Thank you for your interest in joining CLEAR! We welcome applications from academics, community members, scientists, those with non-traditional career paths, and others who connect with our work based on the available positions listed below.

CLEAR’s membership is characterized by 2SLGBTQIA+, gender minority (women, non-binary, gender fluid, and trans), BIPOC, and local people. CLEAR members include high school students, undergraduates, graduate students, full-time and part-time staff, and professors in addition to our director, Dr. Max Liboiron (they/them, Red River Métis/Michif & white settler). Our goal is to infuse our values of humility, accountability, and good land relations into everything we do, from how we run lab meetings to who and how we cite. We prioritize peer-to-peer learning and co-mentorship. An application to any CLEAR position is also an application to this community. We highly recommend consulting the CLEAR lab book before applying, as it details many of our cultural norms and expectations.

Currently open researcher positions, all levels:

• Graduate student and postdoc positions: There are currently no open, general graduate student positions in CLEAR (they are all filled!). The exception is sometimes for Indigenous students and students with their own external institutional funding (see below)
• Undergraduate research assistants: We have a summer position for a student taking summer classes at Memorial University through the MUCEP program. Applicants are in the first couple of weeks of each semester. We also have three positions in: place-based data, historical research, and wet lab work this summer (2024) that would suit upper-level undergraduate students or those with experience in research methods.
• Inuit researchers in Nunatsiavut: we often have short-term and long-term positions for Inuit youth and adults in Nunatsiavut. Reach out to Liz Pijogge at the Nunatsiavut Research Centre in Nain for details.
• Indigenous grad students, Artists or Research Assistants: We sometimes have dedicated funding for Indigenous graduate positions (full-time, based in the Geography Department), artists (short-term residencies or contracts) or research assistantships (part-time). All positions are funded. Please reach out to Max Liboiron outlining your areas of interest, type of position, and desired timeline to see if we have availability and capacity.

Prospective externally funded graduate or postdoc students: All graduate students applying to CLEAR must be fully funded. The positions listed above are the only ones for which we currently have funding. If you are a graduate student who already has external funding or are applying for funding from a research agency such as the Tri-Council or Fullbright (not self-funded), you are welcome to send an introductory email.

Community partnerships on plastic pollution monitoring: We welcome partnerships with not-for-profit community groups in Newfoundland and Labrador, from school classrooms to ENGOs to rural municipalities, who are looking to monitor plastic pollution in their areas. We also work with several Indigenous councils and communities from across Canada and internationally. We often provide technical training, co-application for funding/grants, use of our lab space, and other forms of capacity-sharing in these cases. See our plastic monitoring project page for details on the type of work we do.

Temporary hosting at the lab: We often have requests to join the CLEAR lab as a visitor or guest for extended periods of time (weeks, months). As a training lab, we welcome people’s interest in joining our lab community temporarily. Please see our page on long-term hosting for details and processes for application.