with the UNESCO ICH Convention, but remains unique to Newfoundland and Labrador. Public folklorist Dale Gilbert Jarvis was hired to run the program, holding the first provincial folklorist position in Canada. Under his direction, the program won the inaugural Jeonju International Award for Promoting ICH in 2019. In 2007, Memorial University hired Jillian Gould, a folklorist with a background in public sector folklore, and starting in 2010 Memorial began a M.A. with Public and Applied Folklore Co-operative Education route for students wishing to specialize in public folklore. Graduates of the program have gone on to work with a variety of organizations including Heritage Foundation of Newfoundland and Labrador, MUNFLA, City of St. John's, Wooden Boat Museum of NL, Them Days Archive, the Mummers Festival, Folk Arts Society of NL, The Town of Deer Lake, and The Rooms. Other jurisdictions have followed the public folklore work of Quebec and Newfoundland and Labrador. Heritage Saskatchewan hired Memorial University folklore graduate Kristin Catherwood in a role inspired by and mirroring Newfoundland and Labrador's intangible cultural heritage position. She has engaged in various public folklore projects, including work on communities in periods of economic transition, Prairie barns, and farm life during COVID-19. Further reading References External links American Folklife Center at LOC Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage at Smithsonian Institution Center for Traditional Music and Dance (CTMD) City Lore Fund for Folk Culture, Santa Fe Heritage Fellowships at NEA Institute for Cultural Partnerships, Harrisburg Folklore Folklorists Folklore