You power the science and educational work of the David Suzuki Foundation every single day. And your support helped us achieve important results in the last few months.
Thank you!
You helped: launch a new initiative to establish the right to a healthy environment in Canada’s Charter of Rights and Freedoms; inspire tens of thousands to come together for climate action; teach kids (and their teachers!) about learning in the great outdoors; protect at-risk grizzlies; and research ways to move Canada’s energy system towards healthier renewables.
The David Suzuki Foundation is looking for GIS volunteers to work on environmental science and policy issues in Canada. The volunteers will work closely with our National Science and Policy Team to communicate complex issues via maps and examine the consequences of proposed government policies on a range of projects and emerging news stories.
Tasks Include:
Digitizing proposed major development projects
Creating maps to help explain changes in policy from emerging news stories
Analyze datasets and generate interesting statistics for reports, social media, and blogs
Organizing data, creating metadata, documentation, quality control
Identifying the datasets that are required for analyses, but not yet available from government and industry
Other tasks as required
Skills and Knowledge Required:
Knowledge of and commitment to the David Suzuki Foundation's mission
Degree or equal course work/ experience in GIS
Ability to commit at least one day per week in our Vancouver office
Reports to: Lisa Rockwell, Spatial Ecologist
Please apply directly to Lisa: lrockwell@davidsuzuki.org
Please outline your level of GIS experiencee in your resume and describe your availability (which day, for how many weeks).
Benefits to the Volunteer:
Gain experience applying a wide range of skills, estimating your time/time tracking, quickly developing analysis outlines and documenting your work, QA/ QC procedures, data organization within a team, finding and creatively sourcing datasets across the country, and working with a variety of ERSI, Google, and open source software.
Gain in-depth experience in and knowledge of David Suzuki Foundation programs
Reference letter upon successful completion of position
Opportunity to attend exciting and informative DSF workshops
Connect with members of your community and be part of the David Suzuki Foundation's mission
Organic, fair-trade coffee and tea as needed!
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