Indigenous Student Museum Internship
Top Benefits
About the role
Are you interested in developing valuable skills by working in one of Canada’s best museums? The Indigenous Student Museum Internship (ISMI) program may be for you.
Offered by FRAMS, the ISMI internship invites First Nations, Inuit and Métis post secondary students to spend a summer exploring a field that inspires them at the Royal Alberta Museum.
Responsibilities
Whether it is archaeology or botany, communications or conservation, education, geology, Indigenous studies, invertebrate zoology, mammalogy, ornithology, palaeontology, or history—there is a field for you. If you’re enrolled in a college or university program, identify as First Nations, Inuit or Métis, and have related academic interests, this may be the right opportunity for you.
Program eligibility criteria:
● currently enrolled in a college or university program and you will be returning to your studies in fall 2026 or you are currently completing your final year;
● identify as First Nations, Inuit or Métis; and
● have related academic interest to the Royal Alberta Museum.
The ISMI program is a 16-week paid internship for First Nations, Métis and Inuit post-secondary students.
The ISMI program runs for 16 weeks and begins May 2026.
Application Deadline:
March 10, 2026
About Friends of Royal Alberta Museum Society
Friends of Royal Alberta Museum Society (FRAMS) was established in 1982 by a group of citizens dedicated to maintaining and encouraging a high level of public support for the Royal Alberta Museum. FRAMS is comprised of a volunteer board of directors and general members.
FRAMS is involved in fundraising and friend-raising, acquiring artifacts to expand the museum’s collections, and supporting museum and FRAMS programs. FRAMS primary role is to serve as a dynamic link between the museum and the community at large.
FRAMS projects contribute to the museum’s ability to explore, preserve, and interpret Alberta's natural and human histories to Albertans and the world.
Indigenous Student Museum Internship
Top Benefits
About the role
Are you interested in developing valuable skills by working in one of Canada’s best museums? The Indigenous Student Museum Internship (ISMI) program may be for you.
Offered by FRAMS, the ISMI internship invites First Nations, Inuit and Métis post secondary students to spend a summer exploring a field that inspires them at the Royal Alberta Museum.
Responsibilities
Whether it is archaeology or botany, communications or conservation, education, geology, Indigenous studies, invertebrate zoology, mammalogy, ornithology, palaeontology, or history—there is a field for you. If you’re enrolled in a college or university program, identify as First Nations, Inuit or Métis, and have related academic interests, this may be the right opportunity for you.
Program eligibility criteria:
● currently enrolled in a college or university program and you will be returning to your studies in fall 2026 or you are currently completing your final year;
● identify as First Nations, Inuit or Métis; and
● have related academic interest to the Royal Alberta Museum.
The ISMI program is a 16-week paid internship for First Nations, Métis and Inuit post-secondary students.
The ISMI program runs for 16 weeks and begins May 2026.
Application Deadline:
March 10, 2026
About Friends of Royal Alberta Museum Society
Friends of Royal Alberta Museum Society (FRAMS) was established in 1982 by a group of citizens dedicated to maintaining and encouraging a high level of public support for the Royal Alberta Museum. FRAMS is comprised of a volunteer board of directors and general members.
FRAMS is involved in fundraising and friend-raising, acquiring artifacts to expand the museum’s collections, and supporting museum and FRAMS programs. FRAMS primary role is to serve as a dynamic link between the museum and the community at large.
FRAMS projects contribute to the museum’s ability to explore, preserve, and interpret Alberta's natural and human histories to Albertans and the world.