Jobs:Job-00607
Apply before: 16 February 2022
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Position: Faculty Position
Apply before: 16 February 2022
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We particularly encourage geographers to apply to the two thematic areas (http://www.sfu.ca/vpacademic/faculty_openings/canada-excellence-research-chair-opportunities.html) that align with Departmental priorities:
Climate Change
A major planetary change due to global warming is the shift in the intensity and frequency of extreme weather events. This shift has already resulted in widespread changes in plant community composition, loss of human life, and damage to infrastructure with the associated economic losses. These impacts are anticipated to worsen with time. Resource management must be closely examined to deliver new approaches for sustainability, for example as it relates to our oceans, and developing clean and renewable energy sources. Solutions must be developed in close partnership with Indigenous peoples and with attention to inequities of climate change.
SFU ranks among the world’s top 50 universities for its commitment to sustainability and is home to climate research initiatives including greenhouse gas emissions mitigation, sustainable energy systems, climate change impacts, and adaption to climate change. SFU is committed to embedding climate action through its operations, research, academics, and community.
Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
Globalization, natural resource use and distribution, economic uncertainty, population migration and changing patterns of convergence and conflict challenge the structures of societies and shape the ways we interact with each other. Existing policies governing our way of life originate from Eurocentrism and reinforce systems of power and privilege, creating inequities and systemic barriers grounded in and contributing to racism, heterosexism, ableism, classism, and other sustained systems of oppression. This negatively impacts physical, mental, and social well-being of marginalized individuals. Considerations related to justice, equity, and social responsibility also shape the ways in which we engage with communities and value their contributions. Fostering community participation in research is both a vehicle for social change and a critical source of scholarship. There is a need to dismantle Eurocentric structures and facilitate better educational practices and critical discourse while strengthening equity, diversity, and inclusion.
Researchers at SFU are considering questions of equity and justice in relation to environmental, educational, health, economic and governmental systems. Matters of social inclusion, identity, diversity, and belonging are key drivers behind how individuals and groups perceive and connect with society at large.
Eligibility
This program provides an opportunity for international researchers, including Canadian expatriates wishing to relocate to Canada, to lead a prestigious research program at SFU and to contribute to Canada’s excellence in research and innovation. Applicants must be full professors or associate professors expected to be promoted to full professor within one to two years of the nomination. Alternatively, if they come from outside the academic sector, applicants must possess the qualifications necessary to be appointed at these levels.
Value: Up to $1M/a
Duration: 8 years
How to apply: http://www.sfu.ca/vpacademic/faculty_openings/canada-excellence-research-chair-opportunities.html
SFU application deadline: 16 February 2022
