Opportunities | Association for Canadian Jewish Studies

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Contract Positions
Finance Manager (paid)

Executive Committee Roles
Secretary (unpaid)

Chair, Membership (unpaid)

Internships
Editorial Internship (paid)
(Dalhousie University / University of King’s College students only)

Public Scholarship Internship (paid)
(Dalhousie University / University of King’s College students only)

Finance Manager

The Association for Canadian Jewish Studies is seeking a finance manager to join its leadership team beginning in September 2026. The finance manager will work inside and collaborate with a small and dedicated team of leaders that advance the ACJS’s mission as the only national organization devoted to creating, promoting, and disseminating research and public scholarship about the Canadian Jewish experience.

We seek a highly organized, self-directed, and numbers-savvy finance manager to support our leadership team in overseeing all financial matters pertaining to the ACJS’s growing portfolio of projects, as well as basic bookkeeping, annual budgeting, and year-end tax reporting. The finance manager will take a hands-on role in coordinating e-commerce solutions with relevant team members and external associates, administering external grants, and managing intake of small and large donations, while also working closely with the ACJS executive director and executive committee president on general matters of financial oversight and budgeting.

The finance manager is expected to join monthly team meetings and attend the organization’s annual general meeting each spring. The finance manager is also expected to participate in the broader life of the ACJS and is invited to contribute ideas, programmatic or otherwise, that support its mission.

This is a one-year remote contract position starting September 8, 2026, and ending September 3, 2027, with the possibility of renewal.

Hours and compensation: 3-5 hours/week. Time obligations will vary by project and time of year and can be negotiated with the executive director and executive committee president. This position pays an honorarium.

Qualifications

Post-secondary education; training in accounting, bookkeeping, finance, business administration, or a related field, preferred.
Demonstrated experience with bookkeeping; budgeting and financial reporting; and accounts payable and receivable.
Proficiency with Microsoft Excel or other accounting tools.
Excellent organizational skills, attention to detail, and ability to multitask across multiple projects.
Strong written and verbal communication skills.
Ability to maintain strict confidentiality and exercise sound judgment in handling financial information.
Experience working with Canadian charities or nonprofit organizations is considered an asset.
Some knowledge of and/or interest in the history and culture of Canadian Jewry is considered an asset.

Responsibilities

Prepare annual budget, in collaboration with executive director and executive committee president, to be presented and approved at the annual general meeting.
Oversee cashflow for ACJS initiatives, including but not limited to its annual conference, literary journal (Parchment), speakers bureau, podcasts, and other educational and research projects. Tasks may include managing subscriptions, individual purchasing and refunding, and receiving invoices and paying vendors for all ACJS initiatives.
Bookkeeping of the organization’s financial assets across its bank accounts.
Keep track of small and large donations, including preparation of non-automated tax receipts.
Manage donation and online payment systems via the organization’s CRM.
Assist executive director and other team members in individual project budgeting.
Assist executive director and other team members in grant management and grant writing (as necessary).
Prepare year-end financial records and supporting documentation for ACJS’s external accountant and assist with annual financial review, as required.

Please submit a resume to Joshua Tapper and Norman Ravvin at acjs@yorku.ca by August 7, 2026.

Secretary

The Association for Canadian Jewish Studies seeks a secretary to join its executive leadership team beginning in September 2026. The secretary will work inside and collaborate with a small and dedicated team of leaders that advance the ACJS’s mission as the only national organization devoted to creating, promoting, and disseminating research and public scholarship about the Canadian Jewish experience.

We seek a highly-organized and reliable individual with strong written and verbal communication skills to assist with the ACJS’s record-keeping and governance procedures. The secretary is primarily responsible for:

Recording and preparing minutes of executive meetings as well as the ACJS’s Annual General Meeting. Plus, circulating draft minutes for approval.
Maintaining a record of executive decisions.
Coordinating with committees and keeping track of their annual reports.

