Indigenous Health Research Project Coordinator

Support Indigenous health and emergency care studies through community engagement, qualitative research, and careful data management from Edmonton.

The University of Alberta’s Department of Emergency Medicine seeks a Research Project Coordinator for a one-year term plus one day. The program examines Indigenous patients’ emergency care, opioid use disorder treatment, COVID-19 disruptions, and anti-racist interventions. You will support investigators, participants, partners, and research activities across hybrid remote and in-person work.

• Engage Indigenous and community-based organizations around shared research goals
• Coordinate advisory board, steering committee, and working group meetings
• Apply OCAP® principles where applicable to research data
• Gather literature and research materials for project activities
• Maintain website content and project administrative systems

• Degree in social sciences, Indigenous studies, public health, or related field
• Indigenous research methods or community organization experience is an asset
• Knowledge of critical, anti-racist, institutional ethnography, or postcolonial theory is an asset
• Ability to communicate effectively with Indigenous communities and collaborators
• Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, and Power Point

Bring community engagement, Indigenous research awareness, and organized administration to equity-focused emergency care research.