Emily Carr University of Art + Design invites applications for two (2) to three (3) full-time tenure-track Assistant or Associate Professor positions in Foundation within the Faculty of Culture and Community.

Situated on the unceded, traditional and ancestral xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw (Squamish), and səl̓ilw̓ətaʔɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) territories in Vancouver, Canada, Emily Carr University is a world-renowned learning and research community dedicated to the education of artists and designers.

The Foundation area at Emily Carr University provides the first-year, interdisciplinary curriculum for all the undergraduate majors, spanning studio courses in art, design and media practices alongside an introductory humanities lecture and seminar that ground students in a range of approaches to visual culture and critical writing. By providing core academic and studio skills across a range of interdisciplinary requirements and practice-specific electives, the Foundation curriculum provides students with introduction to technical perspectives, iterative processes of experimentation and failure, and a critical grounding in creative approaches and processes that shape their trajectories through their future majors through a holistic approach to making, learning, and community building. Within this interdisciplinary framework, we are seeking individuals with studio practice, research and teaching expertise.

Foundation is embedded in the Faculty of Culture and Community, which provides the academic core and first-year program for all undergraduate degrees at Emily Carr University. The Faculty also holds a unique and academically-oriented BFA in Critical and Cultural Practices, which enhances interdisciplinary artistic practices with a firm grounding in history, theory, and criticism; as well as a minor in Social Practice and Community Engagement, which combines community partnerships and project-based learning to model, perform, and enact new and more relational ways to live in the world together.

This position is based in the Foundation area, and the selected candidates will primarily be responsible for teaching within the first-year studio-based curriculum.

A successful candidate will have the following qualifications and/or related experience:

Experience in the following areas will be considered an asset:

Emily Carr University of Art + Design, established in 1925, is a world leader in education and research. Encouraging experimentation at the intersection of art, design, media and technology, our teaching and learning community merges studio practice, research creation, and critical scholarship in an interdisciplinary and collaborative environment. Alumni and faculty are internationally recognized as award‐winning creators and thought leaders who have significant impact in 21st‐century cultural production and cultural sustainability. We engage students, industry, and society to iterate and explore, and think differently about creativity and how it shapes our world.

Located in beautiful and culturally diverse Vancouver, British Columbia, Emily Carr attracts more than 1800 students from 60 countries to our undergraduate and graduate programs. The Audain Faculty of Art is one of four university faculties (alongside, Faculty of Design and Dynamic Media, Faculty of Culture + Community, and Jake Kerr Faculty of Graduate Studies) which, together with the Aboriginal Gathering Place, Library + Learning Commons, Shumka Centre for Creative Entrepreneurship, Libby Leshgold Gallery, READ Books, and the research centres and workshops in our new state‐of‐the‐art, custom‐built campus, offer vibrant conditions for the development of practice-based and practice‐led research and education.

Applications should include:

Electronic submissions are welcome at: https://ecuad.peopleadmin.ca/

The review of applications will begin on February 1, 2024 and will continue until the position has been filled. Subject to budgetary approval, we anticipate commencement in August 2024. Salary and rank will be commensurate with professional status and teaching experience. Salary range $68,385 to $109,584 per annum.

Emily Carr University especially invites those who have demonstrated a commitment to upholding the values of equity, diversity, and inclusion and will assist us to expand our capacity for diversity in the broadest sense. In addition, to correct the conditions of disadvantage in employment in Canada, we encourage applications from members of groups that have been historically disadvantaged and marginalized, including First Nations, Metis and Inuit peoples, Indigenous peoples of North America, racialized persons, persons with disabilities, and those who identify as women and/or 2SLGBTQ+.

We acknowledge the potential impact that career interruptions (e.g. maternity leave, leave due to illness, etc.) can have on a candidate’s record of research achievement. Applicants are encouraged to identify in their application the impact that career interruptions may have had on their record of practice and research achievement; this will be taken into careful consideration during the assessment process.

Emily Carr University is committed to creating an inclusive, accessible and barrier free workplace. We want to ensure that all participants are able to engage fully in interviews and other activities that are part of the hiring process. If you have any accommodation requests please contact Human Resources (hr@ecuad.ca). All requests for accommodation will be treated confidentially.

All qualified people are encouraged to apply; however, Canadians and permanent residents of Canada will be given priority. While we thank all candidates for their interest, only those short‐listed will be contacted.