St. Alberta Projects Summer 2011

One of our summer students worked on several projects including:

1. Video Interviews with Mr. Fowler, former mayor of St. Albert.
2. Research and development for the ESSMY mural project.

Below are edited excerpts from her summary of what she did:

This summer I worked for Centralta Tourism Society in St.Albert.... The first project I worked on was the Sainte Marguerite d'Youville / Grey Nuns Mural project with ESSMY school in St.Albert I researched and found information on both. I created a Grey Nuns Blog and worked with the school on providing direction for the mural by finding resources and pictures to use in the mural. I also worked at recruiting students to be involved this was successful and I set up alot of the groundwork so that this project can start in the fall of this year. Then I worked on reading stories and writing up Questions and Answers for the Grades that the stories applied to.  This took a lot of time. I did presentations to Grade 8 students...   I attended many meetings, worked on PAC blog and getting my Tech assistants to  do research for me...  I  have done alot of networking with the Schools in St.Albert by volunteering and contacting the schools.  For example, I worked with students and staff from Fowler school and did a video interview with Mr. Fowler, for whom the school is named.  I have also been working on reading The End of Religion for the Faith in Action Blog I hope to get this read by the end of the summer.

I only had a 6 week position with 240 hours making it difficult to get work done...  The most difficult aspect of the Job is working on things I'm not passionate about and working with others, who don't communicate or get their work done well or when I need it done and waiting on others in order to get my work done. I enjoyed the mural project and working on it with ESSMY. I did not enjoy the big group work meetings, as it did not help me do my Job better as I had learned most of what was covered last year or it did not apply to me.  The only things I learned at the big group meetings is what others had accomplished.   I enjoyed the repetitive activities the least, as I found them boring and not where my passion or interest was.  I enjoyed working on the... Grey Nuns blog as it was more interesting, as I got to work with others and I can see where the blog was going and how it will be used and how what I did impacted others. The Questions and Answers and summary of stories I did not see how what I did would impact and get others involved, in the future, as people don't want paper copies anymore they want Internet sites, videos and pictures.

150th Links

There is also a St. Albert Parish 150th anniversary Mass on the hill. More information about it can be found at this link.

St. Albert Catholic School Board Website

CTS/STC Summer Jobs 2011

All positions except the Artists in the Making positions are for post-secondary students and preference will be given to education students with the background and experience suitable for the specific job. Students with a tourism, history, computer studies or other studies related to the job are encouraged to apply as well.

Jobs listed below will be funded by Canada Summer Jobs.  Therefore, to apply for a position you need to be a full time student (ages 15-30) who is going back to school next fall (see Eligible Student Participants).    All eligible student are encouraged to apply and priority will be given to aboriginals, disabled persons and members of visible minorities. To Apply email your resume to ernest_chauvet@hotmail.com. by April 15

Educational Tour Coordinators (Legal/Morinville - 3 positions):

Students will review the murals of Legal and painting in Morinville and link them to the Alberta school curriculum.  After this training they will explain the murals and paintings to schools, seniors and other groups.  The students hired need to do the tours in French or English as requested.  Should extra thime be available they will write anecdotal stories from the murals.  The students will also assist in getting groups to can and visit.

Technical Coordinator (St. Albert):

This person will investigate the us of technology in setting up community networks and updating web pages.  These networks involve families, teachers, students parents and seniors. Special efforts are made to include aboriginals, persons with disabilities, visible minorities, newcomers to Canada and the use of French language. The employee must support the values of CTS and their partners.  Research, training and network development may take place at various sites within and outside the constituency and over the Internet.  Must be bilingual in French and English.  (15 weeks starting May 5).   

Internet Coordinator (St. Albert):

Will research the history of St. Albert and write articles, drafts for publication in local newspaper and also update the blogs created by previous research on the history of St. Albert. (Six weeks starting May 2).

St. Albert Educational Researcher:

The student will prepare anecdotes from the history of the area for publication in the local newspapers and/or schools.  Need to bilingual iin English with a strong background in French and be able to relate to the francophone components of the Alberta Education curriculum. (Eleven weeks starting May 2)

Artists in the Making:

This is a high school position email Ernie for more details.

For more jobs see FACTSnet Summer Jobs 2011