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Employment & Opportunities

University of the Fraser Valley: Instructor, Planning, Geography, and Environmental Studies

The Department of Planning, Geography and Environmental Studies (PGES) creates collaborative opportunities for students and community organizations to explore the geography of natural and human environments and plan a resilient future. PGES offers Majors in BA Geography, Community & Regional Planning, Environmental Studies and an Associate Certificate in Applied GIS.

The Department requires two Limited Term Faculty for the 2025-2026 academic year, one with a focus on Planning, and another with a focus on Geography and Environmental Studies. Courses for the Planning LTA include GEOG 160, GEOG 252, GEOG 362 and some other upper-level courses. Courses for the Geography and Environmental Studies LTA include GEOG 105, GEOG 111, GEOG 130, and some other upper-level courses.

More information and the application can be found here.  

USDA-FS Wildland Fire and Smoke Research Fellow

USDA Forest Service Office/Lab and Location: A fellowship opportunity is available with the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service (FS) within the Pacific Northwest Research Station (PNWRS) located in Seattle, Washington. 

Research Project: Wildland fires emit a wide variety of trace gases and aerosols which are harmful to human health. When wildfires occur, millions of people may be exposed to unhealthy and sometimes hazardous air quality conditions, often for days or weeks. Yet, wildland fire is also a natural part of many ecosystems. Prescribed burning is used in various regions of the US to maintain ecosystem health, as well as a means of protecting people and resources from wildfire.

Application Deadline: 10/3/2025 3:00:00 PM Eastern Time Zone

More information and the application can be found here. 

News and Events

PhD Dissertation Defense: Cole Lord-May

Turbulent heat fluxes and katabatic flow at glacier surfaces: insights from measurements and modelling

Date & Time: Thursday, June 12 at 9:00am

Location: Graduate Student Centre - Room 200

MSc Thesis Defense: Fabrizzio Abello Hurtado Gonzalez Polar

Geology and footprints of porphyry deposits in the Iron Mask Batholith District, British Columbia

Date & Time: Thursday, June 12 at 10:00am

Location: ESB 5104

MSc Thesis Defense: McKenna Jackson

Scaling Up of the Reaction Rates for the Waste Rock at Antamina Mine, Peru

Date & Time: Friday, June 13 at 11:00am

Location: Zoom

IOS Seminar: In-situ assessment of biogeochemical cycling in the deep ocean: multiple insights from a benthic lander experiment

Please join us on Friday, June 13, 2025, for an in-person and virtual IOS seminar with Dr. Kohen Bauer from Ocean Networks Canada, entitled “In-situ assessment of biogeochemical cycling in the deep ocean: multiple insights from a benthic lander experiment”.

Abstract:
One of the most pressing challenges facing marine carbon dioxide removal (mCDR) for climate change mitigation—particularly in deep-ocean environments—is the lack of real-world data to assess its effectiveness and risks. A widely discussed mCDR approach is the deliberate sinking of macroalgae (kelp) to the deep ocean. To evaluate this strategy, we conducted a controlled benthic lander study in the Northeast Pacific Ocean. In-situ imagery reveals that more than 90% of kelp biomass decomposes within ~100 days—orders of magnitude faster than prevailing definitions of carbon durability. Furthermore, we also observed significant ecological changes, including shifts in benthic fauna and microbial mats, raising concerns about environmental risk and perturbations to deep-sea food webs. Our findings highlight the importance of transdisciplinary research—linking oceanography, ecology, biogeochemistry—is essential to evaluate the viability and safe deployment of biomass-based mCDR approaches.

About the Speaker:
Dr. Kohen Bauer is a biogeochemist working to avert contemporary climate catastrophe. With broad interests in marine biogeochemical cycling, geochemistry, Earth system modeling, and climate change dynamics, his research aims to create robust qualitative and quantitative models of Earth system processes in past, present, and future scenarios. Presently, Kohen serves as Director of Science at Ocean Networks Canada (ONC). ONC is a world-leading ocean observing facility that delivers ocean data from its cabled, mobile and community-based observing networks that represent an essential component of Canada’s ocean observing science capacity. Kohen is dedicated to enhancing and providing ocean intelligence to researchers, governments, organizations, and citizens in Canada and globally.

The session is scheduled for 10:00-11:00. Participants can join the meeting as a hybrid event:

Option (1): in the Central Boardroom at IOS. If you are local to IOS and are planning to attend in person but are not a DFO employee please sign in with the commissionaire at the main reception when you arrive – and they will show you where to go from there. So to be on time, please arrive a few minutes earlier if you are joining in person.

Option (2): on Zoom. Details for those joining virtually are provided below.

Topic: Ocean Sciences Division weekly seminar series
Join Zoom Meeting 

(https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85865861335?pwd=YkhaM1lqSGFWWTlQSzg0U2pEaE1IUT09)

Meeting ID: 858 6586 1335 

Passcode: 523199