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Partnership between UQAM and Pointe-à-Callière

Montréal, June 12, 2006 -  UQAM Rector Roch Denis and Francine Lelièvre, Executive Director of Pointe-à-Callière, recently signed a partnership agreement between the two institutions. The agreement establishes formal terms governing the existing co-operation between the Museum and the University, so as to facilitate and step up exchanges between the two institutions and further their shared interest in research and education on the subject of Montréal archaeology and history.

Links between the two institutions

UQAM and Pointe-à-Callière have a long tradition of co-operation. Even when the Museum was still in the planning stage, professors in the departments of history and art history and in the Master’s in museology program met with Pointe-à-Callière representatives to work on research and outreach initiatives. Since it opened in 1992, the Museum has hosted many interns from UQAM’s Master’s in museology and applied history programs.

The two institutions have now signed this five-year partnership agreement as a way of encouraging joint initiatives, cultural and educational programs and the sharing of expertise.

Terms of the agreement

Under this agreement, the University will, to the extent possible:

• inform its students of the possibility of unpaid internships at the Museum and research topics proposed by the Museum for their graduate or postgraduate studies;
• provide supervision by professors for students working with the Museum;
• encourage professors whose activities are in line with those of the Museum to make a Museum tour part of the training they offer their students;
• appoint representatives to sit on advisory, scientific and other committees set up by the Museum;
• help develop and carry out research initiatives with Museum professionals.

And Pointe-à-Callière will, to the extent possible:

• host UQAM students for unpaid internships in museology, history, art history, education, tourism, communications, administration and other subjects;
• suggest research topics for supervised projects, dissertations and doctoral theses;
• involve students in different Museum initiatives (exhibitions, educational programs, archives and documentation, etc.);
• offer professors, as part of their courses, guided tours given by professionals at the Museum, at preferential rates, and share expertise in the form of lectures, meetings and teaching;
• take part in developing and carrying out research projects with professors;
• organize thematic seminars with professors;
• encourage professors’ involvement in producing lecture programs organized by the Museum;
• establish links via the Internet with departments, programs and institutes participating in the partnership.

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Source :

Huguette Lucas, Information Officer Service des communications - UQAM Division des relations avec la presse et Événements spéciaux Tel.: (514) 987-3000, ext. 6832# ssamson@pacmusee.qc.ca Suzanne Samson Director, Communication / Marketing Pointe-à-Callière Tel.: (514) 872-9124 ssamson@pacmusee.qc.ca