Research Associate — Lab Tech

About This Role

This is an opportunity to help build Indigenous‑led AI research at Western University through the OTEKH Lab and the Haudenosaunee POD of the international Abundant Intelligences partnership. The Research Associate – Lab Tech will contribute to projects involving Indigenous AI, large‑language models, machine learning, Indigenous language revitalization, relational digital archives, Indigenous data sovereignty, generative systems, and community‑engaged research‑creation. Rather than serving only in a technical support role, the successful candidate will help shape research questions, develop and test AI tools, support Indigenous language and archive initiatives, build technical workflows, and contribute to major interdisciplinary projects connecting advanced technologies with Indigenous knowledge, community priorities, land‑based research, and creative practice. This position is well suited to a graduate researcher who is excited by experimentation, ca...