Director, Centre for Feminist Research

**Job Title**
- Director, Centre for Feminist Research

**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**

**The Centre for Feminist Research**
- The University of Lethbridge is establishing a new Centre for Feminist Research [CFR]. The CFR will facilitate innovative interdisciplinary feminist scholarship by emerging and established scholars across campus. The aim is to generate a hub for feminist research at the University of Lethbridge. Providing University of Lethbridge undergraduate and graduate students, post-doctoral fellows, and faculty who have a feminist research program and/or praxis with a collaborative and supportive home, the CFR will elevate feminist scholarship on campus and engage and work meaningfully in partnership with local, regional, and global communities outside of academia. This Centre will serve as an incubator for collaborative interdisciplinary feminist research that:

- advances the research visibility of ULeth feminist scholars inside and outside the University;
- provides supportive mentorship and experiential learning opportunities to students and early career scholars;
- attracts interdisciplinary external research funding;
- partners with scholars and local, regional, and global communities to advocate for meaningful and impactful change;
- is faculty-led, to ensure that resulting initiatives and/or research projects reflect and advance individual research programs and affords opportunities for collaborative associations across disciplines and/or Faculties.

**Our University**
- The University of Lethbridge (**uLethbridge**) is a comprehensive and research-intensive university founded on the principles of liberal education where inspired scholars integrate research and creative activity with teaching. Our University’s Blackfoot name is Iniskim, meaning Sacred Buffalo Stone. Founded in 1967 on traditional Blackfoot land, it is a place where student engagement in learning, creative activities, and research takes place every day. With campuses in Lethbridge and Calgary, uLethbridge offers more than 150 undergraduate and 60 graduate programs in the Faculties of Arts & Science, Education, Fine Arts, Health Sciences, the Schools of Liberal Education and Graduate Studies, and the Dhillon School of Business, to more than 8,000 students.

**Our Values**
- The University of Lethbridge recognizes that diversity enriches our campus and community and is fundamental to teaching, learning, and research excellence. The University as a whole embraces equity as a core value to be truly inclusive of the communities of which we are a part, and this requires ongoing intentional and systemic action. Through recruitment and support of individuals who further enhance our commitment to inclusion and diversity, the University strives to create a community where students, faculty and staff feel welcome, are treated equitably, and can thrive.

**Our Team**

**Our City**
- Home to more than 100,000 people,**Lethbridge** is a place where ideas grow. It is a culturally vibrant city with a flourishing arts scene and an active social calendar. We boast stunning scenery, four distinct seasons, spectacular sunrises and glowing sunsets that illuminate Alberta’s big sky. Lethbridge is only two hours from Calgary’s International Airport and a short drive to both Waterton Lakes National Park and the United States border. Looking for a centre with a lower cost of living than many other Canadian cities? See the **Canadian Real Estate Association national price map** to compare average Canadian housing prices.

**Our Application Process**

**Position Category**
- Other

**Faculty**
- Faculty of Arts & Science

**Campus**
- Lethbridge