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Wednesday, April 3, 2024
The Audio-Visual Resource Centre is looking for a dedicated and reliable upper-level undergraduate or graduate student studying art and architectural history, film studies or music to assist with various projects, including editing and describing digital media assets, the evaluation of legacy analogue collection materials, digitizing audio/visual... More
Friday, September 8, 2023
PRESERVING HERITAGE: A SUMMER AT THE AVRC by Purity Gituma This summer, I had a unique opportunity to channel my interests in media and heritage preservation while working as a Collections Assistant at the Audio-Visual Resources Centre (AVRC) under the Young Canada Works (YCW) program. Tasked with the vital role of processing and... More
Tuesday, April 4, 2023
During the final year of my MA in Film Studies, I had the incredible opportunity to work in the Audio-Visual Resource Center (AVRC) as the Collections Assistant through the Young Canada Works Program. The AVRC holds extensive collections related to Film Studies, Music, and Art History and, while I was aware of such collections... More
Monday, April 11, 2022
Over the course of two semesters, I had the opportunity to work in the Audio-Visual Resource Centre (AVRC) as a collections assistant. The AVRC holds an expansive collection of materials pertaining to Art History, Music, and Film Studies. During my work term, I focused extensively on the organization and the display of the AVRC’s... More
Wednesday, April 7, 2021
I have been lucky enough to have worked with the AVRC team as the Collections Assistant throughout the 2020/21 school year. Due to COVID-19, the position had been moved from a summer position to a remote part-time position throughout the year. This meant that, like students had in the past, I would not be... More
Friday, December 1, 2017
Post by Landon Arbuckle, MA Film Studies 2017 I would like to share with you a bit about how I spent a large portion of my summer during 2017 working with Carleton University’s Audio-Visual Resource Centre, and why it was such a unique opportunity to build my portfolio of transferable skills in an area... More
Thursday, August 11, 2016
Post by Matthew Sanders, MA Film Studies '16 Throughout both my Bachelors and Masters degree the AVRC was a valuable resource for my academic and professional development. In the summer of 2015 I had the opportunity to work as an archive's assistant for the AVRC thanks to Nancy Duff, supervisor of the AVRC. My... More
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