Faculty/Department Faculty of Education Unit Education-Other Employee Group CUPE 2419 CUPE 5791 Job Family N/A Category Student Number of Vacancies 3 Position Summary

The successful applicant will provide research support for a project involving the development of an Indigenous Nature Connectedness Scale (INCS) including its conceptual framework and content creation/refinement.

Duties May include:

- Maintaining Indigenous community-based research relationships and partnerships
- Supporting the supervisor as the project lead and lead author on associated publications to academic manuscripts, reports, and knowledge mobilization materials related to scale development
- Assisting with Indigenous, qualitative, and quantitative data collection activities on and off reserve
- Coordination and assistance in the scheduling of data collection, interpretation, knowledge sharing events
- Attend regular project meetings

Position Requirements

Applicants are required to be a full-time graduate student in Education and have experience:

- Conducting Indigenous methodological research activities, including (but not limited to) ceremony, conversational interviews, and sharing with Elders, community members, and youth
- Engaging and collaborative with Indigenous formal leadership
- Adhering to Indigenous data sovereignty principles and collaborative data interpretation processes
- High level understanding of Indigenous data interpretation and research ethics

Physical Demands Pay Grade As Per CUPE 2419 Salary Range As per CUPE 2419 Collective Agreement Status Term Work Hours





It is expected that 2 students work for up to 4 hours of work per week and 1 student for up to 8 hours of work per week for 52 weeks (depending on the availability of work).

Course Modality Course Dates and Time Duration (if Term/Temporary) November 9th, 2026 – October 31st, 2027 Full time/Part-Time Part Time Preference Posting No Preference Target Posting Not Targeted

Additional Information

Contact Information

For questions, please contact Dr. Angela McGinnis ([email protected]).

Job Open Date

10/28/2026

Job Close Date

11/04/2026

Open Until Filled

No

Special Application Instructions

If you require further information regarding this competition please contact the
faculty/department you are applying to.

Under Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) Regulations the University of Regina is required to verify that International Students are eligible to work on campus prior to being hired.

To confirm this eligibility, International Students are requested to contact UR International – Student Services to obtain a “Verification of Academic Status for the Eligibility to Work on Campus” letter that must be provided to the hiring manager prior to hiring. These letters must be updated each semester and/or as circumstances change.

Diversity Statement

The University of Regina is committed to an inclusive workplace that reflects the richness of the community that we serve. The University welcomes applications from all qualified individuals, including individuals within the University’s employment equity categories of women, persons with disabilities, members of visible minorities, Indigenous persons, individuals of diverse gender and sexual orientation and all groups protected by the Human Rights Code.

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