CHIN

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CHIN YCWAt Building Careers in Heritage

• Martin Lajoie, Product Manager
• Virtual Exhibits YCW Internship Coordinator

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Overview

• What is CHIN
• CHIN YCW
• How it Works
• Outcomes
• Success Stories

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What is CHIN?

• The Canadian Heritage Information Network (CHIN)
• Special operating agency of Canadian Heritage,
  since 1972
  
• As an active network of heritage organizations,
  we engage national and international audiences in
  Canadian heritage through leadership and
  innovation in digital content, partnerships and
  lifelong learning opportunities.
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CHIN YCW

• Active partner in the delivery of YCWAt Building
  Careers in Heritage component
  
• Providing 150 Canadian youth with unique /
  concrete opportunities since 1996
  
• Contributing to YCWs success
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How it Works

• Internships are allocated to employers
  participating in executively produced virtual
  exhibits for the Virtual Museum of Canada
  
• average 18 internships per fiscal year
• 10 national 8 international
• employers are heritage institutions / museums and
  the private sector
  
• application form submitted to CHIN
• managed via contract (CHIN and employer)

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• Employer selects intern
• via human resources offices, Colleges,
  Universities, newspaper adds
  
• Monitoring the internship
• Forms to be completed by intern and employer (at
  start, during and end of internship)
  
• Follow-up calls with intern and employer
• Direct contact with the employer and intern
• CHIN acts as delivery organization
• quality monitoring, ensure relevant experience /
  learning opportunities
  
• facilitate solid international experiences
  (Expo2000, The British Museum, Earth Summit in
  South Africa)
  
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Outcomes

• Youth develop and apply their skills with
  knowledgeable employers participating in
  innovative, executively produced virtual exhibits
  for the Virtual Museum of Canada
• research (as related to heritage)
• exhibit production (physical virtual)
• collections work (database development
  implementation, records management)
  
• multimedia development (as related to heritage)
• Interns were involved with over 35 high profile
  virtual exhibits
  
• International interns have traveled to more than
  30 countries

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• Interns gained heritage experience with over 250
  institutions / employers in Canada and abroad
  
• Following their internship, an estimated 70 have
  found employment and 30 have returned to school
  to further their education
  
• Total sponsorship from employers, hosts and
  grants since 1996 over 1 million
  
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• Success stories!

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