Canadian Summer Jobs

Support delivery of pediatric clinical trials by helping ensure studies are conducted safely, ethically, and in compliance with regulatory standards. This role offers hands-on exposure to trial monitoring, data integrity, and collaboration with research teams across Canada.

Responsibilities:

• Assist with the development of risk-based monitoring plans and corresponding budgets for clinical trial projects. 

• Prepare for risk-based monitoring visits either remote or on-site to investigator sites participating in pediatric clinical trials to ensure compliance with study protocols, applicable regulations, and GCP guidelines including site initiation, periodic monitoring, and site close-out visits. 

• Review and verify essential documents, such as informed consent forms, case report forms (CRFs), and source documents, to ensure accuracy, completeness, and compliance.

• Identify and assess risks and issues related to study conduct, data integrity, and participant safety, and collaborate with the study team to implement corrective and preventive actions as necessary.

• Communicate effectively with investigators, site staff, and study sponsors to address queries, provide guidance on protocol requirements, and ensure timely resolution of issues.

• Prepare detailed monitoring reports documenting findings, deviations, and actions taken during monitoring visits, and maintain accurate and up-to-date trial documentation.

• Participate in study team meetings, protocol training sessions, and investigator meetings as required.

• Escalate observed deficiencies and issues to trial management expeditiously and follow all issues through to resolution.

• Assist the Clinical Trial and Quality Assurance Leads in preparing MICYRN and MICYRN member organizations for regulatory audits/inspections by Health Canada (or other regulatory bodies) as needed.

• Participate in working groups, QA initiatives and educational opportunities to stay current on Health Canada inspection trends, best practices, and regulatory requirements related to clinical research quality assurance.

• Provide support for national and international maternal-child health clinical research studies and deliver project management leadership by initiating, conducting, reporting, and providing support to ensure successful project completion.

Gain practical experience in event planning by supporting the coordination and execution of meetings, conferences, and special events.

Responsibilities:

• Assist in the planning and coordination of special events

• Coordinate with vendors, suppliers, and event staff

• Assist in the design and distribution of event promotional materials

• Manage event registration and attendee communications

• Ensure event spaces are prepared and set up according to specifications

• Provide on-site support during event setup, execution, and teardown

• Assist in post-event evaluations and reporting

• Provide administrative support to the event planning team

Contribute to strategic communications that support national research initiatives. This role focuses on developing clear, engaging content across platforms, supporting campaigns, and working with internal teams to bring complex ideas to life.

Responsibilities:

• Assist with internal communications strategies aligned with organizational goals and employee engagement.

• Creates targeted, consistent, and impactful messaging across campaigns and communication platforms.

• Contributes to strong partnerships with internal stakeholders to support strategic communications and business objectives.

• Design and drafts audience-specific campaigns, analyzing performance to inform future initiatives.

• Produces high-quality presentations by synthesizing information into clear, visually appealing formats.

• Assists with creative direction by coordinating with designers, photographers, and media specialists.

• Supports project and program communications, including drafting announcements, promotional materials, and training content.

• Assists with the management of communication materials and timelines, including fact sheets, guides, web content, and briefings.

• Contributes to strategic planning, identifying risks, assigning tasks, and reporting on communication activities.

Help uphold the integrity of clinical research by supporting quality assurance processes, audits, and compliance activities. This role provides insight into regulatory standards and continuous improvement practices in a health research environment.

Responsibilites:

• Assist with quality assurance plans and procedures for clinical research, including risk assessment and mitigation strategies.

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to identify areas for process improvement and implement corrective and preventive actions as needed.

• Provide guidance on quality assurance matters, including interpretation of regulations, standards, and guidelines. 

• Prepare and assist MICYRN and MICYRN member organizations for regulatory audits/inspections by Health Canada (or other regulatory bodies).

• Assist with the performance of risk-based sponsor audits of clinical trial activities, Trial Master Files (TMF), and documents, to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements and MICYRN policies and procedures as applicable.

• Ensure that MICYRN Policies, and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) are reviewed periodically and complete necessary additions, and revisions to ensure compliance with ethical, regulatory, and other relevant frameworks.

• Support MICYRN member organizations in the development and review of local policies and SOPs as needed to ensure compliance and adherence with ethical, regulatory, and other relevant frameworks.

• Participate in the review of technology products/systems (such as clinical trial management system) to support clinical research infrastructure.

• Other Quality Assurance related activities as deemed necessary by the organization.

• Participate in working groups, QA initiatives and educational opportunities to stay current on Health Canada inspection trends, best practices, and regulatory requirements related to clinical research quality assurance.

From scheduling and document preparation to coordination and data tracking, this role is ideal for someone highly organized and detail-oriented.

Responsibilities:

• Provide administrative support across all Network platforms that respects confidentiality and ensures that administrative matters are organized and dealt with in a professional manner.

• Maintain a coordinated and up-to-date calendar for the Network Director’s appointment schedules by determining urgency and nature of requests, scheduling and making necessary arrangements, and resolving time conflicts. 

• Coordinate the scheduling of Network meetings for the various committees and platforms across multiple time-zones, ensuring well-defined and timely agendas, identification of and notification to interested parties, compilation of background information and supporting materials, and preparation of packages/summary documents to assist in decision making and meeting facilitation. 

• Produce timely, accurate and well formatted documents using various word processing, spreadsheet and presentation software packages, including creation of tables, spreadsheets, presentations and reports.