Top Research Jobs in Ottawa

The Director of Research for Power Markets will oversee the QA/QC process for long-term price forecasts and act as an advisor to leadership, ensuring rigorous review and internal expertise engagement throughout the forecasting cycle.

Graduate research interns will own end-to-end projects to build customer world models and proactive intelligence: developing representation learning, foundation model, RL/agentic methods, evaluation frameworks, and shipping research into production to improve customer decision-making.

Supports the organization, communication, and mobilization of research findings and knowledge from the CRECS community. The role is based on the University of Ottawa main campus during the Fall 2026 semester, requires 130 total hours, and involves working in English and French under faculty supervision.

Lead quantitative research projects end-to-end, design proposals, analyze large datasets, prepare reports and presentations, advise clients strategically, mentor junior staff, support business development, and manage account-level client relationships.

Research Assistant contributing to the writing and updating of legal texts for the University of Ottawa’s “Common Law en Bref” project. The role requires enrollment in a Faculty of Law program and familiarity with Canadian legal citation rules. Work is conducted in English and French over 75 hours during the Fall 2026 semester, with potential renewal through April 9, 2027.

Leads daily operations at the Ottawa clinical research site, managing staff schedules, workloads, training, investigator relationships, recruitment, enrollment, documentation, compliance, monitoring visits, audits, and process improvement. Supports participant care and study procedures, including vitals, ECGs, phlebotomy, and sample processing when trained and delegated.

Provides administrative, clerical, coordination, and technical support for research projects. Responsibilities include managing files, scheduling meetings and study subjects, communicating with participants and project staff, processing samples and data, preparing research documents, maintaining databases, supporting grant applications, updating accounting records, processing purchase orders, and assisting with project communications.

Supports clinical psychology research through EMR data entry and analysis, database maintenance, progress monitoring, technical support, user coaching, and development of a clinical research database. Provides assistance with clinic systems, audio/video equipment, encryption software, and the Outcome Questionnaire platform. The role requires bilingual communication, graduate study in Clinical Psychology, and training in DroopL; experience with relevant technologies is preferred.

Conduct legal research on language rights in Canada and Ontario, focusing on the constitutional framework for official languages and relevant case law. Apply legal research tools and the McGill Guide, and produce high-quality legal writing in both French and English. The position requires 130 hours during the Fall 2026 semester and continuation work during the Winter term, requiring a separate application.

Collect court decisions and media coverage, conduct legal research, and code research materials for a criminology project examining forensic kits in sexual assault legal proceedings in Quebec. The role requires using legal search engines and Excel, with 60 total hours of work between September 20 and October 31, 2026.

Conduct legal research on language rights in Canada and Ontario, focusing on constitutional official-language frameworks and relevant case law. Apply legal research tools and the McGill Guide, and produce high-quality legal writing in both French and English. The role includes 130 hours of work during the Winter 2027 semester and requires applying to the related Fall posting.

Lead the Centre for Indigenous Community Infrastructure as a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair, build community-rooted interdisciplinary research programs, secure external funding, expand partnerships, supervise trainees, contribute to teaching, and advance culturally grounded, implementable infrastructure solutions for Indigenous and remote communities.

Conduct internet-based research on defence policy, prepare and deliver a research report, assist with organizing a conference, attend meetings, communicate regularly with the supervisor, and report on progress. The position is a 60-hour research assistant role running from September 9 through October 31, 2026, in the Faculty of Social Sciences.

Conducts online research to identify academic scholars whose expertise aligns with the Canadian Journal of Education. The assistant gathers, verifies, updates, and organizes reviewer information in a database; identifies expertise gaps; collaborates with journal editors; and supports related research and editorial tasks. Success requires strong information-search, database or spreadsheet, academic research, organizational, independent-work, collaboration, and English writing skills.

Assist a social sciences research team with data verification, qualitative and quantitative data analysis, table and graph creation, report preparation, and team meetings. The position runs from September 2 through December 16, 2026, for 130 total hours. Graduate student status is required, with work conducted in English and French at the University of Ottawa’s main campus.

Graduate research interns will own end-to-end projects developing customer world models and proactive intelligence. Work spans representation learning, foundation models, reinforcement learning, agentic decision systems, and evaluation. Tasks include designing methods, running experiments, publishing findings, and potentially shipping models into production to impact customer-facing products.

Provide administrative and program-support to the clinical program director, including compiling tables, communicating with faculty and students, assisting with program/policy initiatives, developing resources, and contributing to equity, diversity, and inclusion efforts.

Conduct literature reviews, enter references into EndNote, write article summaries, and prepare a research report on suicidism and related oppression. 130 hours from Sept–Dec; remote work allowed. Requires bilingualism and a Master's in Social Work.

Support economics research through coding and data analysis (R, Stata, oTree), LaTeX document preparation, and LLM-assisted text classification. Work ~130 hours between Sept 7 and Dec 6 under supervisor Isabelle Salle.

Perform bibliographic research using social science databases, produce annotated bibliographies, complete research templates, participate in regular project meetings, and perform descriptive data analysis for a criminology research project.

Perform internet-based research on NATO and related international documents; prepare and deliver a research report; assist organizing a conference; attend regular meetings, communicate with supervisor, and report progress. Continental language skills are an asset.

Coordinate and monitor research projects, support major grant applications, manage budgets and administrative operations, liaise with partners, organize events, maintain communications and documentation, and support centre strategic priorities under the director's supervision.

Assist with a scoping review by performing title, abstract, and full-text screening using Covidence, pilot-testing inclusion/exclusion criteria, attending research team meetings, and participating in data analysis as needed. 80 hours of work on Main Campus between Sept 7 and Nov 7, 2026.

Monitor and support the Financial Research and Learning Lab: supervise access and terminals, liaise with IT, assist users with software/databases, support events, maintain web/guides/social media, collect lab metrics, and assist with projects throughout the semester.

Directs clinical research billing operations, including coverage analysis, study calendars, charge review, budgeting, sponsor invoicing, compliance audits, revenue-cycle activities, and financial reporting. Leads staff, develops policies and training, manages Epic and OnCore workflows, partners with research, finance, compliance, audit, and clinical teams, and drives process improvements, regulatory readiness, billing accuracy, and financial sustainability.