This is an unpaid academic service position best suited for an individual keen to get involved with behind-the-scenes administration of a growing national academic organization. Applicants, however, need not be academics. All is work is remote.

The secretary is also expected to participate in the broader life of the ACJS and is invited to contribute ideas, programmatic or otherwise, that support its mission. Some knowledge of and/or interest in the history and culture of Canadian Jewry is considered an asset.

Please send a resume along with one or two paragraphs describing your fit for the role to acjs@yorku.ca by September 18, 2026.

This position is subject to executive committee approval per ACJS bylaws.

Membership Chair

The Association for Canadian Jewish Studies seeks a membership chair to join its executive leadership team beginning in September 2026.

We seek a highly organized, enthusiastic, and creative membership chair to support membership growth, retention, and engagement while overseeing the ACJS’s membership administration. The membership coordinator will take a hands-on role in strategizing the ACJS’s current and future membership structure for individuals and institutions, the relationship between the organization and its members, and how to encourage member involvement across a variety of ACJS programs.

As a member of the ACJS executive committee, the membership chair is expected to join monthly team meetings and attend the organization’s Annual General Meeting each spring. The membership chair is also expected to participate in the broader life of the ACJS and is invited to contribute ideas, programmatic or otherwise, that support its mission. The ACJS is a registered Canadian non-profit; some familiarity with non-profit administration would be an asset.

Responsibilities

Serve as primary point of contact for membership inquiries, ensuring timely and professional communication with prospective and current members.
Maintain up-to-date membership records and databases.
In concert with ACJS leadership team, design and implement strategies to retain and increase organization’s membership that align with broader organizational goals.
Represent and promote the ACJS to prospective individual and institutional members.
Write and distribute calls for new membership and membership renewals.

The membership chair is also expected to participate in the broader life of the ACJS and is invited to contribute ideas, programmatic or otherwise, that support its mission. Some knowledge of and/or interest in the history and culture of Canadian Jewry is considered an asset.

Please send a resume along with one or two paragraphs describing your fit for the role to acjs@yorku.ca by September 18, 2026.

This position is subject to executive committee approval per ACJS bylaws.

Editorial Internship

Only undergraduate students at Dalhousie University and the University of King’s College are eligible to apply for this position.

The Association for Canadian Jewish Studies, the leading organization dedicated to advancing public knowledge on the Jewish experience in Canada, is seeking an undergraduate student intern with a keen interest in academic and literary publishing to take an active role in the work of two of its publications: Canadian Jewish Studies / Études juives canadiennes (CJS), the only scholarly journal devoted to the study of the Canadian Jewish experience; and Parchment, a literary journal that showcases contemporary Canadian Jewish fiction and poetry.

The internship is an opportunity to learn the ropes of academic and literary journal publishing, gain editing and writing experience, and work with professional editors and publishers as part of a lively, collaborative team.

The position is for the 2026–2027 academic year, beginning the week of September 28, 2026, and ending the week of April 12, 2027, with the possibility of extension through the summer months. The position will be remote and average 3–4 hours per week, depending on the time of year and publication demands. The editors of CJS and Parchment will determine the amount of time split between the two publications in conversation with the intern. The position pays a stipend of $2,500.

The intern will be fully expected to participate in the life of both journals and have some affinity for the production and/or study of Canadian Jewish culture.

CJS responsibilities will include

Assisting the editorial team at all ends of manuscript workflow, including editing, formatting, citation referencing, and proofreading, with some direct communication with authors.
Working with the editorial team on metadata clean-up of the journal’s archive dating back to 1993.
Assisting the editorial team in the production of one of the following subsections: Archives Matters, Roundtable, or Translation, not necessarily for publication during the months of the internship.
Writing article summaries for the ACJS and Parchment newsletters and social media in collaboration with in-house social media coordinator and editorial team.
Opportunity to write a scholarly book review for publication, with hands-on writing and editing support from the editorial team.

