Assistant Professor, Landscape Architecture

**Position Title / Rank**:Assistant Professor in Landscape Architecture Tenure-Track**
**Department**:Environmental Design and Rural Development**:
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**Position Description**:** AD24-35**
- A PhD degree preferred in Landscape Architecture, or terminal degree in Landscape Architecture with a minimum of 3 years’ professional experience in pursuing effective landscape architectural outcomes through leadership, collaboration and innovative design.
- Demonstrated ability to raise funds for research and development projects from private and public sector granting agencies;
- Established record of publication (creative works included) in interdisciplinary peer-reviewed journals;

The School of Environmental Design and Rural Development (SEDRD)

Part of the Ontario Agricultural College, SEDRD reflects the imperatives in building authentic communities where landscape architects, leaders, communicators, planners, citizens and politicians all play important interdependent roles in community strength. The faculty strive to create a work environment that emphasizes a cooperative, collegial approach to teaching, research and outreach. SEDRD offers the following programs: Bachelor of Landscape Architecture; Master of Landscape Architecture; MSc and MPLAN in Rural Planning & Development; MSc in Capacity Development & Extension; and PhD in Rural Studies having a focus on sustainable landscape systems and sustainable rural communities. The school currently supports several other programs in the College and at the University with several focused courses on design, communications, planning, sustainable communities, environment, and recreation and tourism.

The University of Guelph is the third largest employer in Guelph, a city of approximately 130,000 people, located about an hour drive west of Toronto, Ontario. University of Guelph is a top-ranked comprehensive university in Canada with an enrolment of over 30,000 undergraduate and graduate students across over 40 academic units. The University is known for its commitment to student learning, innovative research, and collaboration with world-class partners. It is a unique place, with transformative research and teaching and a distinctive campus culture. People who learn and work here are shaped and inspired by a shared purpose: To Improve Life. Reflecting that shared purpose in every experience connected to our university positions us to create positive change, here and around the world. Our university community shares a profound sense of social responsibility, a drive for international development, and an obligation to address global issues.

**Application Process**

Applications should be sent to the attention of:
Sean Kelly
Director
School of Environmental Design and Rural Development
University of Guelph

Guelph, ON N1G 2W1

**Date Posted**: 07/29/2024

All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply; however, Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority.

The University recognizes that applicants may have had obligations outside of work that have negatively impacted their record of achievements (e.g., parental, elder care, and/or medical). You are not required to disclose these obligations in the hiring process. If you choose to do so, the University will ensure that these obligations do not negatively impact the assessment of your qualifications for the position.

The University of Guelph resides on the ancestral lands of the Attawandaron people and the treaty lands and territory of the Mississaugas of the Credit and we offer our respect to our Anishinaabe, Haudenosaunee and Métis neighbours as we strive to strengthen our relationships with them.

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