The Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) has put out a call for expression of interest to participate in the Advisory Committee to Address Barriers to Accessibility.
Deadline to apply: Thursday, June 9th at 6:00 p.m. (MDT)
From SSHRC:
The Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) is committed to making its programs fully accessible to Canada’s research community. To realize this goal, and to meet the requirements of the Accessible Canada Act, we are seeking expressions of interest to join an advisory committee to help identify barriers to accessibility within SSHRC programs, and to develop an action plan to address them.
The committee’s role will be to advise SSHRC of barriers to full accessibility within its programs and its related processes and policies. Committee members will serve an initial one-year term, and their work will also represent one aspect of a larger stakeholder engagement strategy with multiple organizations and institutions that interact with SSHRC.
SSHRC aims to create a committee that includes representation across a wide range of lived experience and personal identification, including regional and linguistic diversity. SSHRC may directly recruit members to the committee, should self-nominations not include representation from key stakeholder groups. The creation of this committee is part of SSHRC’s commitment to strengthen equity, diversity and inclusion practices under its mandate to promote and support research and training in the social sciences and humanities.
More information on time commitment, compensation, and how to apply is available here.