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Employment Opportunities

Geophysics Instructor, Department of Earth Sciences, Carleton University

The Department of Earth Sciences at Carleton University invites applications from qualified candidates for a 2-year appointment in geophysics at the rank of Instructor. The candidate will be expected to teach courses, beginning September 1, 2018, in geophysics, geodynamics at the second, third and fourth year levels, and to co-supervise undergraduate Honours student research projects and independent studies.

The position requires a Ph.D., with evidence of research in a field related to Geophysics, and evidence or demonstrated potential for excellence in teaching. Preference will be given to candidates who have expertise in Applied Geophysics and Environmental Geophysics.

Please send application by email to the attention of: Dr. Dariush Motazedian, Chair, Department of Earth Sciences, Carleton University, 1125 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa, Ontario, K1S 5B6 c/o Mrs. Sheila Thayer (SheilaThayer@Cunet.carleton.ca). The competition is closed on April 30th, 2018, or until the position is filled. Applications must be sent electronically in one single PDF file, which includes a curriculum vitae, a cover letter, a teaching dossier with a statement of teaching philosophy, and the names and addresses (including e-mail addresses) of three referees.
 
Please indicate in your application if you are a Canadian citizen or permanent resident of Canada.

Closing Date:  Applications will be considered until position has been filled.

Twelve Positions in Polar Climate Research Available in Belgium

A consortium of five Belgian universities is seeking PhD students, post-doctoral researchers and computer scientists to work in the framework of the PARAMOUR project (Decadal Predictability and vAriability of polar climate: the Role of AtMosphere- Ocean-cryosphere mUltiscale inteRactions) funded by the program EOS –The excellence of Science.

PARAMOUR aims at revealing fundamental drivers of climate variability and assessing climate predictability in high latitudes by using coupled regional climate models in both hemispheres.

We invite applications for the following positions:

1/ PhD Student: Influence of small-scale ocean and sea ice processes on the decadal variability and predictability of the atmosphere-ocean-ice sheet system in the Totten glacier area, Antarctica (UCL).

2/ PhD Student: Influence of initialization and basal processes within ice sheet models on the decadal variability and predictability of the atmosphere-ocean-ice sheet system (ULB)

3/ PhD Student: Influence of small-scale atmospheric processes on the decadal variability and predictability of the atmosphere-ocean-ice sheet system in the Totten glacier area, Antarctica (KU Leuven).

4/ PhD Student: PhD Student: Influence of small-scale Greenland ice sheet processes on the decadal variability and predictability of the atmosphere-ocean-ice sheet system (VUB).

5/ PhD Student: Influence of the oceanic and atmospheric processes driving the sea ice extent variability in Arctic and sea surface temperature changes around Greenland (ULiège).

6/ Post Doctoral Researcher: Decadal variability of the Southern Ocean and its contribution to the predictability of the atmosphere-ocean-ice sheet system (UCL).

7/ Post Doctoral Researcher: Sensitivity of the ice sheet/ice shelf system on decadal variability and predictability of the atmosphere-ocean-ice sheet system (ULB)

8/ Post Doctoral Researcher: Decadal variability of the Greenland ice sheet and its contribution to the predictability of the atmosphere-ocean-ice sheet system (VUB)

9/ Post Doctoral Researcher: Decadal variability of the Greenland Ice sheet Surface Mass balance linked with the Arctic Amplification and recent atmospheric circulation changes (ULiège).

10/ Computer scientist: supervising the technical developments of a climate model configuration covering Totten glacier region (KU Leuven)

11/ Computer scientist: supervising the technical developments of a climate model configuration covering Antarctica and the Southern Ocean (UCL)

12/ Computer scientist: supervise the technical developments of a climate model configuration covering Greenland, the North Atlantic and the Arctic (VUB)

The description of the positions is available on the project website http://www.climate.be/php/users/klein/PARAMOUR/open_positions.html .

 

Programs and Events

UBC Reads Sustainability with Elizabeth May

Who We Are with Elizabeth May

When: March 13th | 1:00-3:00PM
Where: UBC Old Auditorium

In Who we are: Reflections on my life and on Canada, Elizabeth draws from her life experience, growing up in a politically active family in the US, to moving to a small village on Cape Breton Island. Forty five years after leaving the US as a teenager, she will reflect on the decline of US society, the rise of ignorance and the challenge for Canada. The Paris Agreement and the impact of Trump will be explored with a surprisingly hopeful conclusion.

Registration: sustain.ubc.ca/May