Type: Full-time contract, 5 May 2025 to 29 August 2025 (start/end date flexible)
Wage: $28.00 per hour
Location: Ottawa, Ontario (virtual work possible)
Application due: 25 March 2025
Note: This position is contingent on Young Canada Works funding.
Description
The Inuit Circumpolar Council Canada is hiring a Metadata and Discovery Intern through the Young Canada Works program. Under the supervision of the Archivist, the Intern will learn how to bring together European/colonial librarianship theories and practices with Inuit knowledge traditions and specific cultural information needs, while gaining valuable experience working with a small, specialized GLAM collection. They will also learn about the day-to-day workings of a multi-national non-governmental organization, and the challenges and successes of as mall cultural heritage repository, by working alongside the ICC Canada staff and through participation in meetings with staff, users, and stakeholders.
The Metadata and Discovery Intern’s tasks include, but are not limited to:
- Create a culturally-appropriate controlled vocabulary for subject headings for the ICC Canada Archives collections, including rules/procedures for creating new and future headings;
- Implement the designed controlled vocabulary in the ICC Canada Archives online catalogues;
- Enhance other metadata library catalogue records and archival descriptions;
- Assist with social media content (Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, YouTube) that highlight the ICC Canada Archives’ holdings;
- Answer reference questions from ICC Canada staff, external users, and stakeholders.
Required Qualifications – Knowledge and skills:
- Must meet all Young Canada Works criteria (available here);
- Familiarity with English-language cataloguing and classification schemes (RDA and LCSH);
- Ability to work independently, as well as cooperatively;
- Superb organizational skills and attention to detail;
- Flexible in handing a variety of concurrent tasks, with solid time management abilities;
- Strong research skills, and the ability to synthesize information gathered through research;
- Excellent oral and written communication skills in English;
- Ability to create written materials for online publication;
- Strong computer skills in Microsoft 365;
- Discretion and ability to maintain confidentiality;
- Comfortable interacting with individuals outside of your organization;
- Some knowledge and understanding of Inuit culture, traditions, and issues.
Desired Qualifications – Knowledge and skills:
- Knowledge of written and/or spoken Inuktut;
- Familiarity with FileMaker Pro and/or Access of Memory;
- Experience with cataloguing library materials.
Education:
- By May 2025, completion of all degree requirements for an undergraduate degree or college diploma from an accredited institution in a heritage-related field (preferred: information management/library sciences, archival studies, or Indigenous studies);
- PREFERRED: by May 2025, completion of all degree requirements for an ALA-accredited Master’s degree, with a minimum of 1 cataloguing courses (i.e. Master of Information, Master of Library and Information Studies, etc.).
Other Information:
- Remote work is possible, though preference will be given to candidates in or willing to relocate to Ottawa/Gatineau for the duration of the internship;
- Work is normally performed in a typical office work environment, including frequent use of a computer (ICC Canada’s office is in downtown Ottawa);
- Limited exposure to physical risk;
- Travel to other libraries and archives may be required.
Applicants who are a Beneficiary under an Inuit Land Claims Agreement will be given priority hiring.
ICC Canada is committed to a diverse and inclusive environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, gender, gender identity, disability age, or veteran status. If accommodations are required during the application process, please reach out to the Director of Human Resources at jdurocher@inuitcircumpolar.com. We encourage applicants to self-identify.
About ICC Canada
Inuit Circumpolar Council Canada (ICC Canada) is a non-profit organization dedicated to representing the interests of Canadian Inuit on matters of international importance. ICC Canada is one of four regional offices of the international Inuit Circumpolar Council, which preserves and promotes the unity of Inuit as a single people within the circumpolar Arctic and advocates on behalf of all Inuit. ICC is a Permanent Participant on the Arctic Council, has Consultative Status at the United Nations, and has provisional Consultative Status at the International Maritime Organization, to name just some of its high-level international undertakings. Past leaders of ICC Canada include environmental activist Sheila Watt-Cloutier, Senator Nancy Karetak-Lindell, and Canada’s current Governor-General, Mary Simon.
We would like to thank all applicants in advance for their interest in ICC Canada; however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.
Please apply via the ICC Canada Bamboo HR portal. If you encounter any technical difficulties, please email lindsay@performhr.ca and indicate “YCW – Metadata and Discovery” in the subject line.