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Goodbye? Hello! to Elizabeth

Elizabeth Grayson leaning on a display table in the Secrets of Radar Museum, August, 2022. Used with permission.

Sometimes a summer job contract or university intern really clicks with us and our mission and over the years we’ve had several employment contract staff and interns return to us or stay on as volunteers, sometimes for several years.

We are delighted to announce that following the conclusion of her summer Young Canada Works contract, during the Annual General Meeting, Elizabeth Grayson stood for election to the Board of Directors. She was unopposed and the membership unanimously accepted her election. She has taken on the job of handling memberships, among other things, and we couldn’t be happier.

During her three-month summer contract, Elizabeth worked diligently to catalogue, cull, and house several archival collections, attended museum network events, and developed her own interpretive approach to our exhibit material to provide excellent tours. Elizabeth is in the process of completing a Bachelors in Museum Studies at Western University and is brimming with ideas and enthusiasm. Welcome aboard, Elizabeth. We hope you enjoy your term on the Board!

Anticipating Summer '22

We are delighted to announce that we received funding through the Young Canada Works in Heritage program to hire a summer student! YCW is an excellent program that allows museums with small budgets to expand their capacity and get important work done. Our student will work with our collection and archives, learn to give awesome tours, and will participate in the day-to-day running of a small museum. Having a student means a return to our summer hours, opening 5 days a week! Our new student joins us for 13 weeks, beginning May 31 and we can’t wait!

Welcome to the team, Elizabeth!