Assistant Professor

3 months ago

Vancouver, Canada UBC Faculty of Forestry Full time

UBC’s campuses are located on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territories of the Syilx (Okanagan) Peoples and of the Coast Salish Peoples, including the territories of the xwməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and Stó:lō and Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil
- Waututh) Nations.

**Position Description**:

- All areas of policy related to food, fuels, and/or fibre and the bioeconomy
- Policy related to agriculture, forestry and harvesting
- Food policy
- Climate justice and role of land and/or forest resources
- Green economy, biobased products including bioenergy and bioplastics

The expected start date is July 1, 2025. This is a joint appointment between Forestry and Land & Food Systems. Salary will be commensurate with qualifications and experience. The expected salary range for this position is $125,000 to $135,000 annually.

As one of the world’s leading universities, UBC is taking steps and implementing programs to build a more inclusive community. In alignment with UBC’s commitment to advance the **Scarborough Charter on Anti-Racism and Black Inclusion in Canadian Higher Education**, the University of British Columbia is undertaking a **Black Faculty Cohort Hiring Initiative** aimed at increasing the representation of Black faculty members at UBC. The initiative supports the recruitment of professors at all ranks across both the research and educational streams. The advertised position is part of a Food, Forests, and (Bio)Fuels cluster of three tenure-track appointments.

**Qualifications**:
All information collected by UBC will remain confidential and any reported data will be in aggregate form shared with the Search Committee co-chairs for to track intersectional diversity and support and equitable and meritorious search process.

**Application Process**:
Applications should be submitted through the **UBC Careers Website**. Interested applicants must submit all of the following documents:

- Cover letter that summarizes (up to 2 pages)
- Your research vision and accomplishments,
- How your expertise, scholarship, planned research and teaching will integrate within the Faculties of Forestry, and Land & Food Systems,
- How you have displayed leadership or potential to display leadership through: existing or proposed research, teaching, service, community engagement, outreach, contributions to equity, diversity, and inclusion, or other relevant activities;
- Current CV including list of publications;
- Research statement (2-3 pages single-spaced) describing your work to date and future plans including any research related to food, food systems, and /or forests;
- Statement of teaching interests, approach and philosophy (1-2 pages);
- UBC aspires to promote inclusive excellence by supporting and recognizing efforts to advance equity, diversity and inclusion as well as decolonization (EDID) through the academic and research ecosystem. Provide a brief (1-2 page) statement describing current and future commitments or interests related to EDID. Your comments may relate to lived/living experience, professional work or practice, academic and research activities, and/or community-engagement.
- Yes, I am a citizen or permanent resident of Canada
- No, I am not a citizen or permanent resident of Canada

Applicants do not need to otherwise indicate country of origin or current citizenship.

**Career Interruptions**:
**Dual Career Inquiries**:
**Commitment to Accessibility and Accommodations**:
**Additional Information**:
**Description of the Faculties**:
The **Faculty of Forestry** at the UBC is one of the largest of its kind globally. Its award-winning, multidisciplinary researchers explore social-ecological systems from many perspectives, including ecosystem functioning, applied resource management, bioeconomy and advanced bioproducts, conservation decision-making and policy, Indigenous knowledge, and values that human societies derive from nature. Our research continually strives to redefine and broaden our conception of forestry by addressing a wide variety of issues including public policy, biodiversity conservation, environmental justice, climate change mitigation, sustainable forest management and bioproducts development, to name a few.

The **Faculty of Land & Food Systems (LFS)** is a pioneering leader in studying, understanding and researching key issues in food supply, health and nutrition, and sustainability and climate change. We collaborate and innovate across disciplines and we work closely with community and industry partners to create real-world solutions to local and global challenges. With the goal of balancing food systems and planetary health to create a better world, LFS develops change makers and leaders who improve global health through science, innovation and positive actions that recognize the critical connections between soil, plants, animals, humans and the environment.

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