Scientific Associate - McCain Centre-camh

Through its core values of Courage, Respect and Excellence, CAMH is implementing its Strategic Plan: Connected CAMH, to transform lives, ignite innovation and discovery, revolutionize education and drive social change. CAMH is more than a hospital, it is a cause. CAMH is on a mission to change the way society thinks about and responds to mental illness. They aim to eliminate prejudice and discrimination and shape a world where mental illness is central to our healthcare system - a world where Mental Health is Health.

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CAMH’s donor funded Margaret and Wallace McCain Centre for Child, Youth and Family Mental Health (McCain Centre) is focused on enhancing and improving the design, delivery and effectiveness of mental health and substance use health systems, services and policies for children and youth aged 6-24. The McCain Centre combines evidence-based and innovative research techniques to ensure strong clinical utility and relevance in their initiatives.

The McCain Centre is also the home of the research that is part of the Youth Wellness Hubs Ontario (YWHO, www.youthhubs.ca) -- a learning health system of 32 funded community-based networks of youth-serving organizations.

YWHO is part of a broader pan-Canadian youth mental health system transformation initiative to build integrated youth services (IYS) where young people ages 12 to 25 years have walk-in access to youth-centered, community-based mental health and wellness services informed by youth, family members and service providers. This initiative engages youth, family members and other stakeholders through a co-creation process, ensuring services are designed and delivered according to their needs.

The newly established pan-Canadian Integrated Youth Services (IYS) Collaboration Centre (IYS-CC) at CAMH has been created to support development, implementation and evaluation of IYS practices, services, and research across Canada. There are emerging or established IYS networks in every province and territory in Canada, with close connections to the ACCESS Open Minds Indigenous Youth Mental Health and Wellness Network. IYS networks deliver mental health, substance use health, primary care, education, employment, housing and other health, social and community services to youth aged 12 to 25 years. The IYS model is also characterized by its commitments to equity, engagement, measurement and continuous learning. IYS youth hubs are in more than 100 communities across Canada.

The McCain Centre together with the YWHO PO and the IYS-CC is currently seeking a full-time, one-year contract Scientific Associate. Reporting to the McCain Centre Research Operations Manager and the Principal Investigator, the Scientific Associate will support research funded projects that focus on Indigenous data sovereignty in research governance and data management, decolonizing research methodology and ethics, and community engagement for vulnerable populations.

The successful candidate will play a key role in supporting and leading Indigenous research methodologies and ethical frameworks in research settings, qualitative analyses of projects, and include the following activities: providing support and supervision for required ethics approvals, qualitative data collection protocols and tools, qualitative data collection and analysis, and data management. Other responsibilities will include supporting the scientific team in creating, managing and monitoring detailed project work plans; working with research staff; grant-writing; and preparing presentations, manuscripts, and project reports. The successful candidate will have opportunities to support related IYS research, evaluation, and data projects. Opportunities for publishing research articles, grant writing mentorship, and academic and non-academic presentations may be offered.

As an employment equity employer, CAMH actively seeks First Nations, Inuit and Métis candidates, those from ethno-cultural backgrounds, women, transgender and gender diverse people, people with disabilities, people with experiences of mental health and substance use, and intersecting identities.

The successful candidate will have sound knowledge of inclusive environments and will support and implement anti-oppressive and anti-racist best practices in the workplace. Understanding of and appreciation of systemic and personal privilege related to diversity, with ability to work with partners of diverse identities and ethno-racial and cultural backgrounds is required.

This position is located at CAMH, 80 Workman Way, Toronto ON.

All applicants offered and accepting employment must complete a Vulnerable Sector Police Records Check. The offer of employment will be conditional upon receipt of the satisfactory Vulnerable Sector Police Records Check.