ABOUT WESTERN

Since 1878, Western University has been committed to serving our communities through the pursuit of academic excellence and by providing students, faculty, and community members with life-long opportunities for intellectual, social, and cultural growth. We seek excellent students, faculty, and staff to join us in what has become known as the “Western Experience” - an opportunity to contribute to a better world through the development of new knowledge, new abilities, new connections, and new ways to make a difference.

ABOUT US

The Department of Geography and Environment is a diverse academic department delivering both undergraduate and graduate programs. Many of the full-time faculty members are active researchers with external grant support from government, industry and/or private foundations. The research areas consist of 4 clusters: physical geography; environment, development and health geography; urban studies, and; Geographic Information Science (GIS). The department also houses the Cartography section that produces materials for individuals within the department, throughout Western and broader community.

EDUCATION/WORK EXPERIENCE

• Undergraduate Degree in a related field
• Minimum of 4 years experience
• Completion of the Tri-Council Policy Statement: Ethical Conduct for Research Involving Humans Course on Research Ethics (TCPS 2: CORE) certificate.
• Previous member of the HEAL Youth Advisory Council (HEALYAC).
• Prior involvement with the Teens Talk Vaping project.

KEY SKILLS

• Effective oral and written communication, organizational, and interpersonal skills.
• Proficiency in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Internet skills.
• Ability to work both independently and within a team environment.
• Ability to adapt to changing priorities, to multi-task and to meet deadlines.
• Effective time management skills, commitment, and reliability.
• Competent at maintaining research participant confidentiality, working with confidential data, and following data security protocols.
• Commitment to equity-centered approaches to health.
• Ability to work from a non-judgmental and empathetic perspective when interacting with others with diverse lived experiences.
• Skilled in qualitative research methods.

As a Technical/ Research Support 1, you will participate as a core team member in the CIHR-Funded “E-Prevention and Vaping (EPAV): Mobilizing youth-generated evidence to co-produce a digital e-cigarette intervention” research study under the direction of Principal Investigators Dr Stephanie Coen (UWO), Dr Laura Struik, (UBCO) and Dr Gina Martin (UAthabasca) and Co-Investigator/Research Scientist Dr Kendra Nelson Ferguson (UWO). The purpose of this study is to move evidence into action so that vaping prevention efforts resonate with youth and are derived from, and embedded within, youth cultures and socio-environmental contexts.