Assistant Professor

Description:

We strongly encourage applications from candidates whose lived experiences adds depth and understanding to their professional and academic activities.

Applicants should demonstrate intellectual curiosity and drive to pursue innovative pedagogical methods and interest in being part of a teaching community. The successful candidate will join a Faculty with an established community of teaching stream faculty, a commitment to work-integrated and experiential learning, where teaching and learning are seen as central to the scholarly enterprise, and where there are extensive supports for teaching at both the university - and faculty-level.

Teaching stream faculty members are expected to combine their expertise in the discipline with best practices in teaching to create rich learning environments that embrace diversity, promote equity, and integrate cutting-edge teaching approaches in a manner that challenges students to develop skills and ethics to be leading citizens. The successful candidate will also be expected to perform standard professional and administrative activities typical of an academic unit, and to collaborate with colleagues on curriculum development. The successful candidate will be expected to enrich decolonial and social justice-informed aspects of the curriculum and develop and teach innovative courses that make a positive difference towards equity, diversity and inclusion in museums and heritage.

Candidates must have teaching experience, including lecture preparation and delivery, and curriculum development. Additionally, candidates must possess a demonstrated commitment to excellent and innovative pedagogical practices, as well as publications on pedagogical approaches and an engagement in teaching-related scholarly activities

Evidence of excellence in teaching and a commitment to excellent pedagogical inquiry can be demonstrated through a mix of teaching accomplishments, awards and accolades, presentations at significant conferences, workshops, panels and events organized, peer reviewed publications, other pedagogical or tutorial materials and activities (e.g., multimedia assets), evidence of Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL), strong letters of reference, and the teaching dossier submitted as part of the application that should include a strong teaching statement, sample syllabi, course materials, and teaching evaluations. Teaching excellence will be evaluated commensurate with the career stage of the candidate, taking into consideration the life, trajectory and any special circumstances (e.g., career interruptions) as outlined in the submitted materials.