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Faculty and Staff

We value our faculty and staff members and are always looking for talented people to join our thriving team. Excellent benefits, diverse career opportunities, and a true community spirit are just some of the reasons you should consider joining our team of talented, dynamic faculty and staff. For a full list of current openings, visit UBC’s Staff & Faculty Careers page.

SESSIONAL LECTURER POSTINGS

We also hire faculty into term appointments for a specified period of time for courses taught in the Department of Community, Culture and Global Studies. Sessional lecturers teach and/or perform related duties, including course coordination or lab supervision, for a period of less than 12 months.

CURRENT POSTINGS

The Community, Culture and Global Studies department of the Irving K. Barber Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at UBC Okanagan requires sessional instructor(s) to teach the following courses in Term 2 Winter Session 2026-2027.

TERM 1 (September 2026 to December 2026)

ANTH 100 Introduction to Cultural Anthropology

(In-person) Tuesday and Thursday 5:00pm – 6:30pm

An overview of social and cultural anthropology, its origins, its distinctive methods and concepts, and its place in the contemporary world. A critical examination of human diversity and how social and cultural differences are produced and shaped by local and global patterns

ANTH 170 Introduction to Linguistic Anthropology

(Online) Wednesday and Friday 8:00am – 9:30am

Exploration of human communication, both verbal and non-verbal. The structure, cognitive role, and social functions of the spoken languages of the world will be emphasized.

Applicants with a PhD in Anthropology or related discipline such as Linguists, and relevant research and post-secondary teaching experience are preferred. Interested applicants should forward a Curriculum vitae and three names of referees, plus recent teaching evaluations (if available) to Jon Corbett, via Maria Jose Beltran Santos at mariajose.beltransantos@ubc.ca. Please send application documents in electronic format using WORD or PDF files. The deadline for applications is July 30, 2026

All positions are subject to funding and enrollment. The minimum compensation rate per credit per period for the department is $3186.37 equaling $9559.11 per 3-credit course.

Applications sent by mail, please address to:

Maria Jose Beltran Santos, Senior Department Assistant
Community, Culture and Global Studies
University of British Columbia Okanagan
ART 261
1147 Research Road
Kelowna, BC Canada V1V 1V7
Phone: 250 807-8409

For more information regarding the positions, please contact Dr. Jon Corbett at jon.corbett@ubc.ca or the Anthropology Program Coordinator Associate Professor Dr. David Geary at david.geary@ubc.ca

GWST 300 Critical Sexuality Studies

(In-Person) Tuesday and Thursday 9:30am – 11:00am

Overview of the historical emergence of critical sexuality studies. Sexological, psychoanalytic, Foucauldian, feminist, and queer theories of sexuality and gender will be examined.

Applicants with a PhD in Gender, Women and Sexuality Studies and relevant research and post-secondary teaching experience are preferred. Interested applicants should forward a Curriculum vitae and three names of referees, plus recent teaching evaluations (if available) to Jon Corbett, via Maria Jose Beltran Santos at mariajose.beltransantos@ubc.ca. Please send application documents in electronic format using WORD or PDF files. The deadline for applications is July 30, 2026.

All positions are subject to funding and enrollment. The minimum compensation rate per credit per period for the department is $3186.37 equaling $9559.11 per 3-credit course.

Applications sent by mail, please address to:

For more information regarding the positions, please contact Dr. Jon Corbett at jon.corbett@ubc.ca or the Gender, Women and Sexuality Studies Program Coordinator Assistant Professor Astrida Neimanis at astrida.neimanis@ubc.ca

INDG 308 Indigenous Culture, Heritage, and Intellectual Property

(In-person) Tuesday and Thursday 3:30PM – 5:00PM

Indigenous Peoples’ cultural heritage in the Americas and other continents. Many manifestations of Indigenous cultures will be discussed, as well as the many complex issues that have arisen regarding Indigenous heritage in the colonial and neo-colonial periods such as, customary laws, misappropriation, misrepresentation, repatriation, and legal protection and regulation.

Applicants with a PhD in Indigenous Studies, and relevant research and post-secondary teaching experience are preferred. Interested applicants should forward a Curriculum vitae and three names of referees, plus recent teaching evaluations (if available) to Jon Corbett, via Maria Jose Beltran Santos at mariajose.beltransantos@ubc.ca. Please send application documents in electronic format using WORD or PDF files. The deadline for applications is July 30th, 2026.

All positions are subject to funding and enrollment. The minimum compensation rate per credit per period for the department is $3186.37 equaling $9559.11 per 3-credit course.

Applications sent by mail, please address to:

Maria Jose Beltran Santos, Senior Department Assistant
Community, Culture and Global Studies
University of British Columbia Okanagan
ART 261
Kelowna, BC Canada V1V 1V7
Phone: 250 807-8409

For more information regarding the positions, please contact Dr. Jon Corbett at jon.corbett@ubc.ca or the Indigenous Studies Program Coordinator Assistant Professor Peter Hutchinson at peter.hutchinson@ubc.ca

TERM 2 (January 2027 to April 2027)

ANTH 170 Introduction to Linguistic Anthropology

(In-person) Tues and Thur 11:00am – 12:30pm

Exploration of human communication, both verbal and non-verbal. The structure, cognitive role, and social functions of the spoken languages of the world will be emphasized.

