Opportunities

The Canadian Water Network is your source for opportunities in the water sector — new research grant competitions, partnership and consortia development, student scholarships and exchange programs, career opportunities, contracts, internship placements, and more.

To learn about CWN specific funding announcements and opportunities please click here.

Employment opportunity: Assistant professor in water infrastructure engineering at U of T

Apply by April 30, 2012
The Department of Civil Engineering at the University of Toronto invites applications for a tenure-stream appointment in water infrastructure engineering. The appointment will be at the rank of assistant professor and will begin July 1, 2012, or as soon as possible thereafter.
The Department of Civil Engineering seeks candidates with research and [...]

Employment opportunity: Economist at Alberta Environment and Water

The Air, Land and Waste Policy Branch/Socio-Economics and Governance Section of Alberta’s Ministry of Environment and Water is looking for a full-time economist to join its team in Edmonton.
Apply by March 6, 2012
About the Policy Division
The Policy Division is responsible for developing environmental policy that aligns with the strategic intent of the Government of Alberta, ensuring [...]

Canada Research Chair – Tier II, Water Technologies

Dalhousie University‘s Departments of Civil and Resource Engineering and Process Engineering and Applied Science are inviting applications for a Tier II Canada Research Chair in the area of water technologies.
Appointment to a faculty position will be conditional on the selected candidates being awarded a Canada Research Chair. The appointment will be made at the rank [...]

Graduate student opportunities in aquatic ecology at UOIT

The Kirkwood Lab at the University of Ontario Institute of Technology is looking for highly motivated graduate students to conduct research projects in The Land Between ecoregion — a transition zone that lies between the Canadian Shield and the St. Lawrence Lowlands, stretching across south-central Ontario from Georgian Bay to Kingston.
Research projects will focus primarily [...]

CWN seeks a Manager of Strategic Communications and Programs

Development & delivery of CWN’s core communications, marketing, knowledge mobilization and training
Application deadline: March 2, 2012 at 4:30 p.m. EST

CWN seeks two program coordinators

Municipal Water Consortium program coordinator • Resource Development in Watersheds program coordinator
Application deadline Friday, February 24, 2012 at 4:30 p.m. EST for both positions

Project coordinator sought to support Blue Economy Initiative

One-year full-time contract to coordinate the Blue Economy Initiative and support BEI’s fresh water program
Job opportunity: Submit your cover letter and CV by February 10, 2012

Request for proposals — Canada-wide knowledge mobilization project on water resource adaptation to climate change

Request for proposals deadline: February 1, 2012 at 2 p.m. EST
(Note: This deadline has been revised.)
Also note the addendum, available for download as a PDF, at the bottom of the page.

Funds up to $130,000 are available.
The Toronto and Region Conservation Authority, in partnership with the Canadian Foundation for Climate and Atmospheric Sciences, is working on [...]

ACADEMIC POSITION: Assistant Professor in Urban Sustainability, Department of Civil Engineering, U of T

The Department of Civil Engineering at the University of Toronto invites applications for a tenure-stream appointment in the field of sustainable engineering. The appointment will be at the rank of Assistant Professor and will begin July 1, 2012, or as soon as possible thereafter.
The Department of Civil Engineering seeks candidates with research expertise in the [...]

Master’s and postdoctoral research opportunities in aquatic ecology

Master’s opportunity
Developing nutrient criteria to protect the ecological integrity of Lower Great Lakes Tributaries in southern Ontario, Canada
A motivated MSc student is being sought for a unique opportunity in the Department of Geography at the University of Western Ontario to conduct research as part of a joint initiative with Environment Canada to develop nutrient criteria [...]