Assistant Professor in Fisheries and Indigenous Food Sovereignty

Academic

Job Category

Faculty Bargaining

Job Title

Assistant Professor in Fisheries and Indigenous Food Sovereignty

Department

Academic Leadership | Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries | Faculty of Science (Wai Lung Cheung)

Posting End Date

February 1, 2024

Note: Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the day prior to the Posting End Date above.

Job End Date

The expected pay (or pay range) for this position is $10,417 - $11,250/month.

Canada Research Chair Tier II in Fisheries and Indigenous Food Sovereignty in the Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries in the Faculty of Science at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver.

Posting date: December 13, 2023

The Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries (IOF; oceans.ubc.ca) in the Faculty of Science at the University of British Columbia (UBC) seeks an emerging Indigenous scholar in Fisheries and Indigenous Food Sovereignty for a Tier II Canada Research Chair (CRC). The candidate should have lived experience and training in the realms of: Indigenous food sovereignty; nutrition, health, and wellbeing; Indigenous aquaculture or mariculture (especially of non-finfish species, such as molluscs, crustaceans, marine mammals, plants); coastal and/or inland harvesting; aquatic conservation; climate change adaptation; Indigenous research methodologies; and, critically, Indigenous fisheries rights and governance. Preference will be given to candidates working to uphold obligations and responsibilities to the Peoples on whose territories UBC campuses and facilities now sit, including the Musqueam and Syilx.

The Chair will join the IOF’s Centre for Indigenous Fisheries (CIF) (www.cif.fish) and undertake research, teaching, and service that is with and for Indigenous partners, taking Indigenous approaches that are multigenerational, land-based, and relational. The Chair will tackle pressing questions. These could include, but are not limited to: Are changes in Indigenous fisheries amidst climate change impacting the nutrition, health, and/or wellbeing of inland and coastal Indigenous Peoples and communities? What do these Peoples and communities envision as just and sustainable futures for their fisheries? Can Indigenous harvesting approaches offer insights into sustainability solutions amidst increasing climate uncertainty, and if so, how can these approaches be adopted more broadly without subverting Indigenous intellectual property? What do ethical approaches to food systems research look like in coastal and/or inland contexts, and how do they uplift Indigenous rights and governance structures?

This interdisciplinary and highly collaborative CRC position in Fisheries and Indigenous Food Sovereignty will address the growing needs and interests of prospective graduate students and community partners from across Canada and North America. This will attract diverse learners and researchers to the IOF, CIF, and the broader UBC community – helping all to realize their Indigenous engagement and research objectives outlined in their respective strategic planning. Having expertise and experience in the realm of non-finfish species in particular, and focusing on the important role of Indigenous stewardship and science in the sustainability of associated fisheries and food systems, this Chair will address an understudied, undertaught, and underserviced area of promising scholarship.

The Canada Research Chairs program seeks to attract outstanding researchers for careers at Canadian universities. Tier 2 Chairs are intended for exceptional emerging scholars (within 10 years of attaining their highest degree at the time of nomination, with consideration for career breaks) who have the acknowledged potential to lead in their field of research. Appointment to a Tier 2 Chair is for five years, is renewable once, and comes with enhanced research support from the program. Applicants who are more than 10 years from their highest degree (and where career breaks exist, including parental leave, extended sick leave, clinical training, etc.) may have their eligibility for a Tier 2 Canada Research Chair assessed through the program’s Tier 2 justification process. Please see the CRC website for further eligibility details.

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