Indigenous Opportunities to Get Involved
The A. Britton Smith Centre for Behavioural Studies (the Centre) provides opportunities for St. Lawrence College students to participate in quality placements, conduct applied research, and provide direct client intervention services at the Centre on St. Lawrence College’s Kingston campus as well as in the community. There are also student committee positions open to contribute a unique student perspective into student learning opportunities.
Student Committee
The purpose of the Student Committee is to provide input from a student perspective into the Centre's activities, including suggestions for opportunities related to student engagement, learning, and integration of activities and services with course learning objectives. Members of the student committee will attend monthly Committee meetings with the Facilitator and the Manager of the Centre when applicable.
Applied Research
A primary objective of the Centre is to provide real-world learning opportunities for St. Lawrence College students. One of the criteria for supporting an applied research project through the Centre is student involvement. Students can be involved in applied research projects in many ways:
As a placement student at the Centre
- As a placement student, individuals will do projects, be involved in data collection and analysis, and/or will complete tasks assigned as part of the placement opportunity.
As a paid research assistant
- As a paid research assistant, students are hired to complete a task or project. Research assistants work under the direction of the Principal Investigator up to a maximum of 20 hours per week. These positions are project-specific and are usually short-term contracts.
As a thesis student
- As a thesis student (e.g. assisting with research projects as part of a thesis), individuals will receive recognition of their contribution to the project through regular academic channels (i.e. grades and course completions). The Centre will consider supporting the work of both undergraduate and graduate thesis students.
The Centre Services
Students may have the opportunity to work at the Centre through student employment. The positions vary in availability from semester to semester and posting and onboarding is done through the standard student employment process.
As a student employee
- Students may be hired by the Centre to engage in the service offerings, projects, and other activities as delegated through the centre. Student employees are paid positions and represent excellent opportunities to learn valuable service-related skills to clients and other interest-holders while learning content in class. Students are supervised by centre staff, have professional development and learning objectives, and report to the Centre for work on an agreed-upon schedule.