Postdoctoral Research Fellow – Transforming Chemical Risk Management with Indigenous Expertise
Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the Posting End Date.
Job End Date: December 31, 2026
The expected pay for this position is $5833.33/month.
Job Summary
“Transforming Chemical Risk Management with Indigenous Expertise" (CMITEx) project—a new, ambitious, collaborative research initiative that seeks to re-envision chemical risk management with implications for pollution and climate change. The project brings Indigenous research methods to the challenge of profoundly transforming chemical risk management for Indigenous community-based practice, university labs and classes, regulatory practices, and policy development. This large, interinstitutional research project brings together 20 researchers and collaborators from institutions in Canada and Aotearoa (New Zealand), putting Indigenous experts as leaders in designing how chemical risk is evaluated and managed. It is a six-year-long collaborative effort supported by $22 million through the federal New Frontiers in Research Fund (NFRF). Our project puts Indigenous knowledges at the forefront of how chemical risk is managed in communities, research design, and policy in this urgent time of environmental change. More information on the larger project can be found here.
The candidate will work under the supervision of Dr. Amanda Giang, with supervisory support from Dr. Susan Chiblow, and Dr. Élyse Caron-Beaudoin, on a subproject linking Indigenous experiences on chemicals policy development across scales. This subproject, with guidance from Inuit Organizations, investigates opportunities to expand Indigenous leadership in chemical policy development, building on Inuit expertise and experiences in Canada (e.g., Northern Contaminants Program), regionally (e.g., Arctic Council) and globally (e.g., Minamata Convention, Stockholm Convention, Global Plastics Treaty) scales.
As an initial focus, the successful candidate will coordinate knowledge synthesis activities with Inuit Organizations (such as the Inuit Circumpolar Council, Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami, Inuit Treaty Organizations, and co-management boards), and contribute to multi-level governance actor and chemicals policy mapping. The Postdoctoral Fellow will also engage with researchers across the Transforming Chemical Risk Management with Indigenous Expertise project, to facilitate structured co-learning. There will also be opportunities for the successful candidate to develop their own topics of inquiry within CMITEx.
Please contact Dr. Amanda Giang (amanda.giang@ubc.ca) and Research Manager Noah Depner (noah.depner@ubc.ca) if you have any questions.
We invite applications from qualified candidates who share our commitment to employment equity and inclusive excellence. We strongly encourage applications from Indigenous candidates (e.g., First Nation, Métis, Inuit). If Indigenous to regions outside of North America, please specify in your cover letter. We also welcome applications from candidates who belong to groups that historically, persistently, or systemically have been marginalized: racialized persons, persons with disabilities, women, 2SLGBTQIA+ people, and trans and non-binary people.