OPPORTUNITIES

Below are current job and funding opportunities within the Indigenous Futures Research Centre and its affiliates.

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  • Application Deadline: Open until filled
    Position Title: Technical Support
    Classification: Research Assistant (CREW) or Research Support — Technical (CARE)
    Contract Length: 1 month from October 6-31, 2025 (with an additional 1 month contract available from March 2-27, 2026)
    Salary: $19.45-25.05 per hour
    Hours per week: 28 hours per week
    Primary Investigator: Prof. Jason Edward Lewis
    Location: Montreal, Canada
    Work Model: In-person

    Here’s what you’ll be doing:

    This is a temporary leave replacement contract. You will be the primary technical support provider, working closely with lab members and Concordia’s technical teams (CDA & IITS) to troubleshoot, resolve hardware and software issues. You’ll ensure the smooth running of the lab's technical systems, offering daily support and troubleshooting for hardware and software issues to maintain efficient operations across workflows and infrastructure. You’ll maintain workstations, networks, and systems, ensuring they’re secure, up-to-date, and optimized.

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  • Application Deadline: Position open until filled
    Position Title: Reasearch Assistant: Media Production & Documentation
    Classification: CREW- Research Assistant
    Contract Length: August - December (with the possibility of renewal)
    Salary: $19.45-24.95 per hour
    Hours per week: 20-28 hours per week
    Primary Investigator: Prof. Jason Edward Lewis
    Location: Montreal, Canada (some travel may be required)
    Work Model: In-Person

    AbTeC and AbInt are seeking a self-directed, technically skilled, and collaborative Research Assistant (RA) for Media Production and Documentation across all AbTeC & IFRC initiatives. The Media Production and Documentation RA will be responsible for filming, photographing, editing, and archiving media from events, talks, interviews, and workshops.

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  • Residency duration: Ongoing until August 29, 2025
    Eligibility: Faculty, graduate, and undergraduate student members affiliated with the IFRC
    Location: New IFRC space at E.V 10.705

    The Indigenous Futures Research Centre invites applications for its inaugural Summer Research-Creation Residency, running from now to August 29, 2025. This residency provides a shared working space, in the new IFRC space on the 10th floor of the EV Building at Concordia University, for researchers working on thesis writing, research assistantships, research-creation projects, and other research activities.

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  • Application deadline: Will close when the position is filled
    Salary: CAD$75,000
    Hours per week: Full-time
    Position title: Postdoctoral Researcher
    Immediate supervisors: Prof. Jason Edward Lewis, or other Abundant Intelligences co-investigator. To be determined in discussion with candidate
    Duration of the contract: 2 years
    Location: Strong preference for Montreal, though other locations will be considered

    Abundant Intelligences is establishing a detailed data sharing and intellectual property framework. This position will support this work through research on Indigenous data sovereignty, community protocols, and cultural & legal regimes for protecting cultural property within the context of AI research; developing protocols, methods, and tools for protecting and sharing Indigenous data to help in developing advanced technologies such as AI; and disseminating the knowledge acquired within the Partnership and in external publication and presentation venues. The Postdoctoral Fellow will work closely with program directors and working groups to ensure their research helps advance the partnership research priorities.

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  • Proposal deadline: Ongoing throughout 2025
    Eligibility: Applicants must be Abundant Intelligences Co-Investigators
    Value: The maximum request amount is $5,000 CAD per residency
    Duration: Abundant Intelligences will fund up to 10 residencies in the framework of this call

    Embeddings- Residencies and Other Extended Visits aims to support research collaborations amongst AbInt Co-Investigators. This call supports in-person, up to 6 days residencies allowing residents to provide or receive “just-in-time" advice, support, or technical expertise.

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