Balance Co-Lab
The purpose of The Balance Co-Lab: Collaboration for Sustainable Communities is to advance Indigenous self-determination, community capacity and well-being. It brings community- and university-based partners together to co-create knowledge and resources for developing decision support and impact assessment systems aligned with and informed by Indigenous knowledge and values. It is a SSHRC research-funded Partnership Grant hosted at UVic. Partners include 7 Indigenous Nations/organizations, including New Relationship Trust, and 24 university-based researchers across 5 universities and 13 research units.
This 7-year project is funded through a SSHRC (Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council) Partnership Grant.
Balance Co-Lab is led by Program Director, Matt Murphy at the Peter B. Gustavson School of Business, Co-Director, Johnny Mack at the Peter A. Allard School of Law, UBC and Co-Director, Emily Salmon at the Beedie School of Business, SFU.
Our team includes Catherine Schafers, Program Manager and research fellows, Justine Keefer (PhD student, Environmental Studies), Sydney Wanchulak (MBA student at Gustavson), and Tricia Thomas (Assistant Professor, Gustavson).
Job Posting - Research Associate
The Balance Co-Lab is a SSHRC research-funded Partnership Grant at the Gustavson School of Business at the University of Victoria. The Balance Co-Lab is an international collaboration of Indigenous governments, researchers and NGOs that co-create and adapt decision support and (cumulative) impact assessment systems with the goal of building capacity in Indigenous organizations as they create environmental stewardship programs and evaluate development opportunities.
Reporting to the Project Director (PD) and/or Program Manager (PM) and working alongside a multi-disciplinary team of graduate students, trainees, senior research collaborators, and community-based researchers, Research Associates will contribute to:
• Community-based economic and business research and planning
• Development and implementation of community-based impact assessment systems
• Development of grant/funding proposals
• Development and delivery of community-based business skills training
This role may involve a wide range of activities to support the development, coordination and delivery of in-person and online training programs, consultation and community engagement, workshop planning and facilitation, communications, mentoring and training, budget and schedule management, and writing grant proposals.
The position is for a one-year (renewable) contract. The salary is commensurate with experience and cultural competencies; range $55,000 - $75,000 on an annualised basis.
To view the full posting and application instructions, see here.