About the Role
The Indigenous Pathways program is a paid, full-time, 9-month learning and development opportunity designed to support First Nations, Inuit, or Métis individuals in honing their professional skills at CBC. This position is based in Toronto with CBC’s Library and Archives team, offering hands-on work experience and training within an all-Indigenous cohort. It's a great opportunity to advance Indigenous Knowledge, including indigenizing metadata and research, supporting Indigenous data sovereignty, information services, and archiving.
Responsibilities
- Develop essential skills and tools for a career in media, libraries and archives.
- Build meaningful relationships with mentors, trainers, peers, and Indigenous colleagues.
- Gain valuable professional experience.
Requirements
- Must be First Nations, Inuit, or Métis.
- Have a deep interest in digital and video storytelling.
- Be passionate about music, arts, and culture within your community or beyond.
- Be eager to gain practical, hands-on experience at CBC.
- Possess curiosity about technology and an interest in developing technical skills in media archives and Indigenous multimedia content.
- Be a critical thinker who demonstrates strong ethics and integrity.
- Be a collaborative communicator and team player.
- Candidates may be subject to skills and knowledge testing.
- Candidates who advance will be asked to complete a background check, including a mandatory Criminal record check.
Skills
- Skills or affinity for research
- Some knowledge on the importance of metadata and interest in Indigenizing metadata and research
- Interest in (or willingness to learn) how AI or technology can support access and retrieval of archival content
- English (Reading - B - Intermediate)
- English (Speaking - B - Intermediate)
- English (Writing - B - Intermediate)
Location
- Toronto, Ontario
Work Type
- Temporary Long-Term (Fixed Term)
- Full-time
- Hybrid
Experience Level
- No prior media production education or job experience is required.
About the Company
- At CBC/Radio-Canada, we create content that informs, entertains and connects Canadians on multiple platforms.
- Our successes and accomplishments are driven by embodying and upholding values, which include creativity, integrity, inclusiveness and relevance.
- We are committed to being a leader in reflecting our country’s diversity.
- We value equal opportunity and nurture an inclusive workplace where our individual differences are not only recognized and valued, but also extend to and pervade all the services we provide as Canada’s public broadcaster.
Equal Opportunity
- CBC/Radio-Canada is committed to being a leader in reflecting our country’s diversity.
- We value equal opportunity and nurture an inclusive workplace where our individual differences are not only recognized and valued, but also extend to and pervade all the services we provide as Canada’s public broadcaster.
- If you have accommodation needs at this stage of the recruitment process, please inform us as soon as possible by sending an e-mail to recruitment@cbc.ca.
