Treaty ; First Nations Interpreter​/Demonstrator

Department:Indigenous Programming & Experience

Position Type:Seasonal

Hourly Rate:$16.50

Contract

Start Date:

April 2026

Contracts End Date: October 2026

Hours:Varies and includes weekdays, weekends, and statutory holidays

The Invitation:

We invite someone who carries their teachings withcare, walks with humility and strength, and is ready to share, listen, and grow alongside community. This role is about weaving Indigenous voices into thefabric of Heritage Park, so that every visitor experiences not only history,but living culture.

Department Overview:

The Indigenous Relations & Programming department supports Heritage Park’s commitment to truth and reconciliation, cultural inclusion, and authentic storytelling. The department develops and delivers

Indigenous-led programming, community partnerships, and advisory structuresthat strengthen Heritage Park’s relationships with Treaty 7 Nations, Métiscommunities, and urban Indigenous groups. The portfolio integrates Indigenous knowledge, protocols, and perspectives into the Park’s operations, guest experiences,and long-term planning.

The Indigenous Relations & Programming department plays a vital role in advancing Heritage Park’s commitment to truth and reconciliation, cultural inclusion, and authentic storytelling. This department leads the development and delivery of Indigenous-led programming, fosters meaningful community partnerships, and establishes advisory structures that strengthen relationships with Treaty 7 Nations, Métis communities, and urban

Indigenous groups.

The portfolio integrates Indigenous knowledge,protocols, and perspectives into all aspects of Heritage Park’s operations,guest experiences, and long-term planning. Heritage Park is dedicated to aparallel lens approach—honouring Indigenous Knowledge systems (teaching,learning, research) and ways of knowing (policy, procedure, and practice) asequal and inseparable from Western Knowledge.

A key commitment includes embracing Oral Storytelling practices, which support both the sharing of existing knowledge and the creation of new understandings. This includes validating transitional stories rooted in ceremonial frameworks and recognizing alignment stories that emerge during ceremonial transitions. These stories will inform and evolve Heritage Park’s smudge protocol, becoming part of the Park’s living truth.

Through this process, Heritage Park defines and sharesthe lessons learned from new knowledge, contributing to enriched teachings anddeeper understanding. This journey is shared collectively, moving through levels of learning within the circle of jurisdiction and spirit.

Who You Are:

Under You may have walked many paths — through ceremony, through community work, through teaching, or through formal study.

What matters most is that you:

• Carry yourown story and teachings with integrity.
• Have experience working with Indigenous communities and building respectful partnerships.
• Are comfortable guiding conversations about history, culture, and reconciliation.
• Bring creativity, adaptability, and a willingness to learn.

What We Value:

• Relationality:
  
  Working together, guided by respect, reciprocity, and responsibility.
• Decolonialpractice:
  Moving beyond institutional check boxes, centering Indigenous perspectives in decision-making and storytelling.
• Storytelling:
  
  Honoring oral traditions and recognizing that stories are teachings, notjust entertainment.
• Community connection:
  Valuing lived experience, cultural knowledge, and relationships as much as formal education.

What You Will Do:

• Carry stories:
  Share Indigenous knowledge, teachings, and perspectives through programming, interpretation, and events. Know and understand the difference between Oral Narratives and Storytelling.
• Build relationships:
  Work with COOK Circle, Guest Indigenous Elders and Knowledge Keepers, and like-minded community partners to ensure programming is respectful, reciprocal, and rooted in Indigenous ways ofknowing.
• Guide learning:
  Support staff and visitors in understanding Indigenous histories and contemporary realities, fostering dialogue that is relational ratherthan transactional.
• Holdspace:
  Create opportunities for Indigenous voices to be heard and celebrated, ensuring…