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A graduate student (MSc or PhD) is wanted as part of a large, collaborative research project evaluating flood, fire and increasing temperature risks posed to upper Fraser watershed salmon stocks in a rapidly changing climate. The role of this graduate student will be to determine the effects of increasing water temperatures and wildfirecontaminated spawning habitat on interior Pacific salmon early life stages. The larger project seeks to define the influences of environmental change on sustaining salmonid populations within Quesnel Lake and large lakes in the region using a multidisciplinary approach that links detailed process measurements with integrated hydrometeorological and physical lake models. 

The successful candidate will enroll in a graduate program (MSc or PhD) in Natural Resources and Environmental Studies, University of Northern British Columbia (ÂÜÀòÉäÇø) in Prince George, BC (https://www2.unbc.ca/nresgraduate-program). Graduate stipends of $20,000/year for two years for an MSc student or $25,000/year for three years for a PhD student will be provided through the funded project, although it is anticipated that additional financial support may be available from NSERC scholarships. ÂÜÀòÉäÇø also offers scholarship and teaching assistantship opportunities. Courses will be delivered at ÂÜÀòÉäÇø’s Prince George Campus, and research will be conducted at the Quesnel River Research Centre (https://www2.unbc.ca/quesnel-river-research-centre). 

For information including application instructions, please see the below link to the job posting.