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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.

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 Terms 1 and 2 of the Winter Session 2025-2026.

TERM 1 (September 1, 2025 – December 31, 2025)

INLG 481 Heritage Resources in Endangered Language Revitalization
Wednesday 11:00AM – 2:00PM (Online)

Examines the complementary and intersecting roles of libraries, archives, and museums in collections acquisition, development, curation, preservation, and access traditions pertaining to Indigenous languages; to explore how each can contribute to endangered language and cultural heritage sustainability.

For more information regarding the positions, please contact Dr. Jon Corbett at jon.corbett@ubc.ca or the Indigenous Language Program Coordinator Professor Jeannette Armstrong at jeannette.armstrong@ubc.ca

Applicants with a PhD in Linguistics, Indigenous Language Revitalization or equivalent experience with Salishan languages, 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 Dr. 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 June 1st, 2025

TERM 1 (September 1, 2025 – December 31, 2025)

ANTH 103 Introduction to World Archaeology
Wednesday and Friday 2:00PM – 3:30PM (online)

Peoples and cultures of prehistory. Examines archaeologists and their work in archaeological sites around the world, from the earliest evidence of humankind and hunting and gathering culture, to the emergence of civilization and state-level societies.

ANTH 245 Culture and Environment
Tuesday and Thursday 9:30AM – 11:00AM (In-person)

Introduction to environmental anthropology with an emphasis on the relationship of cultural systems to contemporary environmental issues. Includes material from the Okanagan region and diverse societies around the world. May include one or more local field trips

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

ANTH 100 Introduction to Cultural Anthropology
Tuesday and Thursday 8:00AM – 9:30AM (In-person)

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.

For more information regarding the positions, please contact Dr. Jon Corbett at jon.corbett@ubc.ca or the Anthropology Program Coordinator Professor Christine Schreyer at christine.schreyer@ubc.ca

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 June 1st, 2025

TERM 1 (September 1, 2025 to December 1, 2025)

GWST 100 Gender, Race, Sexuality, and Power I: An Introduction
Tuesday and Thursday 11:00AM – 12:30PM (In-Person)

Cross-cultural and historical antecedents to gender studies and feminist thought. The social construction of knowledge and inequality through gender, race, sexuality, and class; the cultural and structural forces that create the dynamic for change and resistance in the personal and political realms of gendered lives.

TERM 2 (January 1, 2026 to April 30, 2026)

GWST 223 Critical Sexuality Studies
Tuesday and Thursday 11:00AM – 12:30PM (In-Person)

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

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 Professor Sue Frohlick at sue.frohlick@ubc.ca.

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 June 1st, 2025.

TERM 1 (september 1, 2025 to December 31, 2025)

INDG 307 Traditional Ecological Knowledge 
Monday and Wednesday 2:00PM – 3:30PM (In-Person)

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.

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 June 1, 2025.

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

2025/2026 GRADUATE TEACHING ASSISTANT (GTA), UNDERGRADUATE TEACHING ASSISTANT (UTA), and Markers

The Department of Community, Culture and Global Studies will be hiring a combination of Graduate Teaching Assistants (GTAs) Undergraduate Teaching Assistants (UTAs) and markers for undergraduate courses for the 2025 Winter terms.

Applicants enrolled as full-time students at UBC Okanagan will be given preference (a full-time student is defined as a minimum of 18 credits over the 2 terms of the 2025W session). Preferred qualifications include a strong understanding of the discipline.  Applications for UTA positions would be preferably students with 4^th year standing who are ANTH, GEOG, GWST and INDG majors. UTAs will only be hired if graduate students do not take the option of these positions or if more funding is available. All applicants including international students must be permitted to work in Canada and living in British Columbia until at least April 30, 2026. Teaching Assistants may be involved in the following:

• marking midterms, assignments, tests, quizzes and exams
• leading discussion periods and tutorials
• invigilating tests and exams
• providing academic assistance to students during office hours
• various duties as appointed by the supervisor

The exact hours of these positions vary, but will not exceed 12 hours per week, on average, from September 1, 2025 to April 30, 2026. Success candidates could be assigned duties in one or more undergraduate courses. These positions are subject to budgetary approval. Current wages for these positions are:

• Graduate TAs (PhD Program) $40.48 hourly
• Graduate TAs (Master’s Program) $39.01 hourly
• Undergraduate TAS $22.26 hourly
• Markers $20.97 hourly

**BCGEU wages are expected to increase July 1, 2025. This wage increase will be reflected in the official offer letters that will be sent out by July 31, 2025.

TO APPLY FOR THIS POSITION:

Please submit your completed GTA or UTA application form, a cover letter outlining the coursework and training you have in relation to the disciplines you are applying to teach in, and a resume. These can be sent to the Senior Departmental Administrator, Maria Jose Beltran Santos via email at mariajose.beltransantos@ubc.ca by May 10, 2025. Late applications will not be considered. All applications received after this date will be kept on file in case all positions are not filled.

All applicants will be considered in accordance with the BCGEU preferred candidate pool (BCGEU letter of understanding). Remote and on-campus work are subject to the same regulatory and statutory obligations. Work that would normally be performed on campus within British Columbia (BC) must continue to be performed at a location within the province.

UTA Application Form

GTA Application Form

UBC hires on the basis of merit and is committed to employment equity. All qualified persons are encouraged to apply. UBC is strongly committed to diversity within its community and especially welcomes applications from visible minority group members, women, Aboriginal persons, persons with disabilities, persons of any sexual orientation or gender identity, and others who may contribute to the further diversification of ideas. Government regulations require that Canadians and permanent residents of Canada will be given priority.

**All positions are subject to budgetary approval and based on enrollment**