Corrie Bouskill

Experience

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  Osgoode Township Historical Society and Museum

  Jun 2007 - Sept 2008

  Conducted curatorial and archival research to produce content, script, and images for permanent interpretive panels in museum's permanent exhibition space.Enhanced digitized images in Photoshop for exhibition purposes.Maintained artifacts and photo-documented several, inputting their information into PastPerfect records management system.Cared for and cleaned artifacts ranging from small household items to large farming machinery using simple and appropriate cleaning techniques. Show less Conducted curatorial, archival and genealogical research using primary resources and microfiche reader.Created and installed exhibition "Quilting in Osgoode Township"​ while using safe handling, mounting, and display techniques and materials for quilts.Cared for and cleaned artifacts using simple and appropriate cleaning techniques.Organized and implemented children's programming for annual "Pioneer Day and Strawberry Social."Led interpretive guided tours for small visiting groups.Performed data entry and cataloguing duties. Show less

  • Interpretative Exhibit Technician

    Jul 2008 - Sept 2008

  • Curatorial Assistant

    Jun 2007 - Jul 2008
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  City of Ottawa

  May 2009 - Sept 2010

  Purchasing Stores Assistant

  Within the City of Ottawa's Finance Department, reconciled SAP inventory data, reviewed invoices for tax compliance, and created material masters for non-inventoried materials.Reviewed and investigated mail, invoices and financial statements for status of payment.Led small group tasks.

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  City of Ottawa

  May 2011 - Sept 2013

  ByWard Market Street Ambassador

  Provided bilingual visitor information to tourists and locals of diverse social, economic, and ethnic backgrounds in the ByWard and Parkdale Markets.Handled general inquiries, service requests, complaints, incident reports and victim impact statements at the information kiosk and facilitated licensing and registering procedures for buskers and street artists. Assisted in the running of special events in the ByWard and Parkdale Markets.Utilized conflict resolution techniques to maintain strong relationships and partnerships between ByWard and Parkdale Market vendors, clients, and ByWard Market BIA.For two (2) years, conducted, analyzed, and interpreted ByWard Market visitor statistics and produced monthly visitor research reports.Analyzed and interpreted newly launched Veggie Valet user statistics in the ByWard Market to assess its long-term feasibility.Ordered, inventoried, and distributed all tourist pamphlets for the Markets Management unit and produced monthly statistical reports on pamphlet distribution in the ByWard Market.Interpreted and enforced parking bylaws, vending bylaws, and regulations while implementing the Safe Streets Act.Gained knowledge about the Occupational Health and Safety legislation policies and procedures and provided recommendations to the City of Ottawa's Health and Safety training coordinators regarding the training of returning summer students.Trained new summer students on proper policies and procedures for the Parkdale Market, by giving them site orientation, meeting vendors, discussing Health and Safety precautions and scenarios and reviewing all managerial documents. Show less

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  Centre international d'études pédagogiques (CIEP)

  Sept 2013 - Apr 2014

  Assistant de langue

  Taught English to French elementary school students aged 6 to 11 years old in 16 elementary school classrooms in La Rochelle, France.Designed and implemented effective lesson plans for all grade levels, which incorporated a variety of learning tools and teaching techniques including books, songs, and games.Set realistic and attainable goals in lessons.Evaluated children's level of comprehension and language progression to ensure that learning objectives were achieved.

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  City of Ottawa

  May 2014 - Aug 2014

  Heritage Interpreter

  Enriched visitor's experience at Pinhey's Point Historic Site by providing bilingual guided tours and heritage programming for diverse audiences.Led Preschool Picnics programming for children aged 3 to 5 years old, engaging participants in educational heritage activities.Assisted in the organization and implementation of special events, ensuring the safety of museum visitors and program participants.Developed a volunteer recruitment strategy to provide gardening support in the historic garden during the summer months. Show less

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  BYTOWN MUSEUM

  May 2015 - Dec 2016

  Recruited, interviewed, hired, and trained youth aged 16 – 23 for the BYTOWN MUSEUM's Youth Council. Proactively facilitated the Youth Council’s programming initiatives and arranged workshops and learning opportunities for the youth.Managed and oversaw multiple on-going projects created by youth including historical blogs, podcasts, videos, and events.Successfully wrote and lead Youth Council Members through the grant writing process and was awarded a grant to support the development of an exhibition. Chosen by the Capital Museum Professionals Network as a speaker on a panel of community museums employees who focused on youth programming. Discussed the challenges and successes of the BYTOWN MUSEUM's youth programming initiative, the BYTOWN MUSEUM's Youth Council.Designed the museum's marketing posters using Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign.Maintained and managed BYTOWN MUSEUM Youth Council's WordPress blog: bytownyouthcouncil.wordpress.com Show less Developed the Bytown Museum’s exhibition brief for 2017: the Museum’s 100th anniversary and the 150th anniversary of Canada’s Confederation. Proposed and selected artifacts from the collection in collaboration with the Collections and Exhibitions Manager and conducted extensive curatorial research to develop research reports for each of the selected artifacts.Worked with artifact records using accession files, Microsoft Access, and Ottawa’s community museum database MINISIS.Updated the artifacts’ classification using Nomenclature and writing clear and comprehensive artifact descriptions. Show less

  • Youth Programs Facilitator

    Aug 2015 - Dec 2016

  • Collections and Exhibitions Intern

    May 2015 - Aug 2015
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  City of Ottawa

  Oct 2015 - Jan 2018

  Developed and delivered educational programming, interpretation, and historic demonstrations to the public and local community groups at the City of Ottawa Museums.Developed newly re-branded "Get to the Point" special event at Pinhey's Point Historic Site. This large-scale outdoor event was intended for an audience of over 300 visitors. Researched and connected with new community organizations to develop partnerships in which they could participate in our special event programming.Researched and developed interpretive text for interpretive panels that were displayed during special event programming.Developed and designed interpretive panels for special event programming using Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign.Conducted an environmental scan of evaluation methods for measuring success in museum programming to support the Committee for Evaluating Program Success. Through researching and analyzing how other institutions measure and evaluate program success, I assisted in the development of a program evaluation tool that could be used by the City of Ottawa Museums to reliably evaluate their own programming initiatives. Show less Registered and accessioned artifacts in MINISIS and standard documents while assisting in the development of new methods for accessioning working collections.Maintained, handled, and labeled artifacts in accordance with museum standards.Supervised and guided Algonquin College Applied Museum Studies students in seasonal maintenance, packing, and storing of artifacts at Cumberland Heritage Village Museum.Conducted preventive conservation for artifacts.Developed, installed, and de-installed pop-up artifact exhibitions to pair with museum programming.Navigated KE EMu when searching accession numbers and objects types to determine shelf locations for objects returning to collections storage.Conducted Integrated Pest Management and Environmental Monitoring analyses to ensure the long-term preservation of the City of Ottawa's extensive collection. Show less

  • Heritage Specialist

    May 2015 - Jan 2018

  • Recreation and Culture Attendant

    Sept 2014 - Jan 2018

  • Collections Specialist

    Oct 2015 - Apr 2016
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  Library of Parliament

  Dec 2016 - Mar 2017

  Interpretation Officer

  Responsible for training, mentoring, managing, and evaluating the work of a team of 60 Parliamentary Guides.Coordinates daily tour schedules, distribution of tour tickets and booking tour reservations.Conceives and delivers high quality guided tours of the Parliament of Canada.

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  Canada Science and Technology Museums Corporation

  Apr 2017 - now

  Public Programs Officer