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Wendy Porter

Wendy Porter

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Museum Collections Technician

  • Education

    • Carleton University

      1973 - 1975
      Bachelor of Arts Art History

    • Conestoga College

      -

    • Carleton University

      1989 - 1990
      TESL Certificate English as a Second Language

  • Experience

    • Super Londres 2000

      Nov 1978 - Nov 1980
      Assistant Manager

      As representatives of an English charter flight wholesaler, Saintseal Holdings, the English manager and I worked together with staff members of a local Spanish travel sales agency filling seats on our twice weekly flights between Madrid and London. Main responsibilities included: submission of daily bookings to head office via real-time telex, preparation of flight lists and assistance at airport departures, preparation of monthly accounts and reports, assistance with sales promotions, brochure distribution, and the organization of promotional agent trips. Show less

    • Vancouver School Board, Continuing Education

      Sept 1992 - Jan 1995
      ESL Teacher

      taught ESL skills to classes of adult immigrants; beginner to intermediate levels; several part-time contracts

    • Burnaby College

      Jan 1997 - Jan 2001
      ESL Teacher

      Taught federally-funded LINC English Language program for new Canadians, Levels 1 to 3.

    • The Canadian Institute in Greece

      Jan 1998 - Jan 2023
      Member

    • The University of British Columbia

      Jan 1999 - Jan 2001
      Dighouse Manager, Summer Archaeological Excavation

      Responsible for the the processing and on-site storage of all excavated artifacts.

    • American School of Classical Studies Athens - Agora Excavations

      Dec 2001 - Jun 2005
      Collections Coordinator

      - storage move project manager (initial position): designed and then effectively implemented a move of approximately 5000 metal artifacts in the Agora collection into new, humidity controlled storage; developed a system of individual artifact location, condition and storage need assessment, creation of custom mount and label, and final placement in prepared storage area, all with accompanying FileMaker database tracking; initiated similar project to move 75,000 coins into new storage area- collections coordinator: prioritized and implemented improvements to the storage of glass and wood artifacts; continued with the Coin Project, training and supervising two part-time assistants and several volunteers; maintained database records and study material for research and exhibition; ordered stock materials; monitored environment and pest control measures; cleaned numerous artifacts and performed basic conservation treatments Show less

    • UBC Museum of Anthropology

      Oct 2006 - Apr 2010
      Collections Technician

      responsible for the processing of new acquisitions (pest mitigation, freezing, labeling, record entry into collection management database); responsible for the safe removal, re-installation or storage, and tracking of museum objects, as well as, the safe handling and set-up of objects for photos digitization.

    • Museum of Vancouver

      Feb 2011 - Sept 2011
      Museum technician

      provided safe handling and tracking throughout a simultaneous removal and re-shelving of objects in the storage area during the installation of new compacting shelving units

    • Royal BC Museum

      Nov 2014 - Mar 2016

      Inventory of objects in the Human History storage areas. Data entry and update of donor/source information for all modern history artifacts.

      • Collections Assistant

        May 2015 - Mar 2016

      • Collection Assistant

        Nov 2014 - Apr 2015

    • Self-employed

      Nov 2015 - now
      Museum technician

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Standard First Aid and CPR Level C

      Red Cross
      Mar 2012

    • TESL Ontario Teaching Certification

      Tesl Ontario
      Sept 2013

  • Volunteer Experience

    • Marketing and Collections assistant

      Issued by Maritime Museum of BC on Jun 2014
      Maritime Museum of BCAssociated with Wendy Porter

    • Collections assistant, Human HIstory

      Issued by Royal BC Museum on Jun 2014
      Royal BC MuseumAssociated with Wendy Porter

    • Build worker and ReStore clerk

      Issued by Habitat for Humanity Wellington Dufferin Guelph on Jul 2013
      Habitat for Humanity Wellington Dufferin GuelphAssociated with Wendy Porter

    • Curatorial/ Data entry

      Issued by The Civic Museum, Guelph, Ontario on Sept 2013
      The Civic Museum, Guelph, OntarioAssociated with Wendy Porter

    • ESL Teachers' Assistant

      Issued by Inter-Cultural Association of Victoria on Sept 2014
      Inter-Cultural Association of VictoriaAssociated with Wendy Porter