Call for applications – CRIR Student Committee 2025–2026: Student representatives

Are you pursuing a graduate-level research degree and have a desire to get involved in order to energize the life of your research center and represent the voice of other CRIR student member?

Several positions will be available on the CRIR Student Committee for the 2025–2026 academic year, which begins in September 2025.

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Call for applications – CRIR Student Committee 2025–2026: Student representatives

 

To all CRIR students

Are you interested in getting involved in your research center?

Six (6) CRIR sites student representative positions are available to start the next academic year:

positions available in CRIR establishments:

Institut Nazareth et Louis-Braille (INLB), CISSS de la Montérégie-Centre

• 1 position

Institut universitaire sur la réadaptation en déficience physique de Montréal (IURDPM), CIUSSS du Centre-Sud-de-l’Île-de-Montréal

• 3 positions: one per créneau: mobility, communications, and environmental

Jewish Rehabilitation Hospital (JRH), CISSS de Laval1 position

• 1 position

Lethbridge-Layton-Mackay Rehabilitation Centre (LLMRC), CIUSSS West-Central Montreal

• 1 position: Constance-Lethbridge site

Are you pursuing a graduate-level research degree and have a desire to get involved in order to energize the life of your research center and represent the voice of other CRIR student member?

Do you want to participate in planning student activities, expand your network of contacts and collaborate with other students and researchers from a variety of fields, from many institutions of higher education and a variety of CRIR research sites?

This is an ideal opportunity for you to represent your colleagues on the CRIR 2025-2026 Student Committee!

All applications are welcome!

 

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Your responsibilities as a representative:

1. Carry out your role as CRIR Student Representative at your research site:

• Welcome new students to your site;
• Address student’s questions and comments;
• Suggest and carry out activities at your research site to encourage social and scientific life, as well as the sense of belonging at CRIR;
• Post CRIR public interest messages at your research site and on the CRIR Facebook Student Committee page.

2. Represent all students from your site at the Student Committee

• Convey the on the needs identified at your site at meetings of the Student Committee;
• Contribute to the organization of the new students’ welcome day and Annual General Assembly of all CRIR students (Fall 2025);
• Participate in organizing a communication and science popularization event for CRIR student members during the year. (e.g.: Bistro Brain, CRIR Student Colloquium, Science POP)
• Contribute to the organization of the CRIR Student Colloquium, held annually in the spring (or otherwise depending on the circumstances), which represents the most important annual event for CRIR students;
• Lead the organization of at least one annual workshop with the support of other committee members and contribute to the organization of other workshops (4-5) during the year. For example, identifying themes and speakers, planning workshop schedule, analyzing appreciation surveys, composing texts and translating documents, conducting follow-ups with CRIR administrative personnel, etc.;
• Support the two student representatives for CRIR Research Axes 1 and 2 in planning and organizing committee activities. These two people represent the voice of CRIR students to the scientific direction and the Research Orientation Committee (COR).

3. Term of office :

• This position is for a 1-year term, renewable.

 

Being involved in the Student Committee is an enriching experience that is very intellectually and professionally gratifying. It allows you to become more actively involved in the life of your research center. Please note that your involvement requires varying degrees of intensity during the years of your mandate (September 2025 to June 2026).

The student committee’s activities will begin with a meeting with CRIR’s scientific management team on Wednesday, August 27, at CRIR’s administrative headquarters. This meeting will provide an opportunity for all committee members to meet for the first time, as well as to receive general information on CRIR and upcoming activities for the coming year.

Interested in taking up the challenge?

Send your application (CV and 200-word letter of intent) by email to the attention of Ms. Chantal Bibeau at administration.crir@ssss.gouv.qc.ca, with your supervisor in cc, no later than June 25, 2025.

Eligibility Criteria

• Be a student member of CRIR, supervised by a CRIR regular researcher;
• Works at one of the CRIR sites mentioned in the introduction;
• Pursuing a graduate research degree (master’s research, doctorate or postdoctoral fellowship).

 

 

We hope that this amazing opportunity will spark your interest!

The Scientific directors of CRIR and Institut universitaire sur la réadaptation en déficience physique de Montréal (IURDPM),

 

Philippe Archambault, O.T. Ph.D.        Claudine Auger, O.T. Ph.D.
Université McGill                                  Université de Montréal

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CRIR | June 4, 2025