CPAWS Ottawa Valley

Posted on Thursday, June 14th, 2018

Volunteer Position Title: CPAWS-OV Chapter Historian
Volunteer Time Frame: posted until September 30, 2018

Contact Name and Email: Jesse Lever at jlever@cpaws.org
Telephone: (819) 778-3355
Event Address: 15, rue Taschereau, suite 240
Website: http://cpaws-ov-vo.org/

Mission: The Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society (CPAWS) is Canada’s pre-eminent, national community-based voice for public wilderness protection. The Ottawa Valley Chapter of CPAWS (CPAWS-OV) works to protect public lands in the National Capital Region and surrounding areas. Established in 1970 when a group of concerned citizens learned about major development plans for Gatineau Park, the Chapter has since become involved in many issues of wilderness protection in Eastern Ontario and Western Quebec.

Volunteer Position Description: 2019 will mark CPAWS-OV’s 50th anniversary and we are looking for someone to help record our chapter’s history. With the help of CPAWS-OV staff, this person will help identify individuals who have helped build our chapter and have made significant contributions. This position will include interviewing past board members, staff and volunteers. The staff would identify potential interviewees and help guide the volunteer. The volunteer would be responsible for identifying the questions used in the interviews, conducting the interviews and filming the interviews. The volunteer would also be responsible for helping to write a history of the chapter using a combination of archival material, interviews and conducting research.

Volunteers may work in small groups to complete the extent of this research. We hope to have this research completed by winter 2019 and in time for spring/summer 2019.

Volunteer Requirements:
• Bilingual (French)
• Interacting with the public / in a group setting

How to Apply: If interested, please contact Jesse Lever at T: (819)778-3355 or via email at jlever@cpaws.org.


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