"FNMI Indigenous Scholar - Lecturer or Assistant Professor (2-year Limited Term Appointment)"

Faculty and Department/Area

Faculty of Liberal Arts, Department of Indigenous Studies, Law and Social Justice

Position Location

Brantford

Rank/s of the Position

Lecturer or Assistant Professor

Type of Position

2-year Limited Term Appointment

Anticipated Salary Range

$90,000 - $110,000. Actual salary to be commensurate with education and experience.

Area of Specializations

Candidates must have the ability to teach in the following areas:

• Indigenous methodologies
• Indigenous-Settler Relations and Allyship
• Indigenous community organizing

The Department of Indigenous Studies, Law, and Social Justice at Wilfrid Laurier University invites applications for a First Nations, Métis, or Inuit (FNMI) Indigenous Scholar for a 24-month Limited Term Appointment at the rank of Lecturer or Assistant Professor commencing July 1st, 2026, subject to budgetary approval.

Laurier’s campuses and locations are on the Haldimand Tract, within the traditional territories of the Neutral, Anishnaabe and Haudenosaunee peoples... [full context on location and commitments].

Position Summary

The Department... is seeking an Indigenous scholar whose teaching and research engage Indigenous methodologies to focus on critical analyses of settler colonialism, community organizing and social change, and Indigenous-settler relations, including relations and practices of allyship... rooted in accountability to Indigenous communities.

The successful candidate will teach five (5) courses... primarily in-person on Laurier’s Brantford campus, with some teaching required in a virtual synchronous or virtual asynchronous format. The successful candidate will also contribute to program development... and academic service...

In the first year... specific courses listed: ID360, ID375, etc.

For the second year... including ID/SOJE120.

This is a unionized position, part of the WLUFA full-time bargaining unit.

Qualifications

The successful candidate will bring knowledge... PhD or ABD... depth of university teaching experience...

Program/Faculty Description

[Details on Indigenous Studies program and Faculty of Liberal Arts]

How to apply

Candidates who identify as First Nations, Métis, or Inuit... include: letter of intent, CV, teaching statement, sample publication, names of referees.

Consistent with Laurier’s Indigenous Identity Verification Process...

Applications... to Dr. Rebecca Godderis... c/o Celine Taillefer-Travers... ctravers@wlu.ca. Applications will be accepted until April 6, 2026 at 11:59PM.