Reposted:eu417p A6: Curriculum and Pedagogies in Social Studies

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Brantford, Canada Wilfrid Laurier University Full time

**Date**:May 7, 2025

**Location**: Brantford, CA

**Company**:Wilfrid Laurier University

**Faculty/Academic Area**: Faculty of Education

**Department**: N/A

**Campus**: Brantford

**Employee Group**: WLUFA

**Requisition ID**:9318

**Position Title**: EU417P A6: Curriculum and Pedagogies in Social Studies and Indigenous Education (Primary/Junior) (Winter 2026)

**Term**: Winter (January 6, 2026-April 24, 2026)

**Mode of Delivery**:In-Person

**Days/Times**: Wednesday, 1:00-3:50pm

**Hours per week/Hours Total**: 3/36

**Anticipated Class Size**: 45-50

**Additional Course Requirements**: None

**Posted on**: July 3, 2025

**Posting ends**: July 7, 2025

**Position Summary**: This course explores the histories and geographies of marginalized social groups with a focus on Indigenous and settler relationships across Turtle Island. This course provides a practical and conceptual introduction to teaching Social Studies using an activist and strength-based lens in the context of Indigenous (First Nations, Métis, and Inuit) understandings and perspectives. It consists of a series of weekly themes which prioritize non-hegemonic curriculum content and pedagogies. The course provides opportunities to develop practical understandings through lesson planning, assessment strategies, and the weaving of Indigenous and Western epistemologies in Junior/Intermediate classrooms. The course focuses on the intersection of micro and macro relationships and power dynamics to advance the role of the educator as an advocate and activist for equity and social justice, as well as learning ways to support primary/junior students in being advocates and activists.

**Qualifications - Required**: Master’s degree in Education or History and/or Geography; Bachelor of Education and/or K - 10 Teaching Certification; Grades K-6 teaching experience in Social Studies and Indigenous pedagogies/perspectives and/or lived experience as an Indigenous person (as per Laurier verification process)

**Qualifications - Discipline**: Education

**Qualifications - Areas of Specialization**: Social Studies, History, Geography Education, Indigenous Education

**Qualifications - Professional Designation**:
**Salary**: $9206.40

**Application Deadline**: July 7, 2025 (11:59pm)

**Submit with Application**:
Required for All Applicants
- CV
- Teaching Dossier

Required for External Applicants
- Names and Contact Information for Referees
- Evidence of Good Teaching (e.g., teaching philosophy; assessment practices; scholarship that informs your teaching; evaluations)
- Verification of highest degree

Optional
- Cover Letter

**Applications may be addressed to**:
Dr. Tara-Lynn Scheffel

Chair, Part-time Appointment Committee

Faculty of Education

Wilfrid Laurier University

Waterloo, Ontario

**To Apply**:
**Please Note**:
For Supplementary Remuneration for large classes or multi-section courses, see Article 28.3

Members of the designated groups must self-identify to the appropriate Dean(s) to be considered for employment equity.

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