"Tenure-Stream Assistant, Associate, or Full Professor in Indigenous Law"

Deadline to Apply: Monday, January 12, 2026

Located in downtown Toronto, the largest and most culturally diverse city in Canada, and on the territory of the Anishinaabeg, Haudenosaunee and the Wendat Peoples, the Lincoln Alexander School of Law at Toronto Metropolitan University [www.torontomu.ca] invites applications for a tenure-stream position at the rank of Assistant, Associate, or Full Professor effective July 1, 2026, subject to final budgetary approval.

This position is restricted to candidates who self-identify as members of First Nations, Métis, Inuit, or Indigenous peoples of North America in the Applicant Diversity Self-ID questionnaire in the recruitment portal and who successfully complete an affirmation process at TMU. We highly encourage Indigenous applicants to apply for both this position and the non-designated position (open-rank tenure-stream) described in a separate post. The law school is keen to expand its Indigenous curriculum, and continue cultivating its implementation of Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada recommendations 28 and 50, and to hire across all our available positions in alignment with this goal.

The successful candidate will engage in a combination of teaching, scholarly research or creative activity, and service duties while maintaining an inclusive, equitable, and collegial work environment across all activities. Teaching duties will entail teaching in the law school’s innovative JD program. The successful candidate will further pursue a strong, innovative research program or creative activity that may be demonstrated through Indigenous community-based or community-engaged SRC, Indigenous-specific creative projects, and the dissemination of SRC through mechanisms that include writing for Indigenous audiences, Indigenous peer review processes and recognition of Indigenous protocols when presenting research findings (Indigenous feasts, newsletters, oral presentations, and reports to the Indigenous community) that recognize the ethics of and responsibilities to collaborate with Indigenous communities. Service to external bodies may also include participation in or service to Indigenous organizations that might not be considered learned societies and/or professional associations.

Candidates must hold a J.D. or LL.B. degree as well as either an LL.M. or a Master’s degree in a closely related field. Preference will be given to candidates with a doctoral degree in law or a closely related field, or who are all-but-dissertation [ABD] and are close to completion and able to demonstrate active enrolment in the relevant academic program. Our school is seeking expertise in Indigenous law and legal orders or in issues of the colonial legal system’s impacts on Indigenous communities.

Applicants who wish to be considered for the Associate or Full Professor ranks must provide evidence of holding tenure at their current post-secondary institution or successfully complete the tenure process at TMU prior to the appointment at the appropriate rank.

In addition, the successful candidate must present evidence of:

• An active and impactful research agenda that is grounded in, or engages with Indigenous law and legal orders, or that addresses how Indigenous communities, societies, or individuals contend with colonial legal systems;
• Demonstrated potential for high-quality teaching and student engagement at all levels of the law school curriculum and the ability to teach a selection of the school’s Indigenous focused courses (e.g., JUR 109: Indigenous and Aboriginal Law, JUR 220: Issues in Indigenous Economic Development, JUR 223: Indigenous Legal Theory and Practice, JUR 332: Indigenous Dispute Resolution, or JUR 334: Indigenous Peoples and Criminal Law Practice).
• Demonstrated ability to, and interest in, building the law school’s curriculum on Indigenous law and legal orders, Canada’s Aboriginal laws, or international law regarding Indigenous peoples, with a preference for candidates who demonstrate a groundedness in local Anishinaabe and/or Haudenosaunee legal orders.
• An interest in contributing to the school’s development of land-based learning programs.
• Commitment to our values of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) as they pertain to service, teaching, and scholarly research or creative activities, including a demonstrated ability to make learning accessible and inclusive for a diverse student population; and
• An ability and willingness to contribute through collegial service to the life of the law school, the University and Indigenous communities.

Our committee recognizes that scholars have varying career paths and that career interruptions can be part of an excellent academic record. Candidates are encouraged to provide any relevant information about their experience and/or career interruptions.

This position falls under the jurisdiction of the Toronto Metropolitan Faculty Association (TFA) [www.tfanet.ca]. Visit us at www.torontomu.ca/faculty-affairs to view the TFA collective agreement and a summary of TFA benefits. The salary minima for the Assistant, Associate and Full Professor ranks are $103,916.30, $131,194.32 and $150,029.14 per annum, respectively. Salary will be commensurate with qualifications.

How to Apply Applicants must submit their application online via the Faculty Recruitment Portal [https://hr.cf.torontomu.ca/ams/faculty/] by clicking on “Start Application Process” to begin. Applications, consisting of the following, must be received by January 12, 2026:

• a letter of application; Please indicate in your letter of application whether at the time of this application, you hold tenure at your current institution.
• a curriculum vitae;
• a statement of research interests;
• a scholarly writing sample, including a draft or published article, book chapter, or excerpt from a doctoral or master’s thesis;
• a teaching dossier that includes a teaching philosophy statement, results of teaching evaluations and an EDI statement; and
• names and contact information of three individuals who may be contacted for references.