2025 Ward Summer Student - Laura Mcadam

Status: Temporary Full Time (1.00 FTE)

Compensation: $17.20/hr

Start Date: May 5, 2025

End Date: July 25, 2025

Supervisor: Laura McAdam

Program: Bloorview Research Institute

Join us in building a world of possibility for children with neurodevelopmental differences and disabilities!

Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital is Canada’s largest pediatric rehabilitation hospital and is fully affiliated with the University of Toronto. It has ranked amongst Canada’s top 40 research hospitals for more than a decade. Holland Bloorview has won numerous awards including Greater Toronto's Top Employers, Canada's Top Employers for Young People and Canada's Most Admired Corporate Cultures. We offer an inspiring, inclusive, innovative, and collaborative work environment with competitive compensation and benefit packages and programs that support ongoing learning and professional growth.

The Bloorview Research Institute (BRI), embedded within the hospital, is the only university-affiliated research institute in Canada dedicated to pediatric disability, and one of very few around the world. BRI’s vision is to be a global leader in transformative, equity-driven research dedicated to enabling personalized versions of a good life across the lifespan, for all individuals with childhood onset disabilities, acquired injuries and developmental differences, their families and communities.

Description

The Ward Summer Student Research program provides an opportunity to experience a unique interdisciplinary mentorship experience. Successful incumbents will have opportunities to work with their mentor on a research project, attend our Lunch 'n' Learns and participate in the annual Ward Summer Student Research Day where they will have an opportunity to present their findings to the organization and its visitors.

The student be working with Dr. McAdam and the neuromuscular research team. They will be conducting research to develop a practical therapy resource for rehabilitation therapists working with children with spinal muscular atrophy. This role will involve analyzing interviews of therapists and caregivers and co-creating a resource. The student will gain practical experience in a repertoire of clinical research skills.

The Bloorview Research Institute is pleased to launch SOAR (Sparking student Opportunities for Advancing inclusive childhood disability Research) in partnership with the Community of Support-Research Application Support Initiative (COS-RASI). SOAR aims to provide students experiencing structural disadvantages based on their identities, socioeconomic backgrounds and lived experience with research and mentorship opportunities as part of the Ward Family Summer Student Research Program. Eligible students include but are not limited to those who identify as Indigenous, Black, Filipino, socioeconomically disadvantaged, or identify as having a disability. Applications for SOAR positions are submitted separately. Please click here for more details on how to apply.

Compensation Details

The program runs for 12 weeks from May 5, 2025 – July 25, 2025. Students will be paid $17.20 per hour based on a 37.5 hour week (full-time), less statutory deductions, including 4% in lieu of vacation and relevant statutory holiday pay. Students will be paid biweekly through payroll.

Key Responsibilities

• Contribute to qualitative analysis of interviews
• Contribute report writing
• Contribute to generation of a resource
• Attend lab meetings

Qualifications

• Students must be enrolled in an undergraduate degree program and completed second year or higher by the start of this program
• Minimum GPA of 85% or over
• Experience with qualitative research is an asset
• Demonstrated understanding of a Family-Centered Care service delivery model
• Demonstrates ability to work as part of a team and be a team player

Application

Please submit the following in one (1) pdf file in the order indicated below:

Any applications missing this information will not be accepted.