Posting Reason:

New Position

Location:

Main Campus

Academic Period:

2026 Fall Semester

Faculty:

Faculté des sciences de la santé / Faculty of Health Sciences

Academic Unit:

École interdisciplinaire de sciences de la santé \\ Interdisciplinary School of Health Sciences

Course Title:

Engagement in Research: Persons with Lived Experience & Community Partnerships

Course Code:

HSS6113

Section:

A

Course Description:

Exploration of ethical considerations and practical strategies for engaging patients and community partners in interdisciplinary health science research. Examination of principles for respectful and inclusive collaboration that values diverse perspectives in the research process. Key topics include informed consent, power dynamics, cultural competency, and equitable partnerships. Focus on navigating ethical challenges, fostering meaningful relationships, and co-creating research projects that address community needs and priorities. Emphasis on transparency and accountability, equipping participants with the skills to uphold ethical standards while promoting social justice and advancing the collective well-being of all stakeholders in health research.
Course component: Lecture

Posting limited to:

Professeur à temps-partiel étudiant / Student Part-Time Professor

Date Posted (YYYY/MM/DD):

2026/07/21

Applications must be received BEFORE (YYYY/MM/DD):

2026/08/24

Expected Enrolment:

30

Approval date:

2026/07/21

Number of credits:

1.5

Work Hours:

19.5

Hourly Rate:

Enseignement / Teaching: $239.47 (2024-2025)

The academic year starts on September 1 and ends on August 31.

These rates do not included vacation pay nor statutory pay.

These rates will be applied until a new collective agreement is ratified. Retro will be paid after the ratification.

Course type:

D

Posting type:

Régulier / Regular

Language of instruction:

Anglais | English

Competence in second language:

Passive

Course Schedule:

Mercredi | Wednesday 11:30-14:30 - - Session A (Block A; Weeks 7-12). This course is delivered in a hybrid format.

Requirements:

English
- Be currently enrolled in a PhD program in Health Sciences, Public Health, Population Health, Epidemiology, Health Policy, or a related relevant field, or be a postdoctoral fellow holding a PhD in a relevant field, or possess equivalent professional expertise in patient engagement, community-based research, health equity or public health.
- Demonstrate substantial and recent experience, within the past five years, developing, implementing, or sustaining partnerships with persons with lived experience, patients, caregivers, community organizations, Indigenous communities, health-system partners, or other relevant community partners in health research.
- Provide concrete evidence of the scope and depth of this experience, such as:
* the number and types of research partnerships, projects, advisory groups, or community initiatives in which the applicant has held a meaningful role;
* the duration and continuity of these partnerships;
* the stages of the research process in which partners were engaged, such as priority setting, study design, governance, recruitment, data interpretation, knowledge mobilization, or evaluation;
* the nature of the applicant’s role and level of responsibility;
* the number or diversity of persons, communities, or organizations engaged; and
* documented outputs or outcomes arising from these partnerships.
- Have university-level teaching or teaching assistant experience.
- Have demonstrated expertise in ethical, respectful, inclusive, and equitable approaches to engaging persons with lived experience and community partners throughout the research process.
- Have experience addressing informed consent, power dynamics, cultural humility, accessibility, representation, compensation, reciprocity, transparency, accountability, or related ethical considerations in collaborative health research.
- Have experience applying co-design, co-creation, participatory, patient-oriented, community-based, or other collaborative approaches to research that responds to community-identified needs and priorities.

Additional Information and/or Comments:

This course and requires a minimum of 75% in-person instruction.

An acceptable level of education and/or experience could be viewed as being equivalent to the educational required and/or demonstrated experience. If you are invited to continue the selection process, please notify us of any adaptive measures you might require. Information you send us will be handled respectfully and in complete confidence. Employees are required under provincial law to successfully complete all mandatory legislated training. The list of training may be modified by provincial law.

The hiring process will be governed by the current APTPUO collective agreements; you can click here for the main unit, here for the OLBI unit, or here for the Toronto/Windsor unit to find out more.

The University of Ottawa embraces diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We are passionate about our people and committed to employment equity. We foster a culture of respect, teamwork and inclusion, where collaboration, innovation, and creativity fuel our quest for research and teaching excellence. While all qualified persons are invited to apply, we welcome applications from qualified Indigenous persons, racialized persons, persons with disabilities, women and LGBTQIA2S+ persons. The University is committed to creating and maintaining an accessible, barrier-free work environment. The University is also committed to working with applicants with disabilities requesting accommodation during the recruitment, assessment and selection processes. Applicants with disabilities may contact vra.affairesprofessorales@uottawa.ca to communicate the accommodation need. All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority.

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