[Jpjobs] Fwd: NSERC Post Doc in Social-ecological Modeling of Forage Fish Systems - 1

[Julia Westwater]

Dear colleagues,

We 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 margoth at sfu.ca 
<mailto:margoth at sfu.ca> by January 31^st  2014. We will continue to 
receive applications after this date until a successful candidate is 
found. Ideally, the successful candidate will start this spring.

Please see the position details and contact information attached.

*About the Opportunity:*
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 (http://www.oceantippingpoints.org/). The salary for the 
position will be commensurate with experience ($40 -50,000) with 
grant-supported travel and research funds ($10,000).


*About the Competition:*
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.


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Dr. Margot Hessing-Lewis

Research Associate

Hakai Beach Institute <http://hakai.org/>, Calvert Island, BC

CMEC <http://cmeclab.com/>, Simon Fraser University

778.928.3970 - Strand Hall Annex 622, University Dr.

Burnaby BC - V5A 1S6

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