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Employment Resources

Many resources are available to position-seekers in ornithology, particularly if one is willing to work or study abroad.  These resources are not replicated here.  Want to remain, or join us, in Canada to work with or study birds? Then this is the page for you.  Below are the most recent listings for Canadian ornithological opportunities.  

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List was last updated: 13 August 2010
All announcements are sorted by application deadline for:

• Seasonal jobs and assistantships
• Permanent jobs and fellowships

SEASONAL JOBS & ASSISTANTSHIPS

• Intern (chimney swifts) - Bird Studies Canada (22 Aug)

• Temporary Course Instructor (Env. Studies) - Queen's University (31 Aug)

• MSc Student (population genetics of forest birds) - University of Lethbridge (15 Sept)

• Limited Term Instructor (Ecology and Quantitative Biology) - University of Calgary (start in Jan '11)

PERMANENT JOBS & FELLOWSHIPS

• Resource Conservation Manager IV (Mountain Field Units, AB and BC) - Parks Canada (20 Aug)

• Resource Conservation Manager III (four different National Parks) - Parks Canada (20 Aug)

• Resource Conservation Manager II (Kouchibouguac NP) - Parks Canada (20 Aug)

• Senior Manager (Habitat, Game, and Fur) - Gov't of Newfoundland & Labrador, Cornerbrook, NL (26 Aug)

• Senior Wildlife Biologist - (Labrador) - Gov't of Newfoundland & Labrador, Happy Valley / Goose Bay, NL (26 Aug)

• Biological Technician - City of Edmonton (27 Aug)

• Asst Professor (Ecological Modelling) - Université de Montréal (15 Sept)

• Asst Professor (Applied Terrestrial Conservation Ecology) - Simon Fraser University (1 Oct)

• Asst Professor (Environmental Assessment) - Concordia University (15 Oct)

• Asst Professor (Ecology) - University of British Columbia (15 Oct)

• (Open-Rank) Professor (Ecology and Conservation Biology) - University of Toronto, Scarborough (1 Nov)

• Junior Wildlife Biologist - Golder Associates Ltd., Edmonton, AB (ASAP)

• Intermediate Ecologist - Golder Associates Ltd., Fort McMurray, AB (ASAP)

• Environmental Biologist - AECOM, Halifax, NS (No date given)

• Terrestrial Biologist - AECOM, Edmonton, AB (No date given)

• Biologist - GENIVAR, Red Deer, AB (No date given)

RELEVANT CANADIAN JOB BOARDS

• Bird Studies Canada jobs
• Canada's Federal Public Service 
• Canadian Association of University Teachers
• Canadian Society for Ecology and Evolution
• Canadian Society of Zoologists
• EvolDir
• University Affairs