Summer Job Position – Kettle & Stony Point First Nation/Lambton Shores

Funded by: Canada Summer Jobs 2024

Duration: Approx. 8 weeks

Title: Wildlife Field Technician (Assistant) – The Anishinaabek Land Trust

About This Project:

The Anishinaabek Land Trust is a newly developed Indigenous charity organization dedicated to preserving, enhancing, and honouring natural environments and Indigenous Ecological Knowledge. This project is a pilot initiative designed to develop a framework that can assist and guide Indigenous community projects related to species at risk. The data gathered from this project will be provided to the Kettle & Stony Point communities as background knowledge and preliminary data for future environmental projects.

About This Position:

The Wildlife Field Technician will be responsible for assisting the Project Coordinator in Species at Risk research and surveys. Work days will consist of ‘work from home’ time which include research and data organizing, and planning and preparation for weekly surveys. Work days will also involve driving, walking, or kayaking lands and water bodies to perform hands-on field work of flora and fauna.

Duties:

• Assist Project Coordinator in conducting wildlife surveys in the field
• Collect and organize data through the use of GPS, maps, field guides, cameras, data forms, survey sites, and Google applications
• Conduct weekly research tasks online
• Provide natural heritage education about turtles snakes through talking booths
• Speaking to community members about Species and Risk (snakes and turtles)
• Gathering Indigenous or local land knowledge about snakes and turtles