Plan Bee Field and Outreach Assistant - Iqaluit

Position: Field and Outreach Assistant
Type: Part-Time
Organization: Pollinator Partnership Canada
Location: Iqaluit, Nunavut
Start Date: July 2nd, 2025 for 8 weeks at 20 hours/week
Application Deadline: June 27th, 2025
Compensation: $25/hour

Plan Bee is an Environment and Climate Change Canada funded project through the Habitat Stewardship Program grant awarded to Pollinator Partnership Canada. The goal of this project is to learn more about the native flowers bumble bees, specifically at-risk species, and other native pollinators are using around northern Canadian cities including Yellowknife, Whitehorse, and Iqaluit.

Roles and Responsibilities:

  • Maintaining an iNaturalist network of bee and pollinator observers in Iqaluit
  • Contributing to bumble bee and pollinator observations around Iqaluit and uploading pictures to iNaturalist
  • Identifying uploaded bumble bee and pollinator species to iNaturalist project page
  • Coordinating an in-person Pollinator Steward workshop in Iqaluit with the help from Pollinator Partnership Canada team
  • Coordinating general outreach about northern bee species and pollinators found in Nunavut

If you are interested in this position, please contact Anthony Colangelo, the Plan Bee program lead, at ac@pollinator.org.