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                                  have an exciting new NSERC
                                  postdoctoral position housed
                                  within the Hakai Network at Simon
                                  Fraser University, in collaboration
                                  with the Ocean Tipping Points Project.
                                  Please circulate this widely to your
                                  current students and colleagues in
                                  social-ecological systems, coastal
                                  ecology and fisheries
                                  science. Applicants should send a
                                  cover letter, short statement of
                                  research interests, curriculum vitae,
                                  reprints of relevant publications, and
                                  three letters of reference to <a
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                                      #666666">margoth@sfu.ca</span></a> by
                                  January 31<sup>st</sup> 2014. We will
                                  continue to receive applications after
                                  this date until a successful candidate
                                  is found. Ideally, the successful
                                  candidate will start this spring.</span><span
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                                  see the position details and contact
                                  information attached. </span><span
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                            <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span
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                                  Gothic','sans-serif'">About the
                                  Opportunity:</span></b><span
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                              </span><span style="COLOR: #666666">Simon
                                Fraser University, The Hakai Network for
                                Coastal People, Ecosystems and
                                Management, and the Ocean Tipping Points
                                project invite applications for a
                                post-doctoral fellowship in applied
                                fisheries ecology, with focused research
                                on modeling the social-ecological
                                interactions between an ecologically and
                                culturally important forage fish,
                                Pacific herring, and coastal communities
                                in British Columbia. Together, we seek
                                applicants interested in contributing to
                                an interdisciplinary research group
                                composed of marine ecologists, fisheries
                                scientists, oceanographers, geneticists,
                                policy analysts and archaeologists. The
                                post doc will play an important
                                cross-cutting role in this group,
                                integrating the ecological, cultural and
                                economic implications of herring and
                                working directly with our community
                                partners. The successful Post-Doctoral
                                Scholar will be appointed for two years
                                with funding from a National Science and
                                Engineering Research Council of Canada
                                (NSERC) Strategic Project Grant. They
                                will be based at The Hakai Network at
                                Simon Fraser University in Burnaby,
                                British Columbia, Canada. Field research
                                will be based at the Hakai Beach
                                Institute on Calvert Island, and First
                                Nations communities on Central Coast and
                                Haida Gwaii regions of British
                                Columbia. This research will also
                                involve an international collaboration
                                with the Ocean Tipping Points Project (<a
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                                  href="http://www.oceantippingpoints.org/"
                                  target="_blank">http://www.oceantippingpoints.org/</a>). The
                                salary for the position will be
                                commensurate with experience ($40
                                -50,000) with grant-supported travel and
                                research funds ($10,000).</span></p>
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                              <b><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Century
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                                  Competition:</span></b><span
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                              </span><span style="COLOR: #666666">Applicants
                                must hold a Ph.D. in marine ecology,
                                fisheries science or a relevant field at
                                the time of appointment, and should have
                                a demonstrated track record of high
                                quality research. The successful
                                candidate will work closely with Drs.
                                Anne Salomon and Margot Hessing-Lewis
                                with the Coastal Marine Ecology and
                                Conservation (CMEC) lab, the Hakai Beach
                                Institute, The Herring School, and Drs.
                                Carrie Kappel, Phil Levin and Jameal
                                Samhouri from The Ocean Tipping Points
                                project, as well as our Coastal First
                                Nations partners (Haida Fisheries and
                                the Heiltsuk Integrated Resource
                                Management Department). A strong
                                quantitative background with
                                demonstrated use of modeling skills in
                                fisheries and/or ecological disciplines
                                is preferred. Knowledge of loop/network
                                analysis and decision-making modeling
                                tools will be considered a strong asset.
                                In addition, experience working with
                                coastal communities, commitment to
                                collaboration across disciplines, and a
                                working knowledge of qualitative
                                research techniques would be greatly
                                valued.  A theoretical understanding of
                                SES (Social-Ecological Systems) thinking
                                and its practical application should be
                                demonstrated.</span></p>
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                          <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-SIZE:
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                              COLOR: #666666">Dr. Margot Hessing-Lewis</span></p>
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                                style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY:
                                'Arial','sans-serif'">Hakai Beach
                                Institute</span></a><span
                              style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY:
                              'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: #666666">, Calvert
                              Island, BC</span></p>
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                              style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY:
                              'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: #666666">, Simon
                              Fraser University</span></p>
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                              COLOR: #666666">778.928.3970 - </span><span
                              style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY:
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                              Hall Annex 622, University Dr. </span></p>
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