Post Doctoral Fellow
6 days ago
**Post Doctoral Fellow - “A Safe Affordable Place to Call Home”**:
The Community-University Institute for Social Research (CUISR) is a University research centre founded in 2000 and co-governed by university and community. CUISR facilitates partnerships between the university and the larger community in order to engage in relevant social research that supports a deeper understanding of our communities and reveals opportunities for improving our quality of life. CUISR is committed to collaborative research and to accurate, objective reporting of research results in the public domain, taking into account the needs for confidentiality in gathering, disseminating, and storing information.
CUISR research projects are funded largely by SSHRC, local CBOs, provincial associations, and municipal, provincial, and federal governments, yielding over 120 publicly accessible publications in addition to numerous academic publications. CUISR has secured over $12 million in Tri-Council grants.
**Primary Purpose**:
A Safe and Affordable Place to Call Home: A Multi-disciplinary Longitudinal Outcomes Analysis of the National Housing Strategy (NHS)
At the heart of this project—funded by a SSHRC-CMHC Partnership Grant, 2023-2028, and involving Ontario (Ottawa; Principal Investigators Drs. Liam O’Brien and Jacqueline Kennelly, Carleton U); Nova Scotia (Cape Breton Regional Municipality); and Saskatchewan (Saskatoon: Drs Isobel Findlay and Nazeem Muhajarine and Professor Sarah Buhler) as well as Quebec, Alberta, and the North—are these core research objectives related to the theme Health, Social and Economic Outcomes led here at USask:
- To better understand the health (physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual) of residents living in social housing, community housing, or in the private market with housing subsidies
- To analyze the social outcomes of the NHS programs, including social inclusion and exclusion, safety and stability, access to amenities and transit, and community food infrastructures
- To access the economic outcomes of the NHS programs, including access to employment, sufficiency of housing supplements, cost of childcare and other household expenses, social assistance rates and housing, and mismatch between affordable housing and economic needs
Other themes include these:
- Climate Impacts and mitigation
- Indigenous housing
- Northern housing
- Alternative housing solutions
- Housing financing
Crosscutting objectives include these:
- Assess effectiveness of approaches to housing as a human right (became law in 2019)
- Investigate the three major NHS funding vehicles: the National Housing Co-Investment Fund, the Canada Community Housing Initiative, and the Canada Housing Benefit
**Nature of Work**:
The successful applicant will have the opportunity to work alongside health science and social science researchers at USask and across the country in this multidisciplinary longitudinal study of the National Housing Strategy, drawing on qualitative and statistical methods, including national analysis of the Canadian Housing Survey, to actively inform public debate and real-time decision-making in Saskatchewan and Canada.
The Fellow will be responsible for co-leading the completion of project deliverables, including documenting and publishing a study protocols, methodologies, and findings in leading academic journals, drafting, submitting, and revising scientific manuscripts for publication. They will do so in close collaboration with project principal investigator, co-investigators and staff. The postdoc will report to the principal-investigator on the project, Dr. Isobel M. Findla, University Co-Director, CUISR. The Fellow will also liaise with external research partners across Canada and coordinate with granting agencies as needed. he work will be carried out on university systems and on the University of Saskatchewan campus in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. The initial contract is for one year but is renewable for up to three years.
**Accountabilities**:
- Participate in training and regular debriefs
- Coordinate the Health, Social and Economic Outcomes theme (led here in Saskatoon but involving researchers and partners across the country)
- Schedule meetings and take and circulate meeting notes (especially action items)
- Design communications to support and promote theme activities
- Organize and participate in other dissemination activities (consultations, workshops, conferences, presentations, reports, policy briefs, articles)
**Education**:
Completed PhD or equivalent in Social Sciences, Health Sciences, or other relevant discipline within five (5) years immediately preceding the appointment.
**Licenses**: NONE
**Experience/Skills**:
- Familiarity with diverse stakeholder groups
- Exceptional oral and written communication skills
- Ability to work independently, following timelines and meeting project expectations and deadlines
**To Apply**:
**Department**: Community-University Institute for
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