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Open Positions

We are currently accepting applications for the below positions. As an Indigenous-led lab, we strive to create a decolonized and feminist research community.

  • Date Posted: 03/24/2026

    Application Deadline: 04/14/2026

    Summary: This position as Research Lab Coordinator is an opportunity to work closely helping to coordinate the research in these two labs. The position is funded by the All Our Chemical Relations project, a six-year-long collaborative effort supported by $22 million through the federal New Frontiers in Research Fund (NFRF). This new, ambitious, collaborative research initiative brings Indigenous research methods to the challenge of profoundly transforming chemical risk management in Indigenous community-based practice, university labs and classes, regulatory practices, and policy development. This large, interinstitutional research project brings together 50+ researchers and collaborators from institutions in Canada and Aotearoa (New Zealand), putting Indigenous experts as leaders in designing how chemical risk is evaluated and managed. Our project puts Indigenous knowledgesat the forefront of how chemical risk is managed in communities, research design, and policy in this urgent time of environmental change. You will be working with the research project at the TRU with the PIs M. Murphy and Kristen Bos. To align with our strategic priorities, and the specificities of this role, we encourage individuals from Indigenous communities to apply.

    Please note that short-listed candidates may be asked to participate in an Indigenous substantiation process: https://indigenous.utoronto.ca/initiatives-protocols/indigenous-substantiation/

    This position works closely with TRU lab members to support the day-to-day operations of ongoing research projects. TRU researchers include Indigenous and non-Indigenous members, academic faculty, full and part-time Indigenous community researchers, postdoctoral fellows, and students at all levels. Our research includes collaborations with community members, Indigenous organizations, policy makers, scientists, and government scientists. This research tends to be collaborative and includes community-based methods, qualitative methods, quantitative methods, and arts-based methods. Our research activities are guided by TRU values and commitments to care and reciprocity, decolonial methods, and Indigenous data governance. This position is an opportunity to be involved in creating and collaborating with innovative and complex collaborative research practices in a caring and positive research setting.

    For full description, qualifications, role requirements, and instructions on how to apply, please click “View Application”.