Please find attached a job description for a part-time Postdoctoral Fellow position focused on refugee youth transitions, belonging, education, and service navigation.

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The position is part of the SSHRC-funded UnborderED Knowledge research project and is hosted by Access Alliance Multicultural Health and Community Services in Toronto, Ontario.

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The successful candidate will lead a national participatory arts-based research project with current university students in Canada who have a forced migration background. Responsibilities include designing and implementing community-engaged research, training student participants in arts-based methods, supporting ethics applications and grant development, conducting data collection and analysis, and producing scholarly and knowledge mobilization outputs for academic, policy, and community audiences.

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Applicants must have lived experience of forced migration, be legally entitled to work in Canada, and reside in Canada throughout the appointment. Demonstrated experience in arts-based research required.

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We welcome applications from interested candidates. Please submit a cover letter, statement describing lived experience of forced migration, curriculum vitae, writing sample, and contact information for three references to research@accessalliance.ca.

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Last date for application: July 17, 2026

Position begins on: August 10, 2026