Education

Goldbelt Heritage Foundation is seeking a qualified author and cultural educator to develop an educational book about GHF’s yaakw (dugout canoe) and the cultural knowledge, teachings, practices, and traditions connected to canoe building and use.

The selected author will collaborate with GHF, carvers, cultural knowledge holders, and Chatwin Publishing to create an approximately 2,500-word manuscript that complements photographs. Content will explore the process from tree selection and carving through steaming, finishing, and tribal journey, while helping readers understand the canoe’s broader cultural significance. The book should be accessible to elementary, middle school, and high school students, as well as educators.

Applicants should have more than ten years of classroom teaching experience, at least five years of experience teaching reading techniques and instructional strategies, strong cultural knowledge, and experience developing engaging educational content for different ages.

To apply: Submit a letter of interest, résumé/CV or biography, relevant youth teaching experience, proposed hourly or contract rate, and availability to ghf@goldbelt.com, attention Luke Fortier.