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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.
CURRENT POSTINGS
TERM 2 (JANUARY 2027 TO APRIL 2027)
INDG 202 Interior Salishan Literatures: Concepts and Frameworks
(Online) Monday and Wednesday 5:00pm – 6:30pm
This course introduces students to Interior Salish ways of knowing through oral story. Students study how these stories carry theory and philosophy about land, ecology and society. The course is offered in relationship with the En’owkin Centre.
Students read, view and listen to work by Indigenous authors. They look at traditional, historical and creative works, and they ask how story holds knowledge, values and ethics. Students also learn to cite sources in ways that respect Indigenous practice, such as citing an Elder, and to follow MLA or APA style. They practice writing and other forms of communication that draw on both Indigenous and academic conventions.
INLG 282 Structures of Endangered Languages: Conservation and Revitalization
(Online) Monday and Wednesday 7:00pm – 8:30pm
This course teaches students how to document and analyze the grammar of endangered languages. It focuses on Interior Salish languages: nsyilxcn, Nłeʔkepmxcín, Secwepemctsin and St̓át̓imcets. Students also look at other Indigenous languages in British Columbia.
Students learn to identify and annotate the parts of words, phrases and sentences in recordings. They study how word parts work in relation to each other (morphology), how words work in relation to each other within a sentence (syntax), and how sentences relate to each other in a story or conversation (discourse). They learn to find and interpret existing records, such as archives, museum collections, fieldnotes and teaching materials. They also learn to apply what they find to their own language learning.
The course links language to culture, identity and landscape. It treats documentation as a way to keep Indigenous worldviews and ways of knowing. Community-based ethical protocols guide all of the work, along with goals for language conservation and revitalization.
How to Apply
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 Amanda Crema at amanda.crema@ubc.ca . Please send application documents in electronic format using WORD or PDF files. The deadline for applications is November 15th, 2026.
All positions are subject to funding and enrollment. The minimum compensation rate is $3,512.98 salary per credit equaling $10,538.94 for each 3 credit course.
If you would like to send your application by mail, please address to:
Amanda Crema, 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 Languages Program Coordinator Professor Dr. Jeannette Armstrong (jeannette.armstrong@ubc.ca) and/or the Indigenous Programs Manager Shanny Nuyens (shanny.nuyens@ubc.ca).
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CURRENT POSTINGS
There are no current postings.