Institute for Community Engaged Research

An opportunity to do important work in Vernon.

Vernon Immigrant Services is seeking a passionate and community-minded Volunteer Engagement & Community Liaison to help create meaningful connections between volunteers, newcomers, and the broader community.

Check out the job posting and apply here: https://ca.indeed.com/job/volunteer-engagement-community-liaison-55dc7309718fee10

An opportunity to work with some amazing people doing great community work!

NOW HIRING! Apply by July 12th 🌻
L2T is looking for a skilled communicator and storyteller who can help share the stories, relationships, and impact that are shaping a stronger regional food system. Please share broadly and help us find a strong candidate who will play a key role in increasing the visibility and impact of Land to Table Network Society and The Food Shed.

Job Description: https://landtotablenetwork.com/hiring-communications-marketing-and-storytelling-coordinator/

✅ Part time contract, 24 hours/week
✅ July 2026 – March 2027 (possibility to extend)
✅ Pay starting at $38/hour

To apply you will need a cover letter, resume, and 2-3 examples of communications, marketing, writing, storytelling, or content development work. Submit to L2T Executive Director, Liz Blakeway: [email protected] by July 12, 2026.

Last week, IndigiNews published an article exploring the Okanagan-Similkameen Collaborative Leadership Table (CLT) and the many dimensions of this Syilx-led initiative to protect and restore watershed health across the region.

If you've been wanting to learn more about the CLT—how it works, who is involved, and the opportunities and challenges ahead—this article is well worth a read.

Read the full article: https://syilx.org/dodging-their-responsibilities-syilx-led-watershed-protection-effort-lacking-key-cities-support/

Congrats to the 2026 grads!!

Media Release 💧| The Syilx Okanagan Nation has formally declared a Watershed Emergency across six major watersheds.

Facing accelerating drought, declining streamflows, and increasing ecosystem stress across the region, the Nation is calling for urgent collective action, shared responsibility, and long-term protection of siwɬkʷ-water.

Click HERE to read the full Media Release: https://syilx.org/the-syilx-okanagan-nation-declares-a-watershed-emergency/

Data management can be as easy taking care of your virtual pet 👾

From audio tapes and soil samples to images and datasets, data can be anything. At ICER, in collaboration with , our BIG project this year is all about Data Management. We’ll be diving into best practices, sharing resources, research findings, and workshops so keep an eye out! Join us as we rethink how we manage community engaged research data, and remember Data Can Be Anything!

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We’re hiring!

If you love building relationships, connecting with communities, and creating meaningful partnerships — this could be the opportunity for you 🌿

We’re looking for an Indigenous Research Liaison to join the BC NEIHR team in Indigenous Health Research.

Sound like you? Check out our website for more information: https://www.sfu.ca/bcneihr/who-we-are/current-opportunities.html

Don’t miss this rescheduled event!

You’re invited to join us for the next speaker in the Community Engaged Research (CER) Storyteller series is Dr. Mary Stockdale, in conversation with Dr. Christine Schreyer.

Wednesday, April 1st, 2026
11:30 to 1:30 pm,
In Person attendance is in ARTS 368 and will be limited to 25 people, lunch included from 12:30 to 1:30
Zoom attendance is also available

Please register by completing the Qualtrics survey (link in bio).

Mary’s present community-engaged research initiative is called the Vernon Climate Engagement Centre (CEC) project. Mary will share stories about communities, connectedness and climate resilience with us, and how these themes have been explored in this research project through an approach called Deep Canvassing.

Bio:
About 20 years ago, Mary decided to stop working and travelling in the UK (Ph.D. and post-doc at the University of Oxford) and Southeast Asia (working with forest-based Indigenous communities in Indonesia and the Philippines) putting down roots instead and addressing sustainability concerns in her own community of Vernon, BC. Since then, Mary has worked as an Adjunct Professor in Human Geography at UBC’s Okanagan campus, teaching and doing research in the subject area of sustainability and the environment. This work has enabled her to act as a bridge between community and university, with a special focus on engaging community members in climate action, amongst others.