Faculty Positions
Position Title / Rank: Assistant Professor in Indigenous Management and Leadership
College: Gordon S. Lang School of Business and Economics
Department: Management
Date Posted: April 6, 2023
Deadline: June 2, 2023 or until a suitable candidate is found
Please reference AD #23-19
Position Description:
The Department of Management, Gordon S. Lang School of Business and Economics at the University of Guelph invites applications from Indigenous scholars for a tenure-track position at the Assistant Professor level. Candidates will hold, or will have nearly completed, a Ph.D. in Management or related fields and have experience in Indigenous business and leadership.
The Department of Management is working to enhance its programs, bring them to the next level of impact and relevance, and expand its engagement with diverse perspectives in business, management and leadership. The colleague in this position will contribute to the design and delivery of introductory and advanced Indigenous business and general management courses. They will also contribute to the school’s long-standing commitment to community and engagement by fostering relationships with First Nations, Inuit and Métis nations, communities and organizations, external partners and faculty, staff and students.
The colleague is expected to contribute to the further development of professionally oriented courses in our undergraduate programs, for the recently approved MSc Management, and for our professional and executive programs. The candidate may also contribute to programs in Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) the Department is considering. The interdisciplinary nature of the department provides an opportunity for cross-disciplinary work in a wide variety of areas including innovation management, accounting, organizational effectiveness, leadership, entrepreneurship and project management, and examination of the complex interplay between organizational phenomena and the broader social and political context. The successful candidate’s research and teaching will contribute to emergent dialogues at the intersections of business, environmental, social justice, reconciliation and decolonization aligning with the University of Guelph’s mandate to Improve Life.
The Lang School of Business and Economics is open to researchers working with knowledge and ways of knowing that exceed or challenge Eurocentric knowledge paradigms. The school aims to enhance its research impacts through innovative research that utilizes a diversity of methodologies, practices, and forms of knowledge translation and mobilization.
This tenure-track faculty position is part of the University of Guelph’s Black and Indigenous Hiring Initiative. Launched in June 2022, the Black and Indigenous Hiring Initiative (BIHI) calls for hiring fifteen or more Black and Indigenous faculty and four or more Black and Indigenous professional staff across the University of Guelph during the next three years. The faculty and staff positions will be filled in areas that support the advancement of Black and Indigenous academic excellence and the University of Guelph’s commitments to inclusion, anti-racism, indigenization and decolonization.
The University of Guelph seeks qualified individuals who identify as Indigenous (First Nation, Inuit, Métis, Native American, Alaskan Native, or Native Hawaiian). Applicants will be asked to self-identify through the Applicant Tracking Questionnaire (ATQ) facilitated by Diversity and Human Rights. Applicants who self-identify as Indigenous on the ATQ will be asked to confirm their Indigenous citizenship/membership and/or ancestral and kinship connections to a recognized and inherent Indigenous nation, community, treaty, land claim, territory or region through a confidential follow-up process facilitated by Indigenous Initiatives.
The Department of Management is an integral part of the Gordon S. Lang School of Business and Economics. Formed in 2006, the Lang School is the youngest college at the University of Guelph, but delivers one of the largest undergraduate business programs in Ontario with over 3,800 students currently enrolled. Our School provides a learning environment that encourages critical reflection, personal growth, and promotes traditional and emerging themes of management and economics. We offer a wide range of specialized programs in business and economics across undergraduate, graduate, and professional education.
The University of Guelph's campuses are located on the lands of the Dish with One Spoon Wampum and the traditional lands and territory of the Anishinaabeg, Haudenosaunee and Huron Wendat. These lands are now home to a rich diversity of First Nations, Inuit and Métis people. We offer our respect and gratitude to the land and its Indigenous relations and affirm our responsibility to realize our commitments to reconciliation through ongoing action. We are guided in this work by Bi-Naagward | It Comes into View, the Indigenous Initiatives Strategy.
The University of Guelph is the third largest employer in Guelph, a city of approximately 130,000 people, located about an hour drive west of Toronto, Ontario. University of Guelph is a top-ranked comprehensive university in Canada with an enrolment of more than 30,000 undergraduate and graduate students across over 40 academic units. The University is known for its commitment to student learning, innovative research, and collaboration with world-class partners. It is a unique place, with transformative research and teaching and a distinctive campus culture. People who learn and work here are shaped and inspired by a shared purpose: To Improve Life. Reflecting that shared purpose in every experience connected to our university positions us to create positive change, here and around the world. Our university community shares a profound sense of social responsibility, a drive for international development, and an obligation to address global issues.
Application Process
The deadline to apply for this position is June 2, 2023. Assessment of applications will begin on this date and will continue until the position is filled. Interested applicants should submit the following materials (preferably as a single PDF file): (1) Letter of application/cover letter; (2) a curriculum vitae; (3) statement of commitment to Indigenization, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion within the position requirements (1 page); (4) name and contact information of three referees who will be contacted for a reference letter if the applicant is shortlisted.
We recognize the ways in which holding non-traditional research programs, conducting Indigenous-led and community-engaged research, maintaining community relationships, decolonizing curriculum and pedagogy, engaging in indigenization, equity, diversity and inclusion initiatives, etc., can impact researchers with respect to conventional measures of academic excellence. We attempt to address these challenges through our commitment to EDI, evidenced by the EDI Committee within the Department. We invite candidates with a diverse range of practices and experiences.
Applications should be sent to the attention of:
Dr. Davar Rezania, PhD Chair Department of Management University of Guelph Guelph, ON N1G 2W1
Email: drezania@uoguelph.ca
Salary for this position depends on qualifications and experience in accordance with the Collective agreement terms.
All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply; however, Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority.
The University recognizes that applicants may have had obligations outside of work that have negatively impacted their record of achievements (e.g., parental, elder care, and/or medical). You are not required to disclose these obligations in the hiring process. If you choose to do so, the University will ensure that these obligations do not negatively impact the assessment of your qualifications for the position.
At the University of Guelph, fostering a culture of inclusion (https://uoguel.ph/ox2p9) is an institutional imperative. The University invites and encourages applications from all qualified individuals, including from groups that are traditionally underrepresented in employment, who may contribute to further diversification of our Institution.
If you require a medical accommodation during the recruitment or selection process, please contact Occupational Health and Wellness at 519-824-4120 x52674.