Academic

Job Category

Faculty Bargaining

Job Title

Associate Professor, (Tenure track) Indigenous Scholar and Principal Research Chair, Tier 2

Department

UBCO | Faculty | School of Nursing | Faculty of Health and Social Development (Clare Harvey)

Posting End Date

October 30, 2024

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

Job End Date

The salary range for this position is $120,000 to $130,000.

Salary is commensurate with qualifications and experience.

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR (Tenure track) INDIGENOUS SCHOLAR AND PRINCIPAL RESEARCH CHAIR, TIER 2

The School of Nursing at the University of British Columbia’s Okanagan campus, located on the unceded territory of the Syilx (Okanagan) Peoples, invites applications for a Principal Research Chair (Tier 2) in Indigenous Scholarship. The successful candidate will be eligible to hold a full-time tenure- track appointment at the rank of Associate Professor. The anticipated start date for this position is July 1, 2025.

We seek a scholar who will contribute to strengthening Indigenous health scholarship in the School of Nursing by drawing on a track record of any of the following: a) respectful collaboration with, or connections to, Indigenous communities, organizations and/or institutions; b) mentorship and training of Indigenous learners including undergraduate and graduate students; and/or c) success in research scholarship and research funding focused on topics related to Indigenous health. This Chair will support research and scholarship centred on Indigenous health priorities connected to all aspects of emotional, mental, physical, and spiritual wellbeing, including enhancing community wellbeing in ways that honour respect, reciprocity, and relationality. In partnership with local Indigenous peoples, communities, and/or associations, the Chair may, for example, employ Indigenous approaches to their research, and will seek transformation of health systems and/or determinants.

The Chair will embrace decolonizing approaches, responsive to their own positionality and attentive to legacies and enduring injustice of colonialism, and the inequities that persist as a result. The Chair will show a demonstrated potential to lead in their field as a role model, ally, and advocate to advance Indigenous health. The Chair will take up Calls to Action outlined in the Truth & Reconciliation Report (specific to health, education, equity, justice and reconciliation). Supervision of graduate students, especially to enhance research training opportunities for Indigenous students, will be an important focus for the Chair. The Chair will be joining a community of scholars in the School of Nursing where the focus is on the following areas of research excellence: innovations in person-centred care and caregiving, cultural safety, technologies for health and wellbeing, supportive environments for health equity, and maternal, child and family health.

Applicants must meet the eligibility requirements for a Tier 2 Principal Research Chair (PRC) position. PRC are tenable for five years and renewable once, and are for exceptional emerging researchers, acknowledged by their peers as having the potential to lead in their field. PRC Tier 2 Chairs will receive an annual honorarium of $7,500 and an annual research allowance of $20,000. Tier 2 PRCs normally receive a teaching release from their home faculty, but must maintain a course load of 1.0.

Applicants require a relevant PhD in nursing or a related health discipline that aligns with nursing. Priority will be given to applicants who are registered or eligible for registration with the British Columbia College of Nurses and Midwives (BCCNM). The successful candidate must have a record of achievement in research and publication appropriate for their stage of career, and strong potential to support externally funded research that will contribute to building research capacity as well as improvements in health and wellbeing and healthcare services for Indigenous peoples. Applicants must also demonstrate strong potential for teaching and mentorship related to building research capacity in Indigenous health and/or nursing scholarship. This position is dedicated to scholars who have verifiable connections to Indigenous communities in formal affiliation and/or established relationship. Indigenous scholars with a background related to the health of Indigenous populations, and demonstrated experience in collaborative research partnerships with Indigenous communities are encouraged to apply.

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