Research Assistant (Part-time)
We are hiring two PhD students as Research Assistants to help with the first stage of this project which will consist in reviewing the literature on first person perspectives and activists movements towards inclusion and diversity for people who belong to neurominorities. Candidates must be PhD students in philosophy, psychology, or related fields with research interests related to mental health, psychiatry, medicine, or participatory research. Preference will be given for those with lived experience. Some tasks will be conducted independently (e.g., logistics or literature surveys), and others (e.g., reports of the working groups, editorial process) will be supervised by the members of the team.
Conduct a literature review on philosophy of psychiatry in relation to participatory research and to the inclusion of people who belong to a neurominority in research settings. They will be included in the revision and edition of the reports documenting discussions of working groups on neurominority. They will be invited to receive training in participatory research with all the members of the project through Coursera. These courses will prepare them to use this methodology with assignments and feedback beneficial for their work in philosophy of psychiatry and participatory research. They will partake in the editorial process of an academic publication and participate in the organization of a conference.
Qualifications:
-Has a minimum of 2 years of relevant experience to the research project or academic research experience may be deemed equivalent.
Knowledge of French and English: McGill University is an English-language university where day to day duties may require English communication both verbally and in writing. The level of English required for this position has been assessed at a level #3 on a scale of 0-4.