Faculty - Small Animal Surgery (Contractually Limited)

**Position Title / Rank**:**Assistant or Associate Professors in**Small Animal Surgery (Two Contractually Limited Positions: 1 and 2 years)**:
**Department**:Clinical Studies**:
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**Position Description**:
Be a part of something extraordinary Explore how you can advance your career and make a professional and personal impact at the **Ontario Veterinary College**. Come and join our team of world-class veterinary specialists and scholars at Canada’s top-ranked and the 6th globally ranked, Ontario Veterinary College.
- full-time 1-year contractually limited position at the Assistant or Associate Professor level
- full-time 2-year contractually limited position at the Assistant or Associate Professor level

Applicants interested in a part-time appointment will be considered. The anticipated start date for these appointments is **August 11, 2025**, or another mutually agreed-upon date in 2025.

The Department is supported by board-certified specialists in medicine, anesthesiology, critical care, diagnostic imaging, oncology, ophthalmology, neurology, nutrition, and cardiology to provide didactic and clinical instruction in small animal veterinary medicine and related disciplines to veterinary students, interns, residents, and graduate students. The OVC-HSC offers state-of-the-art diagnostic equipment including but not limited to a 1.5 Tesla high field General Electric MRI, CT, digital radiology, PACS system, state-of-the-art ultrasonography, scintigraphy, arthroscopy, total hip replacement, video endoscopy, rehabilitation facilities, and a 24/7 fully staffed intensive care facility.

The University of Guelph resides on the traditional lands and territory of the Anishinaabeg, Haudenosaunee and Huron Wendat. These lands are now home to a rich diversity of First Nations, Inuit, and Métis people. We offer our respect and gratitude to our Indigenous neighbours and affirm our responsibility to realize our commitments to reconciliation through ongoing action. We are guided in this work by Bi-Naagward | It Comes into View, the Indigenous Initiatives Strategy.

The University of Guelph is the third largest employer in Guelph, a city of over 144,000 people, located about an hour's drive west of Toronto, Ontario. The University of Guelph is a top-ranked comprehensive university in Canada with an enrolment of more than 30,000 undergraduate and graduate students across more than 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**

(1) a cover letter,

(2) a curriculum vitae,

(3) a teaching statement,

(4) a research statement,

(5) an equity, diversity, and inclusion statement,

(6) names and contact information of three referees.

Applications should be addressed to the attention of:
Dr. Christopher Riley

Chair, Department of Clinical Studies

Ontario Veterinary College

University of Guelph

Guelph, ON N1G 2W1

**Date Posted**: 06/25/2025

This position is represented by the University of Guelph Faculty Association (UGFA).

The University of Guelph commits to fostering inclusive excellence through promoting Indigenization, equity, diversity, inclusion, and accessibility. Inclusion is a core pillar of Our Time, our strategic plan, which pledges to “transform our human resources, governance and student services and practices across the University to enable us to recruit a diverse student, faculty and staff body and support them in achieving their personal, professional and scholarly goals.” The University commits to creating and maintaining “equitable work environments that empower us in our pursuit of student, faculty and staff success, research excellence, innovation and impact.”