The Canadian Museum of History (the Museum) is a federal Crown corporation dedicated to advancing Canadian history and world history and cultures. The Museum — which includes the Canadian War Museum, Digital Museums Canada, and the Virtual Museum of New France — collects personal information from job applicants to evaluate their qualifications for employment as per section 24(1) of the Museums Act.
What personal information we collect
When applying for a job using the Museum’s website, you are asked to provide education and employment history, contact information (such as names, titles, business names, personal and/or business addresses, personal and/or work email addresses, personal and/or work phone numbers), and language assessment results. In addition, the Museum asks you to voluntarily provide employment equity data (gender, Indigenous status, visible minority status, disability status).
The Museum collects your personal information only when you provide it. Should the Museum want to use the information you provided for any purpose not previously identified, your consent will be sought.
How we use and disclose your personal information
Your application will be assessed by our recruitment advisors and Museum management with hiring-related duties. Applying for a job at the Canadian Museum of History is a voluntary process. However, an incomplete application may result in you not being chosen for an interview. The Museum may disclose your information to third parties for purposes related to your application, including language testing and other assessment forms. For some positions, personal information will be disclosed to an executive search firm.
How long we keep your personal information
The Canadian Museum of History keeps unsuccessful applications for employment for a period of two years. An individual may request the deletion of their application before the end of the two-year limit. However, successful applications are retained within an employee’s Canadian Museum of History personnel file for 50 years after the employee’s departure or after the person reaches age 80, or 30 years after his or her death, whichever comes last. Respecting the above requirements, employment applications reviewed by the Museum are kept in its internal online database of candidates, which we may search to locate qualified candidates for specific positions.
Use of third-party service provider
The Museum uses Taleo, a third-party service provider, to facilitate its online recruitment activities. Taleo will not share your identifiable personal information with other third parties unless permitted and/or required by law.
By submitting an online application for a career opportunity with the Museum, or otherwise interacting with the Taleo platform, you agree to become subject to the Oracle Services Privacy Policy. Please note that Taleo stores your personal information gathered through online recruitment activities on servers in Canada. For any questions you have about the privacy practices associated with Taleo, please contact:
Oracle Corporation
Global Data Protection Officer
Willis Tower
233 South Wacker Drive, 45th Floor
Chicago, IL 60606
U.S.A.
Questions or concerns about your privacy
You have the right to correct, update, or delete your personal information in and from our database at any time before accepting employment with the Museum. To do so, please access your employment application through the Canadian Museum of History’s website.
At any time, you may exercise your right under the Privacy Act to submit a formal request for access to or correction of your personal information. To do so, please contact:
Philip MacFie
ATIP and Integrity Officer
AIPRP-ATIP@museedelhistoire.ca
613-769-8211
Please see the Museum’s Website Privacy Notice for additional information about privacy practices. You may also consult the following personal information banks: PSU 911 Applications for Employment and PSE 902 Staffing. For more information about your privacy rights, please visit the website of the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada.