Lecturer, Bachelor of Social Work Program

**Date**:Apr 15, 2025

**Location**: Brantford, CA

**Company**:Wilfrid Laurier University

**Faculty/Academic Area**: Faculty of Social Work

**Department**: N/A

**Campus**: Brantford

**Employee Group**: WLUFA

**Requisition ID**:9226

**WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY**

**FACULTY OF SOCIAL WORK**

**BACHELOR OF SOCIAL WORK PROGRAM**

**Brantford, Ontario**

**Full-time Limited Term Appointment**
**July 1, 2025 - June 30, 2026**

**The FSW is devoted to excellence in research, creative and critical thinking, and reflexive practice. Across all programs, undergraduate and graduate, our students learn through traditional and innovative teaching strategies. We encourage students at all levels to become active citizens of an increasingly complex and interconnected world. We fulfill our mission by advancing multi-disciplinary and marginalized forms of knowledge. Our graduates are committed to constructively engaging and working toward transforming oppressive conditions and structures, and promoting well-being in individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities.**

The BSW program at Laurier is a generalist program preparing students for a variety of practice contexts. Our curriculum emphasizes familiarity with micro, mezzo, and macro practices with individuals, families, and communities by examining various critical issues such as health, gender & sexuality, migration and forced displacement, poverty, violence, disability, and child welfare. Additional information about the FSW and our BSW courses is available at our websites

**Position Description**

**Qualifications**

**The successful applicant will hold (1) a completed or ABD/nearly completed PhD**[1]**, and at least one practice degree in social work [BSW or MSW], (2) have a minimum of 2 years direct practice experience, in-person [campus based] teaching experience in social work, with undergraduate teaching experience considered an asset.**

**Responsibilities**

**The teaching load for this position is a maximum of six courses during the academic year (fall, winter, and/or spring semesters), with an expectation to teach our newly developed course**_Research for Social Work Practice_**. BSW courses will be taught in-person as part of our on-campus program, though the opportunity to teach virtual synchronous courses may also exist (in Spring term). This position is a full-time faculty position; therefore, in addition to teaching, there is an expectation of contributing to the FSW community by serving on the BSW Committee and other service areas within the University. Further details related to duties and responsibilities are outlined in the Wilfrid Laurier University Faculty Association (**WLUFA) Collective Agreement.**

**Application Package**

**To Apply**

**Applications will be accepted until 11:59 pm (EST),**May 15, 2025**.**

**Yes, I am a current citizen or permanent resident of Canada;**

**No, I am not a current citizen or permanent resident of Canada**

**Wilfrid Laurier University**

**We acknowledge that Wilfrid Laurier University and its campuses are located on the shared traditional territory of the Neutral, Anishnaabe (Anish-nah-bay) and Haudenosaunee (Hoe-den-no-show-nee) peoples. This land is part of the Dish with One Spoon Treaty between the Haudenosaunee and Anishnaabe peoples and symbolizes the agreement to share, protect our resources and not to engage in conflict. From the Haldimand Proclamation of Oct. 25, 1784 this territory is described as: “six miles deep from each side of the river (Grand River) beginning at Lake Erie and extending in the proportion to the Head of said river, which them and their posterity are to enjoy forever.” The proclamation was signed by the British wit h their allies, the Six Nations, after the American Revolution. Despite being the largest reserve demographically in Canada, those nations now reside on less than five percent of this original territory.**

**Wilfrid Laurier University is a leading Canadian university renowned for its learning environment and student-focused educational experience. As a comprehensive university with more than 19,000 students, Laurier has grown rapidly in research intensity while at the same time preserving its well-earned reputation for undergraduate and graduate teaching and learning excellence. With a multi-campus and multi-community culture, Laurier offers students an exceptional range and depth of more than 100 academic programs taught by award-winning lecturers across nine faculties.**

[1] Applicants who have not yet completed their PhD are expected to be within 2 years of completing their degree, and, are encouraged to describe their stage of study in the cover letter (e.g., time until defence, defence date, etc.).

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