Careers

Careers at UBC Okanagan

With more than 18,000 faculty and staff, UBC is one of British Columbia’s largest workforces. We are also one of the most progressive, consistently recognized as one of BC’s best employers.

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 Sessions 2024-2025.

TERM 2 (January 1, 2025 to April 30, 2025)

INDG 301 Examining an Indigenous Methodology: En’owkinwixw
Tuesdays 5:30PM – 8:30PM

Understanding an Indigenous strategy of community discourse as a methodology for inquiry, a technique of examination employing sequential stages of critical analysis in a whole-systems approach. Offered in relationship with the En’owkin Centre.

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 October 30, 2024.

All positions are subject to funding and enrollment.

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 Indigenous Studies Program Coordinator Associate Professor Shawn Wilson at shawn.wilson@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.

Students

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