Elder - Knowledge Keeper - Minahik Waskahigan High School
About the role
JobID: 651
Position Type:
School Based Support - Cultural/Elder - Knowledge Keeper
Date Posted:
11/13/2025
Location:
Pinehouse - Minahik Waskahigan High School
Date Available:
ASAP
Closing Date:
Open until filled
FTE: Full-time
Term of Employment: Temporary to June 24, 2026
Salary and Benefits: $26.99 - $31.57/hour - According to education and experience.
Qualifications and Responsibilities:
- Helping to foster an atmosphere and environment of pride, respect, and trust.
- Assisting with the preservation of traditional knowledge and oral tradition.
- Assisting classroom teachers with First Nations and Metis knowledge, language, and traditional skills.
- Teaching traditional and cultural skills such as trapping, fishing, beading, storytelling, and smudging.
- Teaching cultural life skills to promote mastery, generosity, independence, and belonging.
- Meeting with at-risk youths.
- Assisting with parent support groups.
For more information on the school and community, please contact the Superintendent of Education, Jordan Kolbeck, at 306-288-2310, or the Principal, Janet Hansen, at 306-884-4888*,* or visit our website at nlsd113.ca.
We wish to thank all applicants for their interest; however, only those applicants shortlisted for interviews will be contacted. Please note that present and past employers may be contacted.
We welcome diversity and encourage all qualified candidates to apply; however, in accordance with Canadian immigration requirements, Canadian citizens and permanent residents will be given priority.
Elder - Knowledge Keeper - Minahik Waskahigan High School
About the role
JobID: 651
Position Type:
School Based Support - Cultural/Elder - Knowledge Keeper
Date Posted:
11/13/2025
Location:
Pinehouse - Minahik Waskahigan High School
Date Available:
ASAP
Closing Date:
Open until filled
FTE: Full-time
Term of Employment: Temporary to June 24, 2026
Salary and Benefits: $26.99 - $31.57/hour - According to education and experience.
Qualifications and Responsibilities:
- Helping to foster an atmosphere and environment of pride, respect, and trust.
- Assisting with the preservation of traditional knowledge and oral tradition.
- Assisting classroom teachers with First Nations and Metis knowledge, language, and traditional skills.
- Teaching traditional and cultural skills such as trapping, fishing, beading, storytelling, and smudging.
- Teaching cultural life skills to promote mastery, generosity, independence, and belonging.
- Meeting with at-risk youths.
- Assisting with parent support groups.
For more information on the school and community, please contact the Superintendent of Education, Jordan Kolbeck, at 306-288-2310, or the Principal, Janet Hansen, at 306-884-4888*,* or visit our website at nlsd113.ca.
We wish to thank all applicants for their interest; however, only those applicants shortlisted for interviews will be contacted. Please note that present and past employers may be contacted.
We welcome diversity and encourage all qualified candidates to apply; however, in accordance with Canadian immigration requirements, Canadian citizens and permanent residents will be given priority.