Volunteering

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Now Recruiting!

For School Groups

Are you a good communicator? Do you have a passion for nature that you would like to share with students?

Museum volunteers deliver curriculum-based workshops to children in grades K to 4. Training will be provided so that you can direct activities, lead discussions and serve as resources to assist students in their discoveries.

For Special Events

Volunteers will be needed for special events starting in October 2006 when Nature re-opens its west side with all-new galleries!

Youth Rock!

Youth are an important part of the Canadian Museum of Nature's volunteer team. Most begin with Seasonal Programming. You provide the enthusiasm, we provide the training.

If you are a student aged 14 and older, outgoing, motivated and enjoy working with children, this is for you!

And check out our Macoun Field Club for young naturalists, which we co-sponsor with the Ottawa Field Naturalists' Club.

Volunteering at Nature

Getting Involved Is Only Natural

Be Part of Our Team!

Volunteers assist at the Victoria Memorial Museum Building (VMMB), Nature's public exhibition site, or at the Natural Heritage Building (NHB), our science and administration centre.

At the VMMB

240 McLeod St., Ottawa

School Programmes

September to May, weekdays

• our visitors at the Deliver or assist with the delivery of workshops to school groups visiting the museum or assist with material preparation for workshops.

Public Programmes

Weekends & Holidays (with some weekday and evening opportunities)

• Help organize and support a variety of programmes including preschool workshops, activities in the Discovery Zone (exploration, identification and trading of natural history specimens, crafts & activities), special events, adult lectures and workshops.

Seasonal Programming / High School Students

School Holidays

• Assist museum visitors with a variety of crafts and activities over school holiday periods.

At the NHB

1740 Pink Rd., Gatineau
(Bus access to this location is limited).
Monday to Friday, during business hours

Research & Collections

Assist with projects in botany, vertebrate & invertebrate zoology, mineral sciences and palaeobiology. Some possible duties include:

• collect and organize reference material
• enter information into computer databases
• prepare catalogue cards and identification labels
• photograph or scan materials and/or manipulate and organize digital images
• catalogue, sort and identify specimens.

Other Areas

Assist with a variety of behind-the-scenes initiatives. Some possible duties include:

• prepare material for group mail-outs
• photograph or scan material and/ or manipulate and organize digital images
• prepare information kits
• organize files and other office-related tasks
• inventory material and enter records into a database.

So Many Reasons for Volunteering!

• Participate in training and special seminars.
• Develop your strengths and talents.
• Attend exhibition openings and special events.
• Receive free museum admission.
• Support our mission to promote knowledge of and respect for the natural world.

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