Job Type: full-time temporary position
Opportunity location: GRASSLANDS NATIONAL PARK
Closing date (if specified): 3 May 2010
Opportunity Description:
PLEASE NOTE THE SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATE MUST START BY MAY 07, 2010.
A summer research assistant opportunity is available for work on the threatened Mormon metalmark (Apodemia mormo) butterfly population in and around GRASSLANDS NATIONAL PARK, Saskatchewan, CANADA, as part of a graduate thesis.
http://www.pc.gc.ca/eng/pn-np/sk/grasslands/index.aspx
Duties include insect and plant sampling, plant species identification and other related field tasks. The successful candidate will live in or near Val Marie, Saskatchewan for the summer. The ideal candidate will be able to work in dry and hot environmental conditions as well as hike up to 15 km a day. Experience living and working in a rural setting with some native prairie plant identification skills is a definite asset. A valid driver's license is necessary.
Salary: $2000 per month plus some extra support for food and lodging. Wages may be higher if assistant has experience
contact: Please email or fax your resume' with "metalmark field assistant" in the subject line to:
Nadir Erbilgin, Ph.D.
Email: Nadir.Erbilgin@ales.ualberta.ca
Phone: (780) 492- 8693
Fax: (780) 492-1767
For more info, contact:
Nadir Erbilgin, Ph.D.
Canada Research Chair in Forest Entomology
Assistant Professor
Department of Renewable Resources
230A Earth Sciences Building
University of Alberta
Edmonton, Alberta
Canada, T6G 2E3
Phone: (780) 492- 8693
Fax: (780) 492-1767
Email: Nadir.Erbilgin@ales.ualberta.ca