2012 Summer Student Employment Opportunities

Changing of the Guard Ceremony outside the Fredericton Region Museum (2010)

The Fredericton Region Museum has a very limited number of summer student opportunities each year. As funding is dependent upon grants (Young Canada Works, SEED/PEP and Canada Summer Jobs), interested students should research the youth employment programs and ensure that they qualify and are registered with the program candidate banks. SEED/PEP applications have an early deadline so please submit your application on time! Positions will be posted and interviews will be scheduled once funding commitments are received. Please send your resume and covering letter to the office addressed to the Executive Director.

Summer 2011 Grant Applications
The summer student grant application deadlines have come and gone and the Fredericton Region Museum has submitted applications to three organizations this year. There is no guarentee that we will be recieving funding but if you are a student and interested in working at the museum then you should be registered with SEED, Young Canada Works and Canada Summer Jobs. If any of the grants are approved then we will be updating the website so check back on a regular basis!

We will not be approved for all grants so if you are interested in working at the Fredericton Region Museum during the summer then please apply for more than one position.

The Fredericton Region Museum has submitted student grant applications for the following positions (click the job title for details):

Artefact Cataloguing Officer (Young Canada Works grant)

Manager of Education and Interpretation (Young Canada Works grant)

Museum Operations Coordinator (Young Canada Works grant)

Development Assistant (Canada Summer Jobs grant)

Collections Assistant/Visitor Services Officer (SEED/PEP grant) – Please note that we do not usually receive two grants for and will only hire for one of these two positions.

Some things to remember when applying for a listed position:
The Fredericton Region Museum has a very limited number of job opportunities each year as funding is dependent upon grants. Job advertisements are posted as the need arises. Resumes received after a stipulated competition end date will not be considered.

Apply in person to the Executive Director at 571 Queen Street with a resume and cover letter during regular business hours.

No phone calls please. It is preferred that applications are dropped off in person since we sometimes do a pre-interviews on the spot if time permits. Only candidates selected for interviews will be contacted.

About our Volunteer Positions.

University of New Brunswick Faculty of Arts Internship – Community-Based Learning Pogram

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A Different Perspective

Can you guess what this object is?

At first glance, these appear to be some sort of 3D glasses, but this interesting little thing happens to be a medical object. These are called Anaglyph glasses, made simply from metal and plastic. Anaglyph glasses are used to determine a number of optical disorders, including colour blindness.

This pair was made by the American Optical Co. Instrument Division in Buffalo, NY. They belonged to Dr. John Likely (1919-1999), who was born and raised in Saint John until his father encouraged him to go into medicine. He eventually opened his own office in Fredericton. His wife, Carole Likely, worked as a registered nurse for 26 years at the Chalmers Hospital. She spent three years working as his assistant out of their home. Likely met her husband through work at the hospital, and they married in 1984. Dr. Likely spent his remaining years enjoying his hobbies as well as spending quality time with his family.

York Sunbury Historical Society Program & Annual General Meeting

Irish Language in New Brunswick  with Brad Gaunce

19 April 2012 @ 7pm

The York Sunbury Historical Society will be hosting its Annual General Meeting on 19 April 2012 at Government House.

The Annual General Meeting is scheduled for 7pm and will hopefully only last 45 to 60 minutes.  Please join us!  Admission is free and you do not have to be a member to attend!

The York Sunbury Historical Society hosts a lecture on the third Thursday of most months.  All evening programs take place at Government House (51 Woodstock Road, Fredericton).  We can park on site and come in the side entrance.

March 2012 Newsletter

War of 1812 Travelling Exhibit Opened at City Hall; 2012 Diamond Jubilee Community Celebrations; Co-op Student; War of 1812 Travelling Exhibit Schedule; Annual General Meeting & Program Download (9544 kb)

Historic Wedding Dress

This beautiful 1950′s wedding dress is one of many items found in a recently purchased Grand Lake cottage that used to belong to the Chavanne family. The items belonged to Exa Marie (Lister) Chavannes who is now residing in Sarasota, Florida.

Exa Marie Chavanne's Wedding Dress, Front

Detailing on the front of dress and along the bottom of the first layer of the dress

Long train, back of dress

Exa was an opera singer and was 30 years old when she married Marc Alfred Chavannes in 1950. Exa lived on Charlotte Street is our very own Fredericton, New Brunswick.

Exa’s father, G. R. Lister, was a dentist working on Queen Street, Fredericton.

Old advertisement for G. R. Lister Dentistry

Her husband was a physicist and co-inventor of bubble wrap! He is featured on the following website for his invention: http://www.inc.com/ss/14-inventors-we-love#9

Exa is now 91 years old. If anyone has more information on this wedding dress, please let us know!

Society Program: A Life in Pictures

York Sunbury Historical Society Program

All evening programs take place at Old Government House (51 Woodstock Road, Fredericton) at 7:30pm. We can park on site and come in the side entrance and programs are free and open to the public!

The York Sunbury Historical Society presentation on Thursday, March 15, 2012 at Old Government House:

A Life in Pictures presented by Fred Farrrell

Pictures of Fredericton and the Province of New Brunswick

Queen Street and Phoenix Square on market day, 1907, from the souvenir view album Fredericton, the Celestial City and the River St. John (Toronto: W. G. MacFarlane, 1907). Credit: National Gallery of Canada.

Image & caption from Virtual Gallery of Historic Fredericton website.

Fredericton Region Museum to Launch New War of 1812 History Exhibit!

Soldier Image Credit Note: 104th Regiment of Foot, Derek Fitzjames © Parks Canada

The Fredericton Region Museum will be unveiling its bilingual travelling War of 1812 exhibit at the City Hall Gallery on Thursday, March 8 at 5:00pm. It will be on display at City Hall until the end of March at which time it will move to the Fredericton Public Library for the month of April. The exhibit was created to commemorate the bicentennial of the War. Curated by Robert Dallison, the War of 1812 exhibit includes bilingual text that highlights the events of the war, how it affected New Brunswick’s development, and the role New Brunswick played in the outcome of the war. There will also be several artefacts such as a portrait of Major General George Stracey Smythe, a copy of the Muster Roll of the 104th Regiment, which lists every member of the Regiment in 1812, and two replicas of military uniforms that were worn during the War.

Mr. Dallison, who will be publishing a book titled, A Neighbourly War – New Brunswick and the War of 1812 described the importance of the war to New Brunswick’s history by saying, “while not in the forefront of hostilities, the War of 1812 was a defining event for the fledgling Province of New Brunswick.” The president of the York Sunbury Historical Society, Fred White, has this to say about the exhibit: “It’s great to have an exhibit that represents so many of the names of the founding families of New Brunswick. This exhibit will interest many people, not just those familiar with military heritage.” The exhibit will be an accessible and fascinating way to learn more about New Brunswick’s history and experience the War of 1812 as Canadians commemorate the bicentennial of the War of 1812.

Suitable and interesting for all ages, the War of 1812 exhibit will offer viewers an opportunity to learn more about a little-known chapter of New Brunswick’s fascinating history. This project was supported by the City of Fredericton through the Arts, Culture & Heritage Funding Program, the provincial government Exhibit Renewal program and the Federal 1812 Commemoration Fund. City Hall Gallery hours are Monday to Friday from 8:30am – 4:30pm.