Assistant Professor

Academic

Job Category

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Job Profile

Assistant Professor (tenure-track)

Job Title

Assistant Professor (Tenure Track) in Land and/or Forest Resources Policy

Department

Dept Forest & Conservation Sciences | Faculty of Forestry

Compensation Range

$1.00 - $500,000.00 CAD Monthly

Posting End Date

November 15, 2024

Note: Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the Posting End Date.

Job End Date

Jun 30, 2029

The expected pay range for this position is $125,000 to $135,000 annually.

Assistant Professor (Tenure-Track) in Policy in area(s)/field(s) of land and/or forest resources

Faculties of Land & Food Systems, and Forestry at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver.

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
- 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.
- Application Process_

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.

Salary will be commensurate with qualifications and experience. The expected salary range is $125,000 to $135,000 annually.

Applications should be submitted through the UBC Career Website. Interested applicants must submit all of the following documents:

- Cover letter that summarizes (up to 2 pages)

1. Your research vision and accomplishments,

2. How your expertise, scholarship, planned research and teaching will integrate within the Faculties of Forestry, and Land & Food Systems,

3. 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