Black Faculty Position

Academic

Job Category

Faculty Bargaining

Job Title

Black Faculty Position - Faculty of Science (FoS) at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver - Assistant Professor of Teaching

Department

Faculty and Staff | Department of Statistics | Faculty of Science (Paul Gustafson)

Posting End Date

October 14, 2025

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

Job End Date

June 30, 2030

The expected pay range for this position is $110,000 - $145,000 CAD annually.

The Opportunity

Black Faculty Cohort Hiring Initiative

The position provides an opportunity, with strong institutional support, to pursue a career based on excellence in teaching and

educational leadership
- Computer Science: UBC Computer Science ranks among the top departments in North America, with over 60 tenure-track faculty (including twelve Educational Leadership faculty), approximately 250 graduate students, and over 2,700 undergraduate students. Teaching and educational leadership activities are well supported by the department. Internal funding opportunities support curriculum development, the scholarship of teaching and learning, and other activities.
- Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences (EOAS): In the 2025 QS university rankings, UBC is ranked 12th in the world for environmental sciences, and our Environmental Sciences BSc (ENSC) is internationally respected for its ability to train practitioners and prepare students for graduate and professional programs. EOAS administers the ENSC program with support from the Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability, and the program is now expanding to run jointly between these academic units.
- Statistics: UBC Statistics leads in innovative, evidence-based teaching in statistics and data science. The department’s undergraduate and graduate programs continue to grow, supported by educational initiatives such as textbook development, the use of tools like Jupyter Notebooks and nbgrader, and open educational resources like StatSpace. Educational Leadership faculty play a key role in curriculum development and in advancing teaching practices within the department and beyond.

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 Səlílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil Waututh) Nations.

Application Process

Academic Jobs Online (AJO) portal

and include the following:

- Curriculum vitae: Should include relevant work experience, educational leadership activities, and service.
- Teaching statement (1 - 2 pages): Describe your teaching philosophy, including your approach to teaching, how you support student learning, and how you create an inclusive learning environment.
- Educational Leadership Vision Statement (1 - 2 pages): Describe your past educational leadership contributions and vision for advancing teaching and learning at UBC, demonstrating how you would contribute beyond individual classroom teaching. At UBC, educational leadership is understood as contributions that will have an impact beyond your own classroom. As defined in the
- Faculty Collective Agreement
- Diversity statement (1 page): Describe your lived background experience (if comfortable), and your experience and future plans regarding working with a diverse student body and contributing to a culture of equity and inclusion.

Information sessions for those who want to learn more about the positions will be held online on the following dates:

- Friday, September 5, 10:00 am-11:00 am Pacific time.
- Register for the Zoom meeting

- Wednesday, October 1, 10:00 am-11:00 am Pacific time.
- Register for the Zoom meeting


Oluwakemi Ola, PhD

Chair, Black Faculty in Science Educational Leadership Recruiting Committee

Associate Professor of Teaching, Computer Science
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