The Coastal CURA (housed at SMU) expects to have a limited number of opportunities in coming months for student employment and/or student involvement in research activities, on themes of community-based integrated coastal management. These opportunities will include (1) a variety of forms of research assistant employment,
(2) local site-specific studies with individual project partners, and
(3) broader policy-level research, on themes relating to local-level use and management of fisheries, coasts and oceans.

Examples of specific possibilities for research include investigating (a) community-based management models in the Maritimes and elsewhere; (b) the value of the inshore fisheries and of fishermen’s role in coastal planning processes; (c) the structure of community based organizations and their ability to adapt to changes in the fishery and meet the demands of integrated management practices, and (d) changes in traditional values associated with food access (fisheries and other food) in First Nations communities.

The required work could be undertaken as a thesis or as part of an internship and/or project. Funding is available to support the work, but details of the funds will be worked out on a case-by-case basis once the scope of the work is determined. We are willing to discuss possibilities for various levels of student participation depending on academic program requirements.

Talk to me if you might be interested,
Cathy