Research Assistant, Elders: Visiting Social Justice in Media Oral History (PSAC-RC) - Women's and Gender Studies *Work-Study Program*

### **NOTE:** **Students must be approved for the 2026-27 Work-Study program in order to be hired for this position. The Work-Study Student Application form is available online here: Work Study Program | Awards | The University of Winnipeg: https://www.uwinnipeg.ca/awards/work-study-program.html** **Please include confirmation of your approval to participate in the Work-Study Program with your application.** **Work-Study Project Title:** Elders: Visiting Social Justice in Media Oral History **Competition Number:** WS16.26 **Date Posted:** November 10, 2026 **Department:** Women's and Gender Studies **Researcher:** Dr. Pauline Greenhill **Position Vacancies:** 1 **Salary:** $17.22 - $20.10 per hour plus 6% vacation pay Research Assistants are normally students, in a University of Winnipeg undergraduate program, employed to assist with tasks related to research. Work is performed within defined guidelines and under supervision of a more senior researcher or faculty member. **Position Overview:** The APTN television/streaming series Elders enacts the premise that many people are repositories of valuable historical knowledge and personal experience that must be recognised, shared, and passed down to future generations. Recalling times when families and community members gathered around Elders but also noting that colonial law previously forbade Indigenous people to assemble, we acknowledge the need to ensure that Elders can share knowledge, keep traditions alive, and honour experiences. The show emulates the uplifting, exciting events that once brought people together, while making it possible for a wide audience to access the material via television/streaming. We thus work to foster social justice, critical hope, and cultural democracy by exploring their relation to the specific oral/video histories gathered from the extraordinary ordinary folks who will be featured in Elders. **Duties:** * This ideally Anishinaabemowin-speaking student will, as appropriate, assist with documenting, coding, and analysing from Indigenous feminist perspectives fostering cultural democracy and community the APTN series Elders. * Assist in documenting, coding, and analysing additional materials (transcripts and recordings) provided by the creators, Eagle Vision, our Partner in this research. * Assist with the write up and editing of results. * Take responsibility for documentation of material for deposit in the Oral History Centre. **Qualifications** * Ideally Anishnaabemowin speaker. * MA preferred with course work in feminism, cultural studies, Indigenous studies, and Indigenous research methods. * Completed Oral History Centre workshop. * Strong organizational skills. * Excellent basic computer skills (Word, Excel, etc.). * Good judgement. * Diligent with communication. **Condition(s) of Employment:** * Must be legally entitled to work in Canada. * ***Students must be approved for the 2026-27 Work-Study program***. Students may be eligible for