Student Employment

Application Deadline: September 15

Who: Dalhousie or King’s undergraduate student
When: September 2026–April 2027
Commitment: 3–4 hours per week
Pay: $2,500

The Association for Canadian Jewish Studies, the leading organization dedicated to advancing public knowledge on the Jewish experience in Canada, is seeking an undergraduate student intern with a keen interest in academic and literary publishing to take an active role in the work of two of its publications: Canadian Jewish Studies / Études juives canadiennes (CJS), the only scholarly journal devoted to the study of the Canadian Jewish experience; and Parchment, a literary journal that showcases contemporary Canadian Jewish fiction and poetry.

The internship is an opportunity to learn the ropes of academic and literary journal publishing, gain editing and writing experience, and work with professional editors and publishers as part of a lively, collaborative team.

The position is for the 2026–2027 academic year, beginning the week of September 28, 2026, and ending the week of April 12, 2027, with the possibility of extension through the summer months. The position will be remote and average 3–4 hours per week, depending on the time of year and publication demands. The editors of CJS and Parchment will determine the amount of time split between the two publications in conversation with the intern.

The intern will be fully expected to participate in the life of both journals and have some affinity for the production and/or study of Canadian Jewish culture.

CJS responsibilities will include:

• Assisting the editorial team at all ends of manuscript workflow, including editing, formatting, citation referencing and proofreading, with some direct communication with authors
• Working with the editorial team on metadata clean-up of the journal’s archive dating back to 1993
• Assisting the editorial team in the production of one of the following subsections: Archives Matters, Roundtable, or Translation, not necessarily for publication during the months of the internship
• Writing article summaries for the ACJS and Parchment newsletters and social media in collaboration with in-house social media coordinator and editorial team
• Opportunity to write a scholarly book review for publication, with hands-on writing and editing support from the editorial team

Parchment responsibilities will include:

• Editing fiction and literary non-fiction at all stages of development, in collaboration with editorial staff
• Evaluating unsolicited submissions and providing detailed feedback to the editorial staff and/or writer
• Responding to journal inquiries via Parchment’s email account and updating in-house information-management systems
• Curating and posting social media posts in collaboration with in-house social media coordinator and editor-in-chief

Experience and Qualifications

• Must be in third or fourth year of undergraduate degree; previous experience with Jewish studies preferred but not required
• Previous experience editing academic or non-academic writing preferred but not required
• Comfortable in a collaborative work environment, sharing ideas, and being part of a team
• Strong organizational skills and capacity for executing small tasks and larger projects independently

How to Apply

Please email the following to jewish.studies@dal.ca by September 15, 2026:

• your resume
• a one-page cover letter explaining your qualifications
• the names and contact information of two references, either academic (e.g. university course instructors) or work-related (e.g. supervisors)

Please direct questions about the position to ACJS executive director Joshua Tapper at tapper@canadianjewishstudies.ca.

Application deadline: September 15

Who: Dalhousie or King’s undergraduate student (1)
When: September 2026–April 2027
Commitment: 3–4 hours per week
Pay: $3,000

The Association for Canadian Jewish Studies is seeking an undergraduate student intern with a keen interest in the study of Canadian Jewish history, culture, and society to work on a variety of projects supporting the ACJS’s mission to advance public knowledge on the Jewish experience in Canada.

The internship is an opportunity to contribute to two areas of focus for the ACJS—public education and oral history research—gain administrative and research experience inside a growing non-profit organization, and work alongside Canadian Jewish studies specialists as part of a lively, collaborative team. The intern will support the ACJS’s virtual public education program and an oral history project devoted to contemporary Canadian Jewish politics.

The position is for the 2026–2027 academic year, beginning the week of September 28, 2026, and ending the week of April 26, 2027, with the possibility of extension through the summer months. The position will be remote and average 3–4 hours per week, depending on the time of year, scope of work, and project-specific demands. The ACJS executive team will determine how work is allocated in conversation with the intern. The position pays a stipend of $3,000.

The intern will be invited to participate in the life of the ACJS, such as contributing insight via the organization’s Microsoft Team and joining executive-wide and project team meetings where necessary.

Responsibilities will be divided into two categories:

Public Education

• Providing in-class technical support for all sessions of four, four-week online public education courses about Canadian Jewish history and society (total of 42 instruction hours). Involves monitoring virtual classroom (Zoom) for technical issues as they arise.
• Class dates are as follows, all in 2027: January 11, 18, 25, and February 1 (6 p.m.–7:30 p.m. EST); February 10, 17, 24, and March 3 (6 p.m.–7:30pm EST); March 9, 16, 23, and 30 (6 p.m.–7:30 p.m. EST); and April 5, 12, 19, and 26 (7 p.m.–8:30 p.m. EST).

• The intern must commit to attending all class sessions.

