Research Assistant II – Deparment of Geography & Environment

Duties:

The Research Assistant will support a community-engaged mapping project in Brandon using asset mapping, GIS, and community-engaged research methods. Work may relate to food access, active transportation, and/or Open Streets Brandon. Duties may include collecting, organizing, and verifying spatial and descriptive data; assisting with asset mapping, GIS work, and draft map layers; preparing materials for community mapping and dotmocracy activities; supporting Open Streets Brandon mapping activities, as needed; scanning, labelling, digitizing, and coding maps, comments, and non-identifying community feedback; identifying recurring themes, priority locations, barriers, assets, and opportunities; preparing map figures, short summaries, and research documentation; maintaining organized project files, source notes, and data records; following ethics, confidentiality, and data-management instructions; and other related duties as assigned.

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