Employment & Opportunities

Oceanographic Instrumentation Technician - Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission

The oceanography team at the Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission (CRITFC) is growing, and we are recruiting a new full-time Oceanographic Instrumentation Technician to help maintain our ocean observatory.

The CRITFC Coastal Margin Observation and Prediction program maintains an observation network of buoys and dock-based stations that track the physical and biogeochemical properties of the Columbia River estuary and plume, contributing to NANOOS. We seek a mechanically inclined Oceanographic Instrumentation Technician to join our team. Our ideal candidate will be someone with excellent troubleshooting skills, experience working with biogeochemical sensors and/or working on boats, and excitement for ocean observing. This position will be based out of Astoria, Oregon, with starting pay of $53,000-$55,000/year.

The full job posting and application instructions can be found here

Metal Earth Postdoctoral Fellow Position - Laval University

Dating and sources of auriferous fluids along the Larder-Kirkland segment. The Metal Earth team has determined the age of gold mineralization and source of sulfur in the Val-d’Or vein field. There is a difference in the regional H-O isotope composition between the eastern (Vald’Or) and western (Larder-Kirkland) parts of the Cadillac-Larder Lake Fault zone which raises the question about the timing of auriferous fluid flow and source of sulfur in the gold deposits of the western segment.

Objectives: 1)date by U-Pb monazite and xenotime that are coeval with gold deposition events; 2) assess the source of sulfur in sulfides coeval with gold using in situ multiple sulfur isotopes.

The Grenville Front east of Val-d’Or: a window into the Superior middle-lower crust. The Metal Earth team has shown negative Δ33S values in gold-related sulfides in Val-d’Or orogenic gold veins, which indicate a derivation of S from Archean volcanic rocks, in contrast to the positive Δ33S values of gold deposits in sedimentary rocks of the Abitibi (Canadian Malartic). The Grenville Front east of Val-d’Or contains Neoarchean high grade metamorphic rocks with minimal Grenvillian overprint, offering a rare window in the lower crust of the Val-d’Or vein field. Objectives: 1) date peak metamorphism; 2) determine P-T conditions of peak metamorphism; 3) estimate depletion is gold and associated elements in various grade metamorphic rocks; 4) estimate the composition of fluids and sulfur produced during prograde metamorphism.

The PDF will contribute to supervision of graduate students, within a team integrated with other researchers of the Metal Earth program. The research will include field and laboratory work. The PDF candidates must hold a PhD since a maximum of 3 years at the start of the position. Experience in Archean terrane geology, and strong fundamental and laboratory expertise are required in areas specific for each PDF position. The 2-year positions will start as soon as possible.
Salary will be determined according to the collective agreement in place at the time of hire. Salary range is from $50 000 to $75 000 per year plus benefits. Candidates should prepare a complete candidacy package which includes: (1) a long-form CV that includes publications and research achievements, (2) academic transcripts, (3) letter of motivation, (4) names and contact details of three references.
The full application package, should be sent electronically as a PDF document to 
Applications will be accepted until September 30, 2023.

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Academic Project Framework Testers - Pathfinder Academy

We are currently seeking students and postdocs to gather more data for the first-ever academic project management framework we've designed. Previous student testers have already shown increased efficiency when using our specialized framework. As we require more data for our study, would you be so kind as to forward this email to students (and postdocs) in the School of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences?

If your students find value in this framework, we would greatly appreciate their feedback. In the near future, we will be conducting interviews and offering compensation of $50 CAD for a 30-40 minute interview.

Last but not least, we are currently offering project management certificates at a 20% discount. While participation is entirely optional, taking advantage of this opportunity will greatly benefit your students and enable us to conduct further research on this topic.

More details can be found here.

IOF SEMINAR - September 22, 2023 - From citizen science to open-source low-cost technology monitoring vs. policing of small-scale fisheries in Bangladesh (case study: sharks and rays)

Dr. Haque completed her doctoral studies at the Nature-based Solutions Initiative in the Dept. of Biology, Oxford, with the support of a Bangabandhu Scholarship. Her research: "Towards a socially just sustainable fishery preserving sharks and rays in the Bay of Bengal", aims to prepare a sustainability model (replicable for similar contexts in the Global South) for threatened species of sharks and rays in close conjunction with the fishing communities. It places a locally-driven, bottom-up approach from academic literature to action, a narrative absent in the current management regimes. She created a platform for research-based conservation actions collaborating with local fishers and traders to fill the dearth of knowledge on sharks and rays in Bangladesh and initiating actions for mitigating impacts. Dr. Haque launched a collaborative project involving fishers in knowledge co-creation and decision-making, which is socially just and environmentally sound. Since 2021, 10 fishing vessels voluntarily collected spatial data using a mobile app. This endeavour is a pilot for our technological innovation "FishSafe", an audio-visual device to record by-catch events at sea. Since 2022, 5 fishing vessels are using this device. Fishers are incentivized by access to communication with other boats and land in the absence of mobile networks at sea. This will also act as a non-monetary and sustainable incentive to initiate an organized live release and self-regulated catch monitoring. Dr. Haque works at the challenging intersection of endangered species conservation and fisheries as a means of livelihood generation for fishers of Bangladesh. Her vision is to generate a context-appropriate, community-empowered and collaborative fishery model with preservation and sustainability at its core.

IOF Seminar on Friday, September 22, 2023 - 11:00am  - 12 noon 
Please RSVP here.