Parchment responsibilities will include

Editing fiction and literary non-fiction at all stages of development, in collaboration with editorial staff.
Evaluating unsolicited submissions and providing detailed feedback to the editorial staff and/or writer.
Responding to journal inquiries via Parchment’s email account and updating in-house information-management systems.
Curating and posting social media posts in collaboration with in-house social media coordinator and editor-in-chief.

Experience and Qualifications

Must be in third or fourth year of undergraduate degree; previous experience with Jewish studies preferred but not required.
Previous experience editing academic or non-academic writing preferred but not required.
Comfortable in a collaborative work environment, sharing ideas, and being part of a team.
Strong organizational skills and capacity for executing small tasks and larger projects independently.

How to Apply

Please email the following to jewish.studies@dal.ca by September 15, 2026:

your resume and a one-page cover letter explaining your qualifications
the names and contact information of two references, either academic (e.g. university course instructors) or work-related (e.g. supervisors)

Please direct questions about the position to ACJS executive director Joshua Tapper at jtapper@yorku.ca.

Public Scholarship Intern

Only undergraduate students at Dalhousie University and the University of King’s College are eligible to apply for this position.

The Association for Canadian Jewish Studies is seeking an undergraduate student intern with a keen interest in the study of Canadian Jewish history, culture, and society to work on a variety of projects supporting the ACJS’s mission to advance public knowledge on the Jewish experience in Canada.

The internship is an opportunity to contribute to two areas of focus for the ACJS—public education and oral history research—gain administrative and research experience inside a growing non-profit organization, and work alongside Canadian Jewish studies specialists as part of a lively, collaborative team. The intern will support the ACJS’s virtual public education program and an oral history project devoted to contemporary Canadian Jewish politics.

The position is for the 2026–2027 academic year, beginning the week of September 28, 2026, and ending the week of April 26, 2027, with the possibility of extension through the summer months. The position will be remote and average 3–4 hours per week, depending on the time of year, scope of work, and project-specific demands. The ACJS executive team will determine how work is allocated in conversation with the intern. The position pays a stipend of $3,000.

The intern will be invited to participate in the life of the ACJS, such as contributing insight via the organization’s Microsoft Team and joining executive-wide and project team meetings where necessary.

Responsibilities will be divided into two categories:

Public Education

Providing in-class technical support for all sessions of four, four-week online public education courses about Canadian Jewish history and society (total of 42 instruction hours). Involves monitoring virtual classroom (Zoom) for technical issues as they arise.
Class dates are as follows, all in 2027: January 11, 18, 25, and February 1 (6:00-7:30pm EST); February 10, 17, 24, and March 3 (6:00-7:30pm EST); March 9, 16, 23, and 30 (6:00-7:30pm EST); and April 5, 12, 19, and 26 (7:00-8:30pm EST).
The intern must commit to attending all class sessions.

Oral History

Transcribing and editing up to twenty (20) oral history interviews (with AI assistance), formatting transcripts, and cataloguing metadata for archival preservation.
Assisting with secondary source research in the creation of digital exhibits to accompany two oral history projects. Work may include compiling data for historical timelines, writing short texts, annotations, and/or captions, and liaising with archivists to acquire relevant archival documents or images for online publication.

Experience and Qualifications

Must be in third or fourth year of undergraduate degree; previous experience with Jewish studies preferred but not required.
Experience with Zoom and facility managing and troubleshooting relevant technical challenges.
Previous experience with oral history preferred but not required.
Must be comfortable editing long texts while following consistent style and formatting directions.
Previous experience with primary source historical research preferred but not required; must have experience with the conventions of researching and writing scholarship.
Comfortable in a collaborative work environment, sharing ideas, and being part of a team.
Strong organizational skills and capacity for executing small tasks and larger projects independently.

How to Apply

Please email the following to jewish.studies@dal.ca by Sept. 15, 2026:

your resume and a one-page cover letter explaining your qualifications
the names and contact information of two references, either academic (e.g. university course instructors) or work-related (e.g. supervisors)

Please direct questions about the position to ACJS executive director Joshua Tapper at jtapper@yorku.ca.