Instructor Indigenous Business

Description:

This position builds on the Asper School’s ongoing commitment to promote reconciliation through business scholarship at all levels and throughout our relations with the business community, as entrenched in our strategic plan Pursuing our Asper-ations. We seek to be a community in which Indigenous scholars and students succeed, lead, and thrive.The School’s Committee on Indigenous Business Scholarship (CIBS) is one of the four standing committees of our Faculty Council, which aims to integrate Indigenous perspectives into curriculum, research, and community engagement. Founded in 1994, the Indigenous Business Education Partners (IBEP) program supports Indigenous students from application to graduation, fostering leadership development. Initiatives like the Visionary Indigenous Business Excellence Awards (VIBE) and the annual Future of Indigenous Business Banquet (hosted by University of Manitoba Indigenous Commerce Students) enrich our vibrant faculty culture.

Responsibilities:

Duties encompass teaching primarily at the undergraduate but also in professional graduate programs, and professional service for the School, University, and community.

With regards to teaching, we welcome and expect the successful candidate to provide input and guidance for courses related to Indigenous content. This includes taking a role in a course entitled “Indigenous Peoples and Canadian Business,” which is a mandatory course for all Asper undergraduate students. This is the first such core course in a business program in all of Canada that we are aware of.In addition, the successful candidate may develop new Asper courses in their area which can be added to the courses in Asper’s Indigenous Business Studies Program, a longstanding multi-disciplinary program where students earn a Bachelor of Commerce with a Major in Indigenous Business Studies. With this opportunity instructors are encouraged to develop and present other business areas they are interested in teaching.

With regards to service, the Instructor in Indigenous Business would be asked to serve on both School and University committees, and in relevant collaborations across the school and more broadly. Service duties will be explicitly recognized and considered in assigning teaching duties and in the promotion process.

Qualifications:

Initial appointments shall normally be at the rank of Instructor 1, and qualifications should be appropriate to the particular position and normally require a Master’s degree or its equivalent (UMFA CA s.34.4.2)

Appointment to the rank of Instructor 2 shall normally be restricted to those who hold a Master’s degree or its equivalent and who have 5 or more years’ experience in a University or equivalent position (UMFA CA s.34.4.3)

Appointment to the rank of senior instructor shall normally be restricted to those who hold a doctoral degree or its equivalent and who have 10 or more years’ experience in a University or equivalent position (UMFA CA s.34.4.4)