Programs and Events

2019 PICS Internship Call for Proposals

The Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions is pleased to announce its 2019 call for internship proposals. 

Every year PICS provides support to provincial, regional and local governments, businesses, Indigenous communities, among others, to hire university students to work on projects relevant to our vision, mandate and objectives.

These internships provide students with opportunities to develop expertise in the area of climate change solutions, both mitigation and adaptation, and support our partners in addressing the climate change-related challenges they face.

The deadline is Dec. 10. Check out the details by clicking below!

PICS Internship webpage

Employment Opportunities

Tenure-track Faculty Position in Atmospheric Remote Sensing, McGill University

The Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences at McGill University is seeking outstanding applicants for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position in remote sensing of the atmosphere, the ice or the ocean surface to strengthen its leadership in remote sensing and earth system science. The successful applicant will be expected to develop an active research program, supervise graduate students, and teach a variety of undergraduate and graduate courses in the Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences and in the Earth System Science program. A relevant doctoral degree in physical sciences or engineering is required.

The successful candidate is expected to pursue research in remote sensing of the atmosphere, the ice or the ocean surface with a strong modelling and/or observational component. The range of possible research areas is broad and includes but is not limited to: 1) the development of retrieval methods for studies of atmospheric composition, temperature, wind, precipitation, air-sea interactions, surface ocean temperatures and circulation 2) the use of measurement data for the characterization and understanding of processes affecting weather, air quality, climate, sea ice and 3) the development and validation of remote sensing instruments. The Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences has strong ties with the Departments of Mathematics and Statistics, Chemistry, and with the Earth System Science Program. Access to high performance computing is available through Compute Canada.

If interested, please send your applications via email in pdf format to remotesensing.aos@mcgill.ca or by post to Dr. John R. Gyakum, Chair, Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, McGill University, 805 Sherbrooke Street West, Montreal, QC H3A 0B9, Canada (Telephone: 1-514-398-3760; fax: 1-514-398-6115).