Canadian Studies: Full-time Continuing Faculty
Institution Type: | College / University |
Location: | British Columbia, Canada |
Position: | Non-Tenure Track Faculty |
What we are looking for: Quest University Canada invites applicants for a full-time continuing faculty position in Canadian Studies. The successful candidate will have exemplary teaching skills, a cross-disciplinary perspective and a willingness to rethink higher education. The applicant will contribute to our current Foundation courses, teach theoretically grounded and historically inclusive courses which will expand our current range of inquiry and speak to larger issues of theoretical significance. Quest encourages applications from scholars with backgrounds in one or more of the following areas within Canadian Studies: Geography, Politics, First Nations Studies, or History. Please see the Course Calendar for additional information on course offerings. All Quest faculty are expected to be able to teach four interdisciplinary courses - Cornerstone, Rhetoric, Question, and Keystone courses. We will give special consideration to candidates who are skilled communicators to academic and non- academic audiences and who are motivated to teach these skills to students.
Preference will be given to candidates who complement existing faculty research interests and regions of study and who share the division's commitments to social justice and examinations of sources and consequences of inequality. For a description of current faculty interests and regional concentrations, please view - http:// www.questu.ca/academics/faculty/index.php.
About Quest: Quest University Canada offers an interdisciplinary liberal arts and science degree to undergraduates in seminar-style classes limited to 20 students. Run on a block schedule, courses are intensive and highly interactive. Our faculty collaborate frequently across disciplines in both curricular development and pedagogical innovation. Further details about Quest and the application procedure can be found under Information for Faculty Applicants.
Applicant requirements: A completed PhD or equivalent is required. Candidates are expected to have designed and taught at least one university-level course. Candidates without this level of experience are encouraged to apply for a teaching fellowship which will be advertised in the spring. Although research, especially that involving undergraduates, is encouraged, those seeking a research-focused faculty position should not apply. Hiring for this position is subject to budgetary approval.
All applications must include
(1)a cover letter of no more than two pages.Please:
(a)address specific aspects of the Quest curriculum that you find particularly compelling and explain how your background prepares you to deliver these pedagogical approach(es)
(b)specify how you are qualified to teach one(or more) existing Quest Foundation courses;
(c)list new courses you can create for our Concentration and
(d)describe what your Question would be if you were a Quest student.For descriptions of Questions- http://www.questu.ca/academics/concentration_program/
(2)a curriculum vitae emphasizing your experience with teaching, mentoring, collaboration, and innovation. Please include the name and contact information for three references.
(3)A description of your PhD in language appropriate to an educated but non-specialist audience in any medium of your choosing. Examples include:a short audio clip(~2 minutes), videoclip(~1minute), or written document(~200 words). Should you choose to submit a videoclip, please upload the video to VIMEO and send a link rather than submitting the video file.
(4)A two-page statement of teaching philosophy providing evidence of effective and innovative teaching practice. In your statement, please also include discussion of at least two of the following questions:
a)What do you see as major challenges in higher level education globally?
b)What were your best and worst teaching moments,and what did you learn from them?
c)What are some specific examples you could use to help first year students to think and reason critically?
Applications should be received by 31 October 2014. Interviews for finalists will begin on 30 November 2014. The start date for the position is 1 August 2015.
Contact: |
Applications should be sent to ssfaculty@questu.ca |
Website: | www.questu.ca |
Primary Category: | Canadian History / Studies |
Secondary Categories: | Contemporary History Cultural History / Studies Geography Human Rights Immigration History / Studies Nationalism History / Studies Native American History / Studies Political History / Studies Political Science Public Policy Social Sciences |
Posting Date: | 09/24/2014 |
Closing Date | 10/31/2014 |