The competition for the Gordon F. Henderson postdoctoral fellowship 2024-2025 is now open!

The fellowship is open to researchers with promising and innovative research projects.

COMPETITION | Gordon F. Henderson Posdoctoral Fellowship 2024-2025

DESCRIPTION OF THE COMPETITION

The Gordon F. Henderson Postdoctoral Fellowship is offered to a researcher with a promising and innovative research project which falls within the mandate of the Human Rights Research and Education Centre (HRREC) at the University of Ottawa and who will benefit from developing that project at the HRREC. Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary approaches to the proposed research project will be given preference.

CONDITIONS OF THE COMPETITION

The candidate:

  • Will have obtained a doctoral degree no more than five years prior to December 31, 2024 and will have presented his/her thesis by April 30, 2024. Candidates who have obtained their doctorate from the University of Ottawa or through a joint degree programme with the University of Ottawa are not eligible for this competition.
  • Agrees to work at the HRREC for the full period of the fellowship.
  • Agrees to contribute to the development and scholarly activities of the HRREC by engaging in an original research programme which is distinct from the research he or she has previously undertaken.

The fellowship competition is open to both Canadian citizens and non-citizens. Foreign Candidates must demonstrate that they are likely to obtain permission to reside in Canada for the period of one year.

The fellowship totals CAD$45,000 (including benefits) and should ideally begin on September 1st (may be pro-rated). For information on the policies and administrative rules applicable to Postdoctoral fellows at the University of Ottawa, please visit the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies website.

IMPORTANT

  • The recipient will act as the managing editor of the Canadian Yearbook of Human Rights for the duration of the fellowship.
  • The Gordon F. Henderson Postdoctoral Fellowship requires the recipient to take up the position physically at the HRREC.
  • The Gordon F. Henderson Postdoctoral Fellowship does not cover travel costs of the recipient (to Ottawa or return to the Fellow’s place of origin).

HOW TO APPLY

The candidate should send the following documents (in English or French) to Viviana Fernandez ([email protected]), Associate Director of the HRREC:

  • A brief cover letter.
  • An up-to-date C.V.
  • A five-page summary of his or her doctoral thesis.
  • The written comments of the thesis examination committee.
  • Two letters of recommendation.
  • A five-page research proposal describing the Postdoctoral project, its objectives and its outputs.

CLOSING DATE | MARCH 31, 2024
DURATION OF SCHOLARSHIP | SEPTEMBER 1st, 2024 — AUGUST 31, 2025 

Our 2022-2023 Postdoctoral Fellow

Ashley Barnes is a lawyer and scholar whose work focuses on access to justice and remedies under international law. She completed her SJD at the University of Toronto Faculty of Law. Her research was supported by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada and the Canadian Council of International Law, among others. In 2017, she was a Visiting Scholar at the Lauterpacht Centre for International Law, University of Cambridge. She was previously a Schulich Fellow at the Schulich School of Law, Dalhousie University.

Her work has appeared and is forthcoming in international peer-reviewed journals and she authors an annual case digest on private international law for the Canadian Yearbook of International Law. She has presented her research at venues in North America and Europe, most recently as a ‘New Voices’ panelist at the Annual Meeting of the American Society of International Law. Ashley’s academic work builds on extensive professional background with government in international legal and policy issues, as well as serving as a Judicial Law Clerk at the Federal Court of Canada and experience with the International Criminal Court.

During her fellowship at the HRREC, she will be expanding her work into new access to justice challenges, including the timely issue of compensating those directly harmed by climate change in domestic and international forums.

Ashley Barnes