Project SOIL ,Therapeutic Garden Participant Action Researcher Jobs in Canada

Position: Therapeutic Garden Participant Action
Researcher
Type: paid employment (May – August 2015)
Organization: Project SOIL http://projectsoil.ca
Location: Alexandria, east of Ottawa, Eastern Ontario

On-site food production will increase this year at the Hôpital
Glengarry Memorial Hospital in Alexandria, with the intent of testing
and improving the therapeutic benefits of participation in food
production, while increasing access to healthy, local, seasonal food
for staff and patients. This project wi

ll build from an existing
garden project, with the intent of adding SPIn production in the near
future, relying on the techniques and design of Jean-Martin Fortier,
as laid out in The Market Gardener; A Successful Growers’ Handbook for
Small-Scale Organic Farming.

Project SOIL is looking for a motivated Master’s, senior-level student
or recent graduate to participate in and fully document the
development of this pilot project over the course of 400-520 hours,
between May 1 and August 31. The student will work 30 hours per week.
Start / completion dates are flexible, as are days per week. The
student will be expected to participate in the production on-site, as
well as planning for future on-site SPIn production. The student will
produce a complete case study which will be part of a joint academic
publication. This position will require a successful police check.

For more information or to apply, please contact:
Phil Mount ( pmount@wlu.ca
)
or Irena Knezevic ( Irena.Knezevic@carleton.ca
).

For more details of the site and Hospital, contact:
Louise Quenneville
Emergency Preparedness Coordinator & Project Management
Hôpital Glengarry Memorial Hospital
20260 County Road 43/ Chemin de comté 43
Alexandria, Ontario  K0C 1A0
(613) 525-2222 ext 4112
lquenneville@hgmh.on.ca

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