Opportunities June 2024
SILICON Practitioners Program. Closes June 21, 2024. SILICON invites applications from keyboard designers, app designers, type designers, Large Language Model designers, language ethnographers, OCR/ML experts, and digital typographic experts for our inaugural SILICON Fellowship Program. Awards of up to $7,000 will be granted for advancing one or more Digitally Disadvantaged Language, living or historic, with projects to be completed virtually between July and December 2024. Fellows will *not* be in residence at Stanford.
The First Nations Technology Council is excited to announce a new partnership with Google on its Google Career Certificate Scholarship Program. These certificates are taught and developed by Google employees with decades of experience in these fields and are hands-on, practical, and rigorous. Learners can earn a certificate in three-to-six months part-time. The partnership will allow 500 current learners and alumni to advance their skills in a chosen field at no cost. Please website for more details.
Call for Indigenous Artist Portfolios. En’owkin Centre. Are you a creative individual interested in professional development and arts training with a group of artists? Consider a two-year online program focused on Professional development & Arts Training!
Accepting Applications for nsyilxcn. En’owkin Centre. The nsyilxcen language fluency certificate / diploma programs are currently delivered virtually (on-line) by En’owkin with an affiliation to NVIT. We specialize in launching cohorts for your band operated department or community. No application deadline. September course entry only.
AABC Anti-Racism Bursary. This Archives Association of BC bursary covers the registration and textbook costs of one applicant per distance education course offered by the AABC. The bursary applies to the upcoming distance education courses offered during the April 2024 – March 2025 fiscal year, including: “Introduction to Archival Practice” (April 8 – June 17, 2024), “Managing Archival Photographs” (September 9 – November 18, 2024); applications due August 9, 2024, “Managing Plans and Drawings” (January 6 – March 17, 2025).
Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity.
- Hide Tanning and Parfleche Residency. Closes June 26, 2024.
imagineNATIVE Shorts Screenwriting Lab 2024. Closes June 28, 2024. Attention all Indigenous writers with an original idea for a short film script!. imagineNative is partnering with Kasif to support 3 Canadian and 1 US based Indigenous writer for the Shorts Screenwriting Lab! This is a six month professional development program supporting four Indigenous creatives through the writing process. Each participant will develop a short film script from concept/treatment to final draft.
NDN Changemaker Fellowship. Closes July 1, 2024. The NDN Changemaker Fellowship is a two-year fellowship designed to invest ($150,000 USD) in the visions, leadership, and personal and professional development of 21 Indigenous Changemakers working in their communities.
Survey re: Future of the BC Archives. Closes July 31, 2024. We are seeking your input about the future of the BC Archives. We want to hear from people across British Columbia as we reimagine the provincial archives. The Royal BC Museum is in the midst of an extensive engagement process to collaboratively envision the museum’s future, ensuring it reflects the priorities and perspectives of all people in British Columbia. Your input will help inform the future of the provincial archives, which will be moving to the new PARC Campus (Provincial Archives, Research and Collections) in 2026.
The Canadian Conservation Institute (CCI) is once again offering their comprehensive online course: “Response Ready? Developing an Emergency Response Plan for Heritage Institutions.” The virtual sessions provide you with an engaged, interactive learning experience centered around objectives and key components of emergency response planning, and you will leave with a solid plan for your own museum, archive or heritage institution. Bimonthly sessions will be held on Zoom from October 2, 2024, to March 5, 2025, from 10:00 to 11:00 a.m. (Pacific Time). Application deadline: September 4, 2024. Fee: None. Head to this website to learn more about the course: https://www.canada.ca/en/conservation-institute/services/training-learning/online-learning/online-workshops.html
imagineNative Tour Program: Open Until November 1, 2024. The imagineNATIVE Tour brings Indigenous-made film works and community engagement activities to communities across Turtle Island (Canada). The 2024 imagineNATIVE Tour programs offer a selection of Indigenous works from across Canada that were presented as part of the 2023 imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival. This year we are proud to present two documentary features, and three short film programs suitable for three age groups. This year, you can book screenings to take place either in-person or online!
Open for Applications! 2024-25 Certificate in Indigenous Language Revitalization National Online Cohort: September 2024- April 2025. Full-time certificate: 8 courses (4 per semester) *may accept part-time students, space permitting. Live online classes: 12-2 pm PST (Mon.-Thurs.) The award-winning and accessible Certificate in Indigenous Language Revitalization is offered by the University of Victoria’s Department of Linguistics and the Division of Continuing Studies, in partnership with the En’owkin Centre.
Community Engagement, Reimagining the Royal BC Museum. Important conversations are underway at the Royal BC Museum as we embark on province-wide engagement to reimagine the future of your museum and archives. With your help, we can ensure people from all corners of the province feel welcomed, included, and represented through community connections, educational programs, and inclusive, thought-provoking experiences for everyone. Updating our aging facilities and infrastructure is a critical part of reimagining the museum and archives, but so too is the thinking our methods and processes. It’s a significant task. Reimagining the museum requires fiscal responsibility, enormous creativity, and, above all else, an approach that welcomes and includes the perspectives of all people in British Columbia. We welcome your ideas, your feedback, and your voice.