Scientific Director - Shkaabe Makwa

CAMH • Toronto, ON

5d • CA$158,172 - CA$237,258

About The Position

Shkaabe Makwa at CAMH is the first hospital-based Centre in Canada designed to drive culturally- responsive systems initiatives to achieve health justice and wellness for First Nations, Inuit and Métis communities through the advancement of research, workforce development and innovative healing models that harmonize traditional knowledge and medical expertise. Shkaabe Makwa is seeking a full-time, permanent Scientific Director to shape the Centre’s research portfolio and develop a transformational research agenda that supports Indigenous self-determination in health, and contributes to policy, practice, and systems change. The Scientific Director will support research teams working closely with Indigenous communities, organizations, service providers, leaders, people with lived/living experience and other partners to co-develop and implement culturally-grounded research that is underpinned by strong ethical values, decolonial approaches, and intentional efforts to advance Indigenous health justice. The position will also oversee research teams who develop, adapt, pilot, and evaluate clinical interventions and treatment modalities that weave traditional knowledge and western evidence, and explore the implementation of traditional healing practices in the hospital system. This is an exceptional scientific leadership opportunity for a visionary researcher to provide strategic research and administrative leadership for Shkaabe Makwa and facilitate leading-edge research that responds to the priorities of Indigenous communities and partners while driving change. The ideal candidate is a respected First Nations, Inuit, or Métis researcher with significant experience leading interdisciplinary, community-based collaborative research that informs mental health and substance use policy, practice and/or systems change. Through its core values of Courage, Respect and Excellence, CAMH is implementing its Strategic Plan: Connected CAMH, to transform lives, ignite innovation and discovery, revolutionize education and drive social change. CAMH is more than a hospital, it is a cause. CAMH is on a mission to change the way society thinks about and responds to mental illness. They aim to eliminate prejudice and discrimination and shape a world where mental illness is central to our healthcare system – a world where Mental Health is Health.

Requirements

• Respected First Nations, Inuit, or Métis researcher.
• Significant experience leading interdisciplinary, community-based collaborative research.
• Experience that informs mental health and substance use policy, practice and/or systems change.

Responsibilities

• Shape the Centre’s research portfolio.
• Develop a transformational research agenda that supports Indigenous self-determination in health, and contributes to policy, practice, and systems change.
• Support research teams working closely with Indigenous communities, organizations, service providers, leaders, people with lived/living experience and other partners to co-develop and implement culturally-grounded research that is underpinned by strong ethical values, decolonial approaches, and intentional efforts to advance Indigenous health justice.
• Oversee research teams who develop, adapt, pilot, and evaluate clinical interventions and treatment modalities that weave traditional knowledge and western evidence.
• Explore the implementation of traditional healing practices in the hospital system.
• Provide strategic research and administrative leadership for Shkaabe Makwa.
• Facilitate leading-edge research that responds to the priorities of Indigenous communities and partners while driving change.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director
• Education Level: No Education Listed