Job Opportunities

The OAS is hiring three positions whereby the students would have these duties to assist us, while we are training them in multiple ways.  

Position 1 (OAS Symposium Organizing Assistant – Windsor Area) 

The student’s duties will be to: 

1. assist the OAS 2025 annual symposium (conference) organizing committee, OAS board members, and volunteers, along with outreach to potential participants and funders; 

2. promote the society’s annual symposium broadly using social media (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram) and email communication to members, archaeology companies, students and universities; 

3. assist with program production for the symposium through collating and organizing abstracts; and 

4. assist with symposium organization through helping set up the events. 

This year, the OAS symposium will be held in Windsor. The student can work remotely and/or in-person and interact with society members and others interested in the province’s heritage through Zoom meetings, email and telephone contact, as necessary for promoting the symposium. They may work with the general public in Windsor, as well as First Nations community members and the experienced archaeologists who comprise the Windsor chapter of the OAS. It is anticipated that they would assist/participate in the symposium (October of 2025) so as to have more learning opportunities and round out their project with the OAS. 

Position 2 (OAS Northern Ontario Collections Assistant – Thunder Bay) 

The student’s duties will be to: 

1. assist in verifying archaeological site locations of collections in the Dept. of Anthropology, Lakehead University (LU) and perhaps some related sites at the MCM office in Thunder Bay, working with LU staff, and local archaeologists in Thunder Bay, Ontario; 

2. learn about cultural affiliations of archaeological materials from selected collections donated to LU by assisting with cataloguing and photographing items; 

3. communicate with amateur archaeologists to obtain further information about sites as necessary; and 

4. other activities to assist LU employees such as heritage advocacy and outreach. 

The student will mainly work in-person with members of the Lakehead University department, professional and amateur archaeologists and ministry employees via Zoom or in person to collect papers or examine artifacts in person with permission. A summary of the project will be communicated to the OAS using social media and/or the OAS “Arch Notes”. 

Position 3 (OAS Digital Content Assistant – London or could be elsewhere) 

The student’s duties will be to: 

1. working with the President, Past President, OAS Executive Director, and Director of Education to help prepare and digitize archival OAS materials in advance of transfer to the Archives of Ontario; 

2. assist the OAS Executive Director in the creation of an online searchable database of digitized OAS materials; 

3. working with the OAS Director of Education to produce educational content for the OAS’s social media accounts and/or the OAS’s online Indigenous Archaeological Monitor trainings offerings. The final product may take the form of a short video, a short PowerPoint presentation, an infographic, a digital poster, blog post, or short article to be printed in the Society’s newsletter, “Arch Notes”. The content and form of the educational product will reflect the student’s specialization and/or interest. 

All three positions are summer jobs funded by the Summer Experience Opportunities fund by the Ministry Tourism, Culture and Gaming. The maximum hours are 217.5 at $17.20 per hour and must be completed by Sept. 1, 2025.  

Students must meet the eligibility criteria of the SEO program:  

• All students must be currently enrolled in a secondary, or post-secondary institution or within six months of graduation and have reached the age of 15 upon commencement of employment.  
• Students must be employed full time for a minimum employment contract length of 217.5 hours or 30 days at 7.25 hours per day.  
• Proof of student enrolment must be provided to the employer.  
• Students must be residents of Ontario during the period of employment.  
• Students must be eligible to work in Canada and have a Social Insurance Number (SIN).  
• Students should be living in Ontario at the time they start work.  

If applying for an SEO position, please indicate the one you are interested in with a cover letter and include your CV. Please send to Dr. Lisa Sonnenburg, President of the OAS at president@ontarioarchaeology.org. Closing date: June 23, 2025.