For more about Prince Edward Island National Park visit www.parkscanada.gc.ca/pei

[Standard Parks Canada Intro]

[A student smiles in a boat. A supervisor talks to a student. Another student talks to people on the beach. A student sits at a desk, dialing a phone. Talking to a visitor, a student stands behind a counter. Two students laugh while sitting behind a desk. ]

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Parks Canada Student Jobs. Luke, Sarah-Jayne, Nicola, Ocel, Brian, Kassandra

[Kassandra walks into Province House National Historic site. She is seated behind a desk.]


Kassandra: My name is Kassandra McKinnon, and I’ve been working in the park for four years.

[Kassandra shows another student how to use a till]

Kassandra: My job title is supervisor at Province House National Historic Site.

[Kassandra sits behind a desk]

Kassandra: I’m currently a second year sociology major at UPEI with a theatre minor.

[Kassandra shows a new student around Province House National Historic Site]
Kassandra: One of the reasons why Parks Canada is so awesome is all the opportunities it provides. I started as a student myself with the FSWEP program. There’s a lot of availability for moving up in the workplace from different sites or different positions within the field unit.

[The camera pans from the ocean to Ocel kneeling down talking to some visitors on the beach]

Ocel: My name is Ocel Dauphinais.

[Ocel stands in front of sand dunes beside a trail]

Ocel: I’ve worked at province house for three years and three years as an interpreter in the national park.

[Ocel stands on the beach talking to some visitors]

I just graduated as a business major and now I’m doing my masters in Organizational Development. I guess being a business student the major skill I’ve learned here in the national park would be communication skills, public speaking, just being very comfortable around people and interpreting and talking to people.

[Ocel shows seashells to two children on the beach]

Ocel: They’re not as common as the moonsnail, this is the famous moonsnail so you guys can touch that one there.

[Ocel hands a child a moonsnail]

Ocel: I think Parks Canada is a great place to work especially as a student because we get to, like my job here I get to be outside all day and it’s not every job that you get to work outside with people all the time. And we also get to represent the great cultural and natural sites this country has to offer.

[Close up shot of Brian’s hands typing on a keyboard. Brian stands in front of a small lake with a floating boardwalk.]

Brian: My name is Brian Smith.

[Brian talks on the phone and performs administrative duties ]

Brian: This year I’ve been the administrative assistant at the front desk of the Dalvay Administration Building. I am actually doing a co-op work term this summer through the UPEI Business Administration program, so I am receiving a credit for the work that I am doing. Any student whether in high school or university can actually work at Parks Canada through a co-op work program.

[Brian stands in front of a small lake with a floating boardwalk.]

Brian: So you’re not only working for the summer but you’re also receiving a credit in the course or the program that you’re involved in.

[Nicola stands behind a desk at a Visitor’s Information Centre, looking up information on a computer.]

Nicola: My name is Nicola MacLeod and I’ve been working for Parks Canada for 2 summers.

[Nicola stands in front of a golf course and a lake.]

Nicola: Currently I’m at the Cavendish VIC and previous to now I’ve been working at Stanhope campground, Copper Lane Gate and Graham’s Lane gate. Being at the gate really gave me a lot of responsibilities, and being at the campground as well. You’re responsible for opening and closing and managing your cash, making sure everything’s organized and making sure that you can get a visitor everything that they need.

[The Camera zooms into Nicola’s hands showing a visitor where to go on a map. ]
Nicola: With my Arts degree I’d like to work with people someday so it’s great interacting with visitors, helping them plan their trip.

[Nicola stands in front of a golf course and a lake.]

Nicola: The job is very rewarding as well, you get the sense that you helped people and made their trip better.

[Luke slowly and carefully walks between two sand dunes]

Luke: Hi, my name is Luke Hennessey, and this is my fifth year working at Prince Edward Island National Park.

[Luke sits on a log in front of sand dunes and the ocean]

Lucas: My job here is I’m a student field technician. I work primarily with the piping plover, which is an endangered species in the national park. But I also do other measures of ecological integrity.

[Lucas holds up a small vial of ants for a close up]

Luke: Today we’re working on Ants!

[Luke leans into a sand dune and starts picking ants off the sand]

Luke: The number that we find kind of represents the biodiversity of this dune and it’s a measure of ecological integrity.

[Luke sits on a log in front of sand dunes and the ocean]

Luke: There’s a long of great things about my job and working for Parks Canada. Even things like I have set days off, set hours.

[Luke sits in a zodiac boat on the ocean]

Luke: Also I get to work outdoors, which I love. I would definitely work for Parks Canada again.

[Luke records data on the beach with another field technician]

Luke: It’s a really great agency, I love my job and I would love to come back in the future.

[Sarah- Jayne organizes papers on her desk.]

Sarah-Jayne: My name is Sarah-Jayne MacDonald. I’m an administrative services student in the HR and finance departments.

[Sarah-Jayne sits at her desk in front of a window.]

Sarah-Jayne: Right now I’m at St. Mary’s University and I’m doing my Bachelor of Commerce degree with a major in human resource management.

[Sarah-Jayne opens a filing cabinet and begins to search through the files]
Sarah-Jayne: I got this job through applying for the Federal Student Work Experience Program, and I just filled in an online application and submitted my resume and then they contacted me.

[Sarah-Jayne sits at her computer, looking at the FSWEP website]

Sarah-Jayne: To apply for the Federal Student Work Experience Program,

[An image of the homepage of the website slowly zooms in]

Sarah-Jayne: you can go to jobs.gc.ca, and on the side there’s a link for students. So if you click that, it will take you to the Federal Student Work Experience Program,

[An image of the FSWEP website slowly zooms in]

Sarah-Jayne: Which is an online application and you fill out some information about yourself, your address and that sort of thing.

[Sarah-Jayne sits at her desk]

And then you get to fill out stuff about your education and your past work experiences and any skills that you might have, and you also can attach a cover letter and a resume as well.

Text: Every year, Parks Canada’s PEI Field Unit hires over 95 students to work in PEI National Park and National Historic Sites.

Text: Resource conservation, maintenance, interpreters, media, finance, human resources, administrative assistants, gate attendants, special events

Text: Will you be one of them?

Text: jobs.gc.ca

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