Tier 2 Canada Research Chair – Lakehead University, Sustainable Northern Community Development

Lakehead University invites applications from internationally recognized and respected scholars in the social sciences and humanities to be considered for two Tier 2 Canada Research Chair (CRC) positions.

Candidates will be expected to conduct and coordinate interdisciplinary social science research that addresses sustainable community development in Northern Canada. The research scope will include northern Ontario, with broader application to other provincial and circumpolar 'Norths'. The successful candidate will undertake applied research in communities confronting novel, rapidly changing, unpredictable, largely externally induced environmental, social, and economic situations. S/he will seek to contextualize such changes, exploring means of economic diversification, social resilience, and sustainability. Such research will be community-based and oriented towards problem-solving, but may have a local, regional or international perspective. We welcome applicants from diverse fields including anthropology, economics, geography, history, sociology, social work, tourism, and other social sciences and humanities disciplines.

The successful candidates will hold a doctoral degree and have excellent research credentials and a demonstrated record of, or potential to attract external research funding. Tier 2 positions are intended for emerging scholars with the potential to retain or achieve international recognition in their fields in the next five to ten years. Successful candidates must be able to work effectively with undergraduate and graduate students. Candidates must have the necessary qualifications to be appointed as a tenured or tenure-track professor at the Assistant or Associate Professor level. CRCs will have the opportunity to work collaboratively with researchers throughout the university, as well as the wider community. Normally, the Tier 2 CRC competition is open to candidates who have at most 10 years' experience from the highest degree at the time of nomination.

Review of applications will begin October 1, 2009. 

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