The Environment, Society, and Policy Group (www.espg.ca) at the University of Ottawa (Department of Geography) is seeking applications for an 18 month postdoctoral fellowship to work on our latest research project: AMAIS - Arctic Marine Activities Integration & Synthesis Project (AMAIS): Enhancing Ocean Governance Through the Northern Marine Transportation Corridors. Dr. Jackie Dawson – Associate Professor and Canada Research Chair in Environment, Society, and Policy, will supervise the position.
With the Canadian Coast Guard, Oceans North Canada, and the Canadian Ice Service – and in collaboration with Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami (Canada's national Inuit organization) the overarching aim of the AMAIS project is to: contribute new knowledge that can be used to ensure safe Arctic shipping by informing the prioritization and enhancement of the Northern Marine Transportation Corridors.
The position would involve working on an interdisciplinary team to create 'local marine use zones' including sensitive ecological and socio-cultural sites for overlay and integration into the northern marine transportation corridors. (see http://umanitoba.ca/faculties/management/ti/media/docs/ALVARO__NMTC_Presentation.pdf)
The postdoctoral fellow will have the unique opportunity to engage with Inuit leaders and other federal policy makers by organizing a stakeholder workshop in Ottawa. The successful applicant will also travel extensively in the Canadian Arctic to facilitate community public participation geographic information systems (PPGIS) workshops in four Arctic communities.
The commitment for this position would be for 18 months (with the possibility of an extension of 12 months). The start date is somewhat flexible but will begin no later than January 2016.
Experience working in Inuit communities and beginner GIS skills are an asset.
If you are interested in learning more about this position, please contact Professor Jackie Dawson at jackie.dawson@uottawa.ca or Sharon Bernbaum, Research Coordinator, at sbernbau@uottawa.ca.
Applications should include a CV and cover letter and be sent to Sharon Bernbaum, Research Coordinator for ESPG at sbernbau@uottawa.ca, no later than October 30th, 2015.
