The successful applicant will research and develop innovative, watershed-based, multiple-scale, multiple-ecosystem sampling designs for 1 to 3 northern National Parks of Canada. The Sampling designs, adapted to the northern context of large, difficult-to-access parks, will facilitate development and incremental and modular implementation of sustainable long-term monitoring of park ecological integrity. The sampling designs to monitor tundra and freshwater ecosystems and their linkages will be established through opportunities to study park landscapes, visit partners' field sites, and discuss northern logistics with park managers.
The successful applicant will:
- Meet the requirements set for NSERC Visiting Scientists in Government Laboratories
- Have a PhD in community or ecosystem ecology, hydrology, landscape ecology, sampling design, or related fields
- Have a strong knowledge and experience in sampling design at landscape scale
- Have a good understanding of northern tundra, freshwater ecosystems and their associated processes and stressors, or northern landscape processes
- Be highly motivated and a cooperative team player
- Possess excellent interpersonal communication and writing skills
- Have experience in northern field logistics and / or in working in northern landscapes
- Possess an understanding of climate change factors and impacts
To apply, please send a CV, the names and contact information of two references, and a list of publications to:
Chantal Ouimet
Monitoring Ecologist
Parks Canada Agency, Western and Northern Service Center
145 McDermot Avenue
Winnipeg, MB R3B 0R9
Canada
The position is open until filled.
For further information, please go to:
http://www.nserc.gc.ca/sf_e.asp?nav=sfnav&lbi=3d
Or contact:
Chantal Ouimet
Phone: 204-984-3664
Postdoctoral Research Position Announcement - Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
Mon, Apr 28, 2008
The Parks Canada Agency invites applications for a two-year position as a postdoctoral researcher in the Canadian Government Laboratories with the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC). The position is located at the Parks Canada Western and Northern Service Center in Winnipeg, Manitoba. The aim of the position is to link elements of two International Polar Year (IPY) projects: Climate Change Impacts on Canadian Arctic Tundra (CiCAT) and Arctic Freshwater Systems
(Arctic BIONet).
(Arctic BIONet).