Tier 2 Canada Research Chair

**Job Title**
- Tier 2 Canada Research Chair (CRC) in Sustainable Agriculture and Climate Change

**About the University**

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We are one of Canada’s top universities and leading research institutions. With more than 8,000 undergraduate and graduate students, two campuses (Lethbridge and Calgary), seven faculties and schools, and more than 2,500 employees, ULethbridge is Lethbridge’s second largest employer. Faculty and staff come together to contribute, each in their own way, to establishing ULethbridge as Canada’s destination university. In 2022, Lethbridge was recognized as one of Canada’s top small cities.

**Rank**
- Associate Professor

**Tenure Information**
- Tenure Track

**Position Details**

**About the Position**
- Building on a foundation of excellence in liberal education, the University of Lethbridge has evolved into one of Canada’s leading comprehensive academic and research universities. The University of Lethbridge is home to many world-class researchers and **research centres and institutes**, fostering excellence in research by facilitating collaboration within and across disciplines.
- The research program for the CRC position would be focused on improving sustainability of agricultural ecosystems in the context of climate change.
- Research topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:

- Reducing greenhouse gas (CO2, CH4,N2O) emissions from agricultural sources.
- Water use optimization, improve crop water-use efficiency, and minimize drought effects on crop productivity.
- Crop physiological adaptation and acclimation to temperatures and techniques to enhance their performance in changing environments.
- Impacts of agricultural practices on local biodiversity.
- Explore how to increase soil productivity to limit nutrient loss and soil erosion, fertilizer run-off and associated effects on water quality.
- Model effects of climate on agricultural systems.
- Climate change challenges and opportunities for sustainable agriculture in Canada.
- Currently our departments have expertise in:

- Chamber and eddy flux techniques for measuring greenhouse gas emissions and evapotranspiration in crop fields.
- Advanced plant physiology and plant molecular biology techniques for screening and altering plant performance to improve productivity in changing environments.
- Natural abundance stable isotope techniques for evaluating plant physiological function and tracing movement and cycling of elements in agricultural ecosystems.
- Geospatial science methods (remote sensing).
- Ecosystem change in response to our changing climate.
- The successful applicant is expected to teach existing junior core and senior specialized courses and to develop new classes that could possibly include:

- Sustainable agriculture
- Global change biology
- Climate change/modelling

**Qualifications**

The **Accessible Canada Act** defines disability as any impairment, including physical, mental, intellectual, cognitive, learning, communication or sensory impairment - or a functional limitation

**Application Process**

Applications for this position must include:

- a curriculum vitae;
- three of the applicant’s most influential publications (or other research contributions);
- a comprehensive Canada Research Chair vision statement and research plan of no longer than 5 pages, including a description on how they intend to develop externally funded research projects;
- a statement no longer than 3 pages emphasizing their research mentorship experience, teaching philosophy, and their experiences in advancing equity, diversity, inclusion and decolonization within their practices.

**About University of Lethbridge**
- Founded in 1967, on traditional Blackfoot land, the University of Lethbridge is home to 8,900 undergraduate and graduate students from around the world. With campuses in Lethbridge and Calgary, we are one of Canada’s top ranked universities and leading research institutions. Our Blackfoot name, gifted to us by Elder Bruce Wolf Child, is Iniskim, meaning Sacred Buffalo Stone.
- Located in the heart of traditional Blackfoot Confederacy territory, the University of Lethbridge serves the people of southern Alberta through programs, research and creative activity that contribute to economic and social prosperity locally and globally. Founded on the principles of liberal education, the University of Lethbridge is broad in scope while promoting excellence in undergraduate and graduate education that prepares students to understand and address an increasingly complex and interconnected world.

**Employment equity statement**

**Position Category**

**Faculty**
- Faculty of Arts & Science

**Campus**
- Lethbridge