Interested in catalyzing student community-based action research and interdisciplinary partnerships that advance the University’s sustainability, climate and wellbeing commitments? Want to help inform the development and implementation of University policy and planning directives?
Join the SEEDS Sustainability Program! The SEEDS Sustainability Program is an internationally recognized Campus as Living Laboratory initiative. Through interdisciplinary partnerships and applied student-led research, SEEDS informs policy and planning work related to UBC sustainability and wellbeing priorities and practices and creates scalable solutions to societal issues.
Application Process:
Please submit Resume, Cover Letter, Professional Writing Sample (one page max) via UBC Careers Online by March 20, 2022.
SEEDS Student Summer Job Opportunities:
- Urban Biodiversity Coordinator (Posting ID: #898119)
Work Period/Hours: May 1 to Aug 31st 2022 (Total 300 hours, approx. 20 hours per week)
Wage: $22.67 | Position Type: Work Learn
Core Job Responsibilities:
Working primarily in applied research and partnership coordination, the candidate will support the coordination of the Campus Biodiversity Initiative: Research and Demonstration (CBIRD) and inform the development of UBC’s urban biodiversity and climate related planning work, while creating impactful applied student research experiences. Key research focus areas include: scoping and coordinating research and partnerships that can inform and implement actions of the Climate Action Plan 2030 Adaptation, Resilience and Biodiversity area, ecological sustainability areas in the emerging Campus Vision 2050, biodiversity related goals and action in the UBC Green Building Action Plan (GBAP), Residential Environmental Assessment Program (REAP) 4.0, and UBC Technical Guidelines.
Education: Urban Forestry/Natural Resources Conservation, Geography, IRES, Science/Ecology, Architecture and Landscape Architecture,
Experience: Research charters/proposal development, project coordination, fostering multi-stakeholder and interdisciplinary collaborations, meeting facilitation, informational/data management.
- Sustainable Food Systems Coordinator (Posting ID: #898150 ) – 2 positions
Work Period/Hours: May 1 to Aug 31st 2022 (Total 300 hours, approx. 20 hours per week)
Wage: $22.67 | Position Type: Work Learn
Core Job Responsibilities:
NOTE: There are two Sustainable Food Systems Coordinator positions available. Each will focus on a different aspect of food system sustainability. Candidates are encouraged to indicate in their cover letter which focus area they interested in:
- Climate-Friendly and Circular Food Systems
- Food Systems Security and Resilience
Working primarily in applied research and partnership coordination, the candidate will coordinate student-led applied research projects and interdisciplinary collaborations related to sustainable, just, secure food systems and food recovery across critical intersectional topic areas to advance UBC’s Climate Emergency Declaration (CED) commitments, Climate Action Plan 2030 (CAP2030) and Wellbeing Strategic Framework. Research and collaborations inform the development and implementation of UBC’s food, climate, wellbeing and waste policy and planning priorities. The candidates will assist in coordinating applied research and interdisciplinary collaborations with the UBC Food System Project, the Food Security Initiative and Climate-Friendly Food System Action Team.
Education: Land and Food Systems, Public Policy, Geography, IRES, SPPH, Planning
Experience: Research charters/proposal development, project coordination, fostering multi-stakeholder and interdisciplinary collaborations, meeting facilitation, informational/data management.
Lesley Dampier MSc PAg (She, Her, Hers)
MEd Student (expected completion 2022)
Animal Welfare Program Research Coordinator – Animal Welfare Program
Faculty of Land and Food Systems
