Current Student and Research Positions
Two M.Sc. positions available in Geography & Environmental Studies, Wilfrid Laurier University
The Dehcho Collaborative on Permafrost (DCoP) is looking for two graduate students at the M.Sc. level to
examine the impacts of permafrost thaw and/or wildfire on the hydrology of peatland complexes with
discontinuous permafrost in the southern Taiga Plains ecoregion, Northwest Territories, Canada.
DCoP is a fusion of leading-edge scientific and Indigenous knowledge on permafrost focussed on developing new
methods and predictive tools to help manage permafrost and adapt to permafrost thaw. See a short video on DCoP:
https://youtu.be/Niy7R0sXeZg.
Field studies will be based at the newly renovated Scotty Creek Research Station (http://www.scottycreek.com/).
The Łı́ı́dlı̨ı̨Kų́ę́ First Nation recently took on the leadership of the station, making Scotty Creek one of the first
Indigenous-led research stations in the world and a “flagship” for scientific-Indigenous collaboration in Canada’s
North (http://scottycreek.com/DCoP/).
Applications are now being accepted for a start date of September, 2025.
For more information, please contact William Quinton: wquinton@wlu.ca, 519-635-0210