ANTH 473 endangered language documentation and revitilization

(Online) Tues 5:00 – 6:30 pm; 7:00 – 8:30pm

Study of language shift, including local and global influences of historical, social, cultural, political, and economic factors impacting on language loss, endangerment, retention, and revival. Practical strategies for sustaining and reviving languages, including language documentation and revitalization

ANTH 330 Psychological Distress, Mental Health, and Well-being

(In-person) Monday and Wednesday 12:30pm – 2:00pm

Introduction to the field of psychological anthropology, focusing on how the concepts and experience of mental health and illness are shaped by cultural, historical, and political economic contexts. Different systems of knowledge and diverse understandings of normality and pathology; emotions and embodiment; illness and healing; self, subjectivity, and personhood will be examined.

All positions are subject to funding and enrollment. The minimum compensation rate per credit per period for the department is $3186.37 equaling $9559.11 per 3-credit course.

Applications sent by mail, please address to:

For more information regarding the positions, please contact Dr. Jon Corbett at jon.corbett@ubc.ca or the Anthropology Program Coordinator Associate Professor Dr. David Geary at david.geary@ubc.ca

INDG 205 Indigenous Identities

(In-person) Fridays 2:00PM – 5:00PM

Complexities of contemporary Indigenous identities in Canada including how Indigeneity has been constructed through particular discourses and legal categorization. Culture, politics, place, and the notion of relationality are central in examining Indigenous perspectives on identity.

INDG 307 Traditional Ecological Knowledge

(In-person) Tuesday and Thursday 12:30PM – 2:00PM

Shows how human life depends on complex systems of cultural knowledge about the natural world. Indigenous People’s biological classification and nomenclatural systems, ethnobiology, and Indigenous explanatory models of environmental systems and the application of this knowledge in practice.

All positions are subject to funding and enrollment. The minimum compensation rate per credit per period for the department is $3186.37 equaling $9559.11 per 3-credit course.

Applications sent by mail, please address to:

Maria Jose Beltran Santos, Senior Department Assistant
Community, Culture and Global Studies
University of British Columbia Okanagan
ART 261
Kelowna, BC Canada V1V 1V7
Phone: 250 807-8409

GWST 200 Critical Foundations: Feminism and Difference

(In-Person) Tuesday and Thursday 2:00pm – 3:30pm

History of feminist engagements with race, class, nation, and sexuality within an intersectional framework and in the wake of critiques of feminism’s exclusivity.

All positions are subject to funding and enrollment. The minimum compensation rate per credit per period for the department is $3186.37 equaling $9559.11 per 3-credit course.

Applications sent by mail, please address to:

Maria Jose Beltran Santos, Senior Department Assistant
Community, Culture and Global Studies
University of British Columbia Okanagan
ART 261

1147 Research Road
Kelowna, BC Canada V1V 1V7
Phone: 250 807-8409

IGS 524A -001 (1-3)

This seminar-based course prepares graduate students to excel in their academic, professional and scholarly pursuits by engaging topics related to professionalism and scholarly communication. Restricted to students in the IGS MA, MSc, or PhD program. Pass/Fail

IGS 524A -002

Applicants with a PhD in the arts, humanities, and social sciences or other disciplines relevant to the IGS program, and relevant research and post-secondary teaching experience are preferred. Interested applicants should forward a Curriculum vitae and three names of referees, plus recent teaching evaluations (if available) to Mike Evans at mike.evans@ubc.ca. Please send application documents in electronic format using WORD or PDF files. The deadline for applications is June 30, 2026.

All positions are subject to funding and enrollment. The minimum compensation rate per credit per period for the department is $3186.37 equaling $9559.11 per 3-credit course.

Applications sent by mail, please address to:

Mike Evans
University of British Columbia Okanagan
ASC 431
1147 Research Road
Kelowna, BC Canada V1V 1V7

For more information regarding the positions, please contact Dr. Mike Evans at mike.evans@ubc.ca

Equity and diversity are essential to academic excellence. An open and diverse community fosters the inclusion of voices that have been underrepresented or discouraged. We encourage applications from members of groups that have been marginalized on any grounds enumerated under the B.C. Human Rights Code, including sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, racialization, disability, political belief, religion, marital or family status, age, and/or status as a First Nation, Metis, Inuit, or Indigenous person.

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SESSIONAL LECTURER POSTINGS

CURRENT POSTINGS

TERM 1 (September 2026 to December 2026)

ANTH 100 Introduction to Cultural Anthropology

ANTH 170 Introduction to Linguistic Anthropology

GWST 300 Critical Sexuality Studies

INDG 308 Indigenous Culture, Heritage, and Intellectual Property

TERM 2 (January 2027 to April 2027)

ANTH 170 Introduction to Linguistic Anthropology

ANTH 473 endangered language documentation and revitilization

ANTH 330 Psychological Distress, Mental Health, and Well-being

INDG 205 Indigenous Identities

INDG 307 Traditional Ecological Knowledge

GWST 200 Critical Foundations: Feminism and Difference

IGS 524A -001 (1-3)

IGS 524A -002

Students

CURRENT POSTINGS