Get Involved in the VHA
The VHA is run entirely by volunteers. That's a strength - we're all passionate about VIA's history - but it's also a hindrance as we all have busy lives. Please get in touch if you can help!
We are looking for people to get involved with the VHA in the following ways:
- Equipment restoration: if you have experience working on railway or automotive repair and/or restoration, then you have the skills we need to help Chris Fox, our Chief Mechanical Officer, work on our equipment. We're particularly looking at restoring/painting the ends of 6133 and rebuilding the interior of our sleeping car, Edmundston. Our equipment is stored at VIA's Toronto Maintenance Centre so you need to live in or near the Greater Toronto Area.
- Social media management: we're looking for people with experience working with Facebook and Instagram pages who can help us manage our social media. Having a knowledge of VIA's history and/or access to historical VIA photos would obviously be a big help.
- Website and social media content: if you have insight or stories of any aspect of VIA's history - its employees, its management, its equipment, or anything else - we would love for you to write these stories down for our website and/or our Facebook page. If you have any historic VIA photos, publications, or issues of VIAlogue that you can share, that would be great too. We're particularly interesting in hearing stories and seeing photos from VIA retirees.
And a Paid Position Too!
We're looking to hire a part-time administrator who can help us communicate with the public, take minutes at our meetings, keep track of donations, etc. This is a paid job and you can work from home. You need to be comfortable with the usual computer software, such as Office and Google Docs. Again, please get in touch if you can help!
