St. Thomas Municipal Heritage Committee - Student Research and Mapping Position
- Program stream:
- Young Canada Works in Heritage Organizations
- Job title:
- St. Thomas Municipal Heritage Committee - Student Research and Mapping Position
- Organization name:
- City of St. Thomas Municipal Heritage Committee
- Job location:
- London, Ontario
- Length of assignment:
- 2018-05-07 to 2018-07-27 (12 weeks)
- Hourly wage:
- $14.00
Responsibilities include:
- Help develop education and communications programs and activities to increase public awareness and knowledge of local heritage
- Assist in researching, verifying and evaluating archival and site data for existing heritage properties and/or properties of heritage interest
- Review and update existing digital Municipal Heritage Inventory using GIS
- Attend monthly St. Thomas Municipal Heritage Committee meetings to provide updates on current research and mapping projects
- Assist with ongoing evaluation and development of programming strategies to encourage the preservation of Built Heritage in St. Thomas, specifically the creation of a Heritage Conservation District for Talbot Street
- Update existing, and create new, hardcopy heritage walking tour maps and web enabled maps
- Prepare presentations boards for newly designated properties within the City of St. Thomas
- Opportunity to conduct heritage walking tours once a week in St. Thomas, to demonstrate web enabled maps to local residents and visitors to the area
Back to search