Opportunities

Application Deadline: Job will be posted until filled, with rolling evaluation of applications

Start Date: Available immediately

Hours: Initially, we anticipate 50hrs of work conducting environmental scan. Potential for renewal/additional hours, depending on scope of work.

Pay: $24 to $39/hr, based on level of study, based on tracking of hours.

Eligibility: Both upper year undergraduate and graduate students are eligible to apply for this position.

Location: Meetings and work can be conducted either in person at York University or remotely, as long as the RA follows all applicable rules and laws regarding work arrangements.

Standard Norms: The RA will become part of the CEMPPR lab, and is expected to contribute to a positive, inclusive, safe, and collaborative research environment. The RA will be expected to attend CEMPPR lab meetings, track hours on the project, and work semi-independently with supervision from Dr. Eric Kennedy on the deliverables described below.

How to Apply: Please send a cover letter articulating your experience, interest, and fit for this position to ebk@yorku.ca with the subject line “Application for Environmental Scans for a Wildfire Science Needs Hub RA”. Please also include a copy of your resume. Applicants under consideration may be asked to share contact information for references and/or a writing sample.

Role Description: This Research Assistant position (RA) supports the larger Future of North American Wildland Fire Science project, which seeks to improve the ways the wildland fire science community identifies, shares, and addresses real-world research needs. 

The RA will conduct an environmental scan of organizations that aggregate, synthesize, or foresight research priorities. Beginning with wildfire, progressing to other natural hazards and natural resources topics, and then going more broadly as needed, this RA will identify organizations that help to (1) identify or aggregate practitioner research needs, (2) synthesize, summarize, or otherwise bring together these needs, and/or (3) work to anticipate and proactively identify future research needs.

The output of this RA work will be (1) a series of profiles of these organizations, including how they carry out their work; and (2) lessons learned for creating such an organization in wildfire.

Application Deadline: Job will be posted until filled, with rolling evaluation of applications

Start Date: Available immediately

Hours: Initially, we anticipate 50hrs of work conducting initial review work. Potential for renewal/additional hours, depending on scope of work.

Pay: $24 to $39/hr, based on level of study, based on tracking of hours.

Eligibility: Both upper year undergraduate and graduate students are eligible to apply for this position.

Location: Meetings and work can be conducted either in person at York University or remotely, as long as the RA follows all applicable rules and laws regarding work arrangements.

Standard Norms: The RA will become part of the CEMPPR lab, and is expected to contribute to a positive, inclusive, safe, and collaborative research environment. The RA will be expected to attend CEMPPR lab meetings, track hours on the project, and work semi-independently with supervision from Dr. Eric Kennedy on the deliverables described below.

How to Apply: Please send a cover letter articulating your experience, interest, and fit for this position to ebk@yorku.ca with the subject line “Mapping Local Government Jurisdictions in Wildfire

RA”. Please also include a copy of your resume. Applicants under consideration may be asked to share contact information for references and/or a writing sample.

Position Description: This Research Assistant position (RA) supports the larger Barriers and Enablers of Wildfire Mitigation project, which seeks to support increased uptake of wildfire mitigation efforts.

The RA will develop an overview (e.g., table, diagram, summary text, etc) of how different levels of sub-provincial/sub-territorial government are arranged across Canada (e.g., cities, towns, regional districts, municipalities, etc), and the official and de facto responsibilities of each level of government when it comes to wildfire mitigation projects.

The output of this work is expected to be a short paper outlining these government structures and how each level gets involved in wildfire mitigation work.

Application Deadline: Job will be posted until filled, with rolling evaluation of applications

Start Date: Available immediately

Hours: Initially, we anticipate 50hrs of work conducting initial review work. Potential for renewal/additional hours, depending on scope of work.

Pay: $24 to $39/hr, based on level of study, based on tracking of hours.

Eligibility: Both upper year undergraduate and graduate students are eligible to apply for this position, though the successful candidate will have demonstrated research experience.

Location: Meetings and work can be conducted either in person at York University or remotely, as long as the RA follows all applicable rules and laws regarding work arrangements.

Standard Norms: The RA will become part of the CEMPPR lab, and is expected to contribute to a positive, inclusive, safe, and collaborative research environment. The RA will be expected to attend CEMPPR lab meetings, track hours on the project, and work semi-independently with supervision from Dr. Eric Kennedy on the deliverables described below.

How to Apply: Please send a cover letter articulating your experience, interest, and fit for this position to ebk@yorku.cawith the subject line “Barriers to Local Government Natural Hazard Mitigation RA”. Please also include a copy of your resume. Applicants under consideration may be asked to share contact information for references and/or a writing sample.

Position Description: This Research Assistant position (RA) supports the larger Barriers and Enablers of Wildfire Mitigation project, which seeks to support increased uptake of wildfire mitigation efforts.

The RA will conduct a literature review about research on barriers and enablers of local government (e.g., towns, municipalities, regional districts, etc) uptake of natural hazard mitigation effort. This will begin with wildfire, but very quickly expand to include other forms of mitigation (e.g., flooding, landslide, earthquake, etc).

The output of this work is expected to be a short paper outlining these barriers and enablers, comparing and contrasting different hazard types. This RA will also work closely with the other RA on this project to ensure alignment between projects.