PhD, Master’s & Postdoc Opportunities in Political Science in Canada

The Dempsey Lab in the Department of Geography at the University of British Columbia's Vancouver campus is seeking a full-time Research Associate for an interdisciplinary project on the political and economic conditions shaping the future of forest stewardship in British Columbia and Canada. The project examines a transition from conventional industrial forestry toward regenerative forest stewardship. This approach places greater emphasis on Indigenous self-determination, long-term ecological he...

The University of Toronto is recruiting a postdoctoral fellow to join an interdisciplinary team studying the sustainability of Canada’s blood system. The fellow will contribute to the project’s social science components, with a primary focus on raising awareness about blood donation among youth and racialized communities. The work will engage with donation studies and community-based participatory research, connecting scholarship with communities and the social dimensions of blood donation. The ...

The Liber Ero Postdoctoral Fellowship Program supports early-career scientists working on conservation and management issues relevant to Canada. The program is designed for research that is both applied and forward-looking, encouraging fellows to address time-sensitive management challenges and difficult “wicked” conservation problems through novel analyses, perspectives, and collaborations. Fellows can pursue natural, social, or interdisciplinary research related to conservation science. The pr...

The University of British Columbia’s MacIsaac School of Nursing is advertising three full-time Postdoctoral Research Fellow positions focused on boys’ and men’s emotional and relational health . The postdoctoral research programme covers three interconnected areas: Coping and Consumption , Social Connection , and Early Fatherhood . Across these themes, the fellows will contribute to research examining emotional wellbeing, relationships, coping behaviours, social connection, and the transition to...

The University of British Columbia’s MacIsaac School of Nursing invites applications for three full-time Postdoctoral Fellows in the Movember Institute Discovery Research Program. Based at the UBC Vancouver campus, the Fellows will contribute to an international research program focused on building capacity in boys’ and men’s emotional and relational health. Each Fellow will design, lead, and deliver an independent five-year research program focused primarily on underserved boys and young men ag...

Killam Research Fellowships provide support to scholars of exceptional ability for major research projects with broad significance and widespread interest. The scheme is designed to give recipients time to pursue advanced research across a wide disciplinary range. The fellowship is open to work in the humanities, social sciences, natural sciences, health sciences, engineering, and interdisciplinary studies that link these fields. It is therefore suited to researchers developing ambitious project...

York University’s Faculty of Environmental and Urban Change is accepting applications for the Fall 2027 Master of Environmental Studies (MES) program. This is a two-year, full-time, self-directed and interdisciplinary graduate program focused on understanding and responding to complex environmental issues. Students can pursue the MES Planning specialization or the MES/JD joint program. Research and study interests include climate change and sustainable energy transitions; environmental, climate ...

PhD position available in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) at the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada. The research group is recruiting a highly motivated PhD student to work on Artificial Intelligence in Wireless Communications , with possible directions including AI/ML for next-generation wireless systems (5G/6G and beyond), agentic AI and intelligent wireless networks, AI-driven resource allocation and network optimization, reinforcement learning and deep learni...

The University of British Columbia is advertising three postdoctoral fellowships in the Men’s Health Research Program at the Vancouver campus (UBC Point Grey). These fellowships are designed for early-career researchers who want to build and lead an independent research program in men’s health. Research themes include coping and consumption (stress, adversity, trauma, alcohol, drugs, gambling, pornography, and other consumption behaviours), social connection (peer, partner, family, and community...