Oral History

• Transcribing and editing up to twenty (20) oral history interviews (with AI assistance), formatting transcripts, and cataloguing metadata for archival preservation.
• Assisting with secondary source research in the creation of digital exhibits to accompany two oral history projects. Work may include compiling data for historical timelines, writing short texts, annotations, and/or captions, and liaising with archivists to acquire relevant archival documents or images for online publication.

Experience and Qualifications

• Must be in third or fourth year of undergraduate degree; previous experience with Jewish studies preferred but not required.
• Experience with Zoom and facility managing and troubleshooting relevant technical challenges.
• Previous experience with oral history preferred but not required.
• Must be comfortable editing long texts while following consistent style and formatting directions.
• Previous experience with primary source historical research preferred but not required; must have experience with the conventions of researching and writing scholarship.
• Comfortable in a collaborative work environment, sharing ideas, and being part of a team.
• Strong organizational skills and capacity for executing small tasks and larger projects independently.

How to Apply

Please email the following to jewish.studies@dal.ca by Sept. 15, 2026:

• your resume and a one-page cover letter explaining your qualifications
• the names and contact information of two references, either academic (e.g. university course instructors) or work-related (e.g. supervisors)

Please direct questions about the position to ACJS executive director Joshua Tapper at tapper@canadianjewishstudies.ca.

Application deadline: October 1      

Who: Dalhousie or King’s undergraduate students (4)
When: January–April 2027 (as well as preliminary work in November–December 2026)
Pay: $3000

The Association for Canadian Jewish Studies (ACJS), in collaboration with Dalhousie University’s Centre for Jewish Studies, is seeking 4 organized, creative, and self-starting undergraduate students to contribute to an oral history project documenting the experiences, memories, and perspectives of Jews living in Halifax and elsewhere in Atlantic Canada.

The Oral History Interviewers will receive training in oral history methods and will work closely with project coordinators from the ACJS and Dalhousie to prepare for, conduct, and process interviews with narrators of all ages and lived experience. The interviewers will assist in creating a digital collection of first-person narratives about Atlantic Jewish life that will serve as a resource for researchers, educators, community members, and the broader public. The project will also serve as a founding collection in the ACJS’s future Canadian Jewish Oral History Collaboratory, a living digital repository devoted to oral histories about the Canadian Jewish experience.

The position is an opportunity for students broadly interested in Jewish history, Canadian history, and Maritime Canadian history, as well as subject matter such as immigration, community building, religious life, identity, and more, to acquire hands-on experience in oral history and community-based research.

No previous oral history experience is required. Through their work on the project, interviewers will gain practical experience in oral history interviewing and research (following established best practices), consent and ethical practices, community engagement, and digital archival practices and metadata, while deepening their knowledge of the history and culture of Jews in Atlantic Canada.

Interviewers are expected to conduct and process 3 to 5 interviews (at least 60–90 minutes in length) between January and April 2027. Interviewers must commit to attending an oral history training workshop, led by one of the ACJS’s project coordinators, in the fall semester, as well as participating in project preparation  discussions in November and December 2026. The position is linked to a 3-credit Dalhousie research course (RELS3XXX) in winter 2027 that will include a final project and written component.

The ACJS is the leading organization dedicated to advancing public knowledge on the Jewish experience in Canada through scholarly, research, and community-oriented projects. Learn more at www.canadianjewishstudies.ca.

Responsibilities

• Conduct and record 3 to 5 in-depth interviews with Jewish civic and religious leaders, activists, educators, professionals, and more, living in Halifax and elsewhere in Atlantic Canada.
• Compile background research and develop interview questions both for use across the project and tailored to specific narrators.
• Coordinate scheduling and logistics with narrators prior to interviews, including introductory conversations (“pre-interviews”); obtain consent; and maintain communication through post-interview follow-ups.
• Complete post-interview processing, including accurate, time-coded transcriptions of each interview; preparation of interview abstracts and short narrator biographies; and logging significant stories, themes, and details for indexing and metadata creation.
• Contribute to the development of public-facing written materials based on interviews.

Qualifications

• Undergraduate student at Dalhousie University or University of King’s College with demonstrated interest in project subject matter, as well as collecting, preserving, and sharing community histories.
• Excellent listening, interpersonal, and communication skills.
• Confident ability to conduct research and prepare and execute interviews in a professional setting.
• Confident ability to handle sensitive information and communicate respectfully with people from a wide range of lived experience, in accordance with ethical oral history practices.
• At ease navigating confidential, highly personal, or emotionally difficult subject matter with patience and sensitivity.
• Comfortable working independently and as a member of a small, collaborative team.

How to Apply

Please email the following to jewish.studies@dal.ca by October 1, 2026:

• Your resume and a one-page cover letter explaining your qualifications. Please be sure to note any prior experience with oral history, journalistic interviewing, or qualitative research interviewing.
• The names and contact information of two references, either academic (e.g. university course instructors) or work-related (e.g. supervisors).

Please direct questions about the position to ACJS executive director Joshua Tapper at tapper@canadianjewishstudies.ca and Dalhousie Centre for Jewish Studies director Eva Mroczek at  eva.mroczek@dal.ca.