[BCMA] How to apply for and pay a summer student

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Hi all,
We, also, are a small Museum but have been most fortunate to receive grants
from Canada Summer Jobs. Unfortunately their deadline has passed. They will
pay the provincial minimum wage plus Mandatory Employment Related Costs
(MERCs). The length of employment per student is 8 weeks. We have found
them easy to deal with and the grants are relatively easy to fill out.

As we sometimes have hired the same student for 2 years in a row (cutting
down training time and gaining a lot of experience in a short period of
time) we have paid them $20 - $22 per hour.

Young Canada Works is now available for applications - their criteria are
quite different and the grant a bit more tricky to fill out, but this might
be your best bet at this point in time.

Good luck with it all,

Linda Hanson,
Manager, Telkwa Museum Society



On Mon, Nov 10, 2025 at 12:21 PM Moderated BCMA subscriber listserv <
listserv at lists.museum.bc.ca> wrote:

> Hi everyone.
>
> The “Victoria Scout and Guide Museum” a small, all volunteer, non profit
> museum is considering hiring a student next summer for 2 to 3 months to do
> data entry, likely on a Catalogit platform.
>
> Therefore we are seeking input from museums that have experience with
> this. Our questions are as follows.
>
> 1) what is the normal rate of pay for a student?
>
> 2) where are the best places to advertise for such a student? So far I
> have only contacted the University of Victoria.
>
> 3) where are the best places to seek grants to help us offset the costs?
> Canada Works? Etc.???
> Also, what is the usual deadline to apply for such grants, December???
>
> 4) Finally, are other issues that I should be aware of?
>
> Any and all comments and suggestions are most appreciative.
>
> Sincerely
> Ron Bilinsky
> Scouts Canada
> Victoria Scout and Guide Museum Coordinator
> 2338 Sunriver Way, SOOKE BC V9Z 0Y4
> Email bilinskyron at gmail.com
> Home Phone 250-664-7048
> Cell Phone 778-533-1702
>
>
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