Job TitleResearch Assistant-2Job CategoryNon Union Technicians and Research AssistantsJob ProfileNon Union Salaried - Research Assistant /Technician 2Job Family GroupStaff - Non UnionDepartmentWood Laboratory | BC Centre for Substance Use | Faculty of MedicineCompensation Range$4,597.80 - $5,469.59 CAD MonthlyJob End DateNovember 30, 2027Posting End DateNovember 29, 2026Note: Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the Posting End Date. At UBC, we believe that attracting and sustaining a diverse workforce is key to the successful pursuit of excellence in research, innovation, and learning for all faculty, staff and students. Our commitment to employment equity helps achieve inclusion and fairness, brings rich diversity to UBC as a workplace, and creates the necessary conditions for a rewarding career. Job SummaryThe Canadian Research Initiative in Substance Matters CRISM invites applications for two Research Assistants to join the CRISM British Columbia Team https://www.bccsu.ca/about-crism-bc/. CRISM is a national research network dedicated to generating, translating, and mobilizing evidence to improve the health and well-being of people who use substances and to strengthen substance use policy, prevention, treatment, harm reduction, and health systems in Canada.The successful candidate will support a portfolio of systematic review activities addressing priority questions related to substance use, clinical care, treatment, harm reduction, prevention, public health, and health services. The work will involve the identification, screening, appraisal, extraction, organization, and synthesis of evidence from published research studies. The position will involve working closely with CRISM investigators and research team members to support systematic reviews conducted using established methodological approaches. Depending on the project, the successful candidate may contribute to reviews intended to inform clinical practice, clinical guidelines, practic
