Iisd Experimental Lakes Area Graduate Research - Kenora, Canada - IISD

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Kenora, Canada

3 weeks ago

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Description

IIISD Experimental Lakes Area (IISD-ELA) is one of the world's most influential freshwater research facilities. It features a collection of 58 small lakes and their watersheds in northwestern Ontario, Canada. For over 50 years, scientists at IISD-ELA have conducted whole-ecosystem experiments and made significant scientific discoveries related to issues such as acid rain, mercury from air pollution, algal blooms, and pharmaceutical chemicals in water. The facility is operated by the International Institute for Sustainable Development—an independent think tank headquartered in Winnipeg on Treaty 1 territory, the traditional land of Anishinaabeg, Cree, Ojibwe-Cree, Dakota, and Dene Peoples, and homeland of the Métis Nation.

IISD-ELA acknowledges that its research facility is located on Treaty 3 lands, and the care of these lands during experimentation and restoration to their original state is implicit in its mission.

Many regional schools come to the facility to learn more about the science of aquatic ecosystems and how humans serve a role in sharing and working with one another to protect these resources.

About the Position

Several hundred students have completed graduate theses based on research at the IISD-ELA, and we continue to welcome new researchers by offering a fellowship for graduate students enrolled at the University of Manitoba.

These fellowships can be used to provide stipend support, cover the costs of IISD-ELA facility fees, or both. Facility fees cover housing, meals, laboratory space, and field equipment while working at the IISD-ELA field station.

Qualifications
Applicants for the IISD-ELA Fellowship
must be students at the University of Manitoba and must provide the following information:

student number

- degree sought and the name and department of the academic supervisor
- the objectives, design, and a summary of methods to be used in the research (maximum one page)
- a summary of the relevance for society of the proposed research and why it should be undertaken at IISD-ELA
- total number of days requiring facility fee support and justification
- stipend request and period to be covered by the stipend
- a list of external sources of financial support currently held or applied for by the applicant
- an up-to-date transcript

Students may hold an IISD-ELA Fellowship in conjunction with other fellowships. The selection committee may choose to provide funds to meet some or all of an applicant's requests.

Work Conditions
Applications must be submitted by
March 11, 2024.

Application Procedure
All submissions must be in English. Accommodations for job applicants with disabilities are available on request.

Applications will only be accepted through Bamboo HR

Please include the following:
- a CV (no longer than two pages)
- a cover letter (one page)
- including all required documents requested above

IISD Voluntary Self-Identification Questionnaire (optional; rightclick to download)
IISD does not discriminate on the basis of age, gender, caste, ethnicity, religion, colour, disability, marital status, pregnancy, gender expression or identity, sexual orientation, or any other legally protected status._

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