Overview

Elder/ Knowledge Keeper – Gordon Denny Community School (Air Ronge) – JobID: 919

- Position Type: School Based Support - Cultural/ Elder - Knowledge Keeper
- Date Posted: 7/5/2026
- Location: Air Ronge – Gordon Denny Community School
- FTE: Full time
- Term of Employment: Permanent
- Salary and Benefits: $26.99 - $31.57 per hour - According to education and experience

Responsibilities

- Foster an atmosphere of pride, respect, and trust.
- Assist with the preservation of traditional knowledge and oral tradition.
- Assist classroom teachers with First Nations and Métis knowledge, language, and traditional skills.
- Teach traditional and cultural skills such as trapping, fishing, beading, storytelling, and smudging.
- Teach cultural life skills to promote mastery, generosity, independence, and belonging.
- Meet with at‑risk youths.
- Assist with parent support groups.
- Cree language is an asset.

Qualifications

- Experience and/or training in culturally based education and knowledge keeping.
- Ability to collaborate with school staff to integrate First Nations and Métis knowledge, language,



and traditional skills.
- Respect for Indigenous knowledge systems and community engagement.
- Cree language is an asset.

For more information on the school and community, please contact the Superintendent of Education, Meghan Beaven at , or the Principal, Marlina Ballantyne at , or visit our website at nlsd113.ca.

We thank all applicants for their interest; however, only those shortlisted for interviews will be contacted. Please note that present and past employers may be contacted.

NLSD is committed to employment equity and building a representative workforce. Applications are encouraged from members of equity-seeking groups, including Indigenous Peoples (First Nations, Métis, and Inuit), persons with disabilities, visible minorities, and women in underrepresented occupations. Qualified Indigenous candidates may be given preference in accordance with the Division's Employment Equity procedures and objectives.

Postings current as of 7/10/2026 2:28:28 AM CST.

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📌 Elder/ Knowledge Keeper - Gordon Denny Community School (Air Ronge)
🏢 Northern Lights School Division No
📍 Air Ronge