts. Up to three assignments may be made depending on whether
>>there are  qualified candidates applying for the assignment in
>>each of the three specified sub-fields.
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>>Duties: The assignee will be responsible for the research,
>>analysis, and writing of one of several scoping studies needed to
>>aid the Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada to examine
>>and commemorate Canadian literary and artistic achievements. (The
>>field has been broadly defined to include the sub-fields of
>>literature and drama, the performing arts, and the visual arts.)
>>The assignment will involve, within one of the specified sub-
>>fields, a review of past Board considerations and a review of
>>approaches to commemoration and commemorations in other
>>jurisdictions. The end product will be a scoping study that
>>defines the parameters of the field, airs major questions and
>>issues, and identifies areas of potential focus for future
>>commemorations. The assignee will be required as well, time and
>>resources permitting, to prepare an inventory of major reference
>>tools, archives, and cultural organizations, as well as a listing
>>of outstanding scholars writing on the history of the specified
>>sub-field.
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>>BASIC REQUIREMENTS:
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>>Education: a PhD, or MA with equivalent experience, in Canadian
>>literature with a knowledge of the history of Canadian literature
>>and theatre arts; or a PhD, or Masters degree with equivalent
>>experience, in History, Art History, Canadian Studies, or
>>Musicology, embracing a combination of specializations focusing
>>on one or more of the specified sub-fields of Canadian literature
>>and drama, the performing arts, and the visual arts.
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>>Experience:  Experience in researching and writing papers and/or
>>publications on the history of Canadian achievements in
>>literature and drama, the performing arts, and/or the visual
>>arts.
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>>Experience in consulting with scholars teaching and/or writing in
>>the history of Canadian literature and drama, or the history of
>>the performing arts in Canada, and/or the history of the visual
>>arts in Canada.
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>>Ability to work to deadlines, and in collaboration with
>>colleagues.
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>>LANGUAGE REQUIREMENTS:  Bilingual
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>>SECURITY: Basic
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>>If you are interested in one of these three-month term
>>assignments please send your curriculum vitae to Marsha Hay
>>Snyder at the address listed below before Monday, November 25,
>>1996.
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>>Marsha Hay Snyder
>>Historical Services Branch
>>Parks Canada
>>25 Eddy St., 5th Floor
>>Hull, Quebec K1A 0M5
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>>They may also be sent by e-mail to:
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>>     marsha_hay-snyder at pch.gc.ca
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>>or fax to 1-819-953-4909.
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>>All submissions will be kept on file for future reference.