"Tenure-Track Associate or Full Professor in Indigenous Knowledges, Centre for Indigenous Peoples Nutrition and Environment (CINE), McGill University"

Position Description
McGill University (Montreal, Canada) seeks to hire a tenure track faculty member who has lived experience and expertise in Indigenous knowledges, epistemologies, methodologies, traditions, and languages to deepen Indigenous expertise within the Centre for Indigenous Peoples Nutrition and Environment (CINE) at the Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences. Through multidisciplinary knowledge co-production, sharing, reciprocal learning, and capacity-building, CINE seeks to promote wholistic well-being, physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual health, Indigenous self-determination, culture, and language. The successful candidates will have a research program focused on responding to Indigenous Peoples’ concerns and priorities about their traditional food systems and environment through research, education and initiatives conducted in partnership with Indigenous communities and organizations. A strong track record in ethical engagement with First Nation, Inuit, and Métis communities, in bridging Indigenous and western knowledge systems, and/or in the application of decolonizing research methodologies or Indigenous methodologies is required.

This position carries the possibility of a Canada Research Chair (CRC) nomination at the Tier 1 level. Strategic research areas for the CRC include, but are not limited to: Public Health, Food Systems, Biodiversity and Environment, Nutrition, Governance and Advocacy, Food composition and dietary intake assessment.

A successful candidate's profile should demonstrate the potential for research excellence leading to national and international recognition. CRCs are expected to engage in innovative programs of research that help train the next generation of highly-skilled people through student supervision, teaching and community outreach.

Job Duties
Successful candidates will teach both undergraduate and graduate courses, develop courses at all levels in their areas of specialization, supervise and mentor graduate students, and contribute to the intellectual life of the University. Candidates at the Tier 1 level will contribute to the development of Indigenous academic leadership capacity at the University and support CINE’s mission and development.

Qualifications and Education Requirements
Applicants for tenure-track positions at McGill University must have a PhD in hand at the time of appointment or be within a year of completion (in which case, a deferred starting date can be arranged). This appointment is anticipated to begin August 2026. McGill University is an English-language university where most teaching and research activities are conducted in English, thereby requiring strong English communication skills, both verbally and in writing.

Candidates who do not satisfy the CRC eligibility criteria for a Tier 1 CRC are nonetheless invited to apply for the available tenure-track position.

Job Details
Job Type: Tenure-track
Rank: Associate or Full Professor for CRC Tier 1
Salary: Salary will be commensurate with qualifications and experience.
Posting Period: Applications will be accepted within 30 days of the date of posting of this advertisement, or until position is filled.

Application Process and Required Documents
External applicants
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