Location: Toronto-661 University

Department: Environmental and Occupational Health Program, Third Party

This posting is to fill a current vacancy.

The Role The successful candidate will provide support in a project in the area of real-time surveillance of wildfire-related human risk. The scope of this practicum is to contribute to statistical analysis of short-term exposure to wildfire-related air pollution and health effects in Ontario using provincial syndromic surveillance system.

Suggested placement start date: May to August 2026

Please Note

• This position is only open to students who are currently enrolled in an academic program where the completion of a practicum placement is required.
• This position is only open to students currently residing in Ontario and attending a Canadian academic institution. Preference will be given to students enrolled in Ontario-based academic institutions.
• This is a paid placement.

Educational Objectives

• Conduct statistical analysis with large-scale provincial administrative health databases.
• Develop skills in data linkage.
• Gain knowledge in environmental data.

Proposed Deliverables At The End Of The Placement

• Develop a tool to extract real-time environmental data and link them to the syndromic surveillance database.
• Develop a statistical model to detect wildfire-related health risks.

Required Education And Experience The ideal candidate will have:

• Completed year one of a two year biostatistics, mathematics, epidemiology, environmental health or related Master’s program with training in statistical methods.
• Strong skills in statistical data analysis using R.

Duration: Student (Fixed Term), 3 month(s)

Hours of Work: Full time, 36.25 hours per week

Compensation Group: Individual Contributor

Compensation Range: $700.00 - $725.00

Posting Date: 01-6-2026

Closing Date: 01-21-2026

Please note: applications will be received no later than 11:59pm on the date preceding the closing date as indicated on the Job Requisition.

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