<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div><font size="3"><font color="#222222"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Hi,</font></font></font></div><div><font size="3"><font color="#222222"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></font></font></div><div><font size="3"><font color="#222222"><font face="arial, sans-serif">This might be of interest for some of you or your colleagues in the academia. We are looking for applications from scholars outside of Canada, for a Research Chair in "Media, Datafication and Governance". The delays are very short due the the restrictions of the funding program, but it is worth the effort. We are particularly interested in candidates with diverse backgrounds and especially encourage candidates in equity, diversity and inclusion categories. I personally think it would be great to have applications from people outside Europe and North America.</font></font></font></div><div><font size="3"><font color="#222222"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></font></font></div><div><font size="3"><font color="#222222"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Best,</font></font></font></div><div><font size="3"><font color="#222222"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></font></font></div><div><font size="3"><font color="#222222"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Stéphane Couture</font></font></font></div><div><font size="3"><font color="#222222"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></font></font></div><div><font size="3"><font color="#222222"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></font></font></div>============<br><div class="gmail_quote"><br><br>Glendon College, York University, invites applications from individuals<br>
interested in nomination for a Canada 150 Research Chair in Media,<br>
Datafication and Governance, to commence July 1, 2018. Glendon is a<br>
bilingual liberal arts college and a faculty of York University.<br>
Applicants must be able to work in English and French.<br>
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The position is a tenure stream appointment at the rank of Assistant or<br>
Associate Professor conditional on the successful nomination of the<br>
applicant as a Canada 150 Research Chair. To be eligible for this award,<br>
nominees must be internationally based at the time of the application<br>
(both working and residing outside of Canada), including Canadian<br>
expatriates.<br>
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The individual sought will be nominated for a Canada 150 Research Chairs<br>
at the $350,000 per year level. Appointments to Canada 150 Chairs are<br>
for 7 years and are accompanied by a full-time tenure-stream faculty<br>
position. Further information about the Canada 150 Research Chair<br>
program is available at <a href="http://www.canada150.chairs-chaires.gc.ca" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.canada150.chairs-ch<wbr>aires.gc.ca</a>.<br>
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The successful candidate will have a record of excellence in scholarly<br>
research including publications appropriate to their stage of career,<br>
and will demonstrate a commitment to excellence in teaching at all<br>
levels. The successful candidate will be prepared to participate<br>
actively in one or more Glendon departments and be suitable for prompt<br>
appointment to the Faculty of Graduate Studies. Following the 7 year<br>
research chair period, the successful candidate will join the<br>
Communications Program of Glendon`s School of Translation.<br>
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For this nomination, York is particularly interested in candidates with<br>
diverse backgrounds and especially encourages candidates in equity,<br>
diversity and inclusion categories. York acknowledges the potential<br>
impact that career interruptions can have on a candidate’s record of<br>
research achievement and encourages applicants to explain in their<br>
application the impact that career interruptions may have had on their<br>
record of research achievement. York University is an Affirmative Action<br>
(AA) employer and strongly values diversity, including gender and sexual<br>
diversity, within its community. The AA program, which applies to<br>
Aboriginal people, visible minorities, people with disabilities, and<br>
women, can be found at <a href="http://www.yorku.ca/acadjobs" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">www.yorku.ca/acadjobs</a> or by calling the AA office<br>
at <a href="tel:416-736-5713" value="+14167365713" target="_blank">416-736-5713</a>. All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply;<br>
however, Canadian citizens and permanent residents will be given priority.<br>
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The institutional commitment to ensuring that the opportunities of the<br>
award will be made available to individuals from the four designated<br>
groups (women, members of visible minorities, Aboriginal Peoples, and<br>
persons with disabilities), including:<br>
• quality of the recruitment and outreach strategy in terms of<br>
demonstrated commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion; and<br>
• quality and extent of the institution’s commitment to ensuring that<br>
the opportunities of the chairholder’s research program will be made<br>
available to individuals from the four designated groups.<br>
Applicants should submit a signed letter of application outlining their<br>
professional experience and research interests, an up-to-date curriculum<br>
vitae, a sample of their scholarly writing (maximum 50 pp.), and a<br>
teaching dossier, and arrange for three confidential letters of<br>
recommendation to be sent to: Professor Dominique Scheffel-Dundand,<br>
Associate Principal, Research & Graduate Studies, Glendon Hall 100, •<br>
2275 Bayview Avenue, Toronto ON • Canada M4N 3M6, <a href="mailto:APRGS@glendon.yorku.ca" target="_blank">APRGS@glendon.yorku.ca</a><br>
- (Subject line: "Media/Datafication/Governance ").<br>
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The deadline for applications is July 26, 2017. Salary will be<br>
commensurate with qualifications and experience. All York University<br>
positions are subject to budgetary approval. Our apologies for the tight<br>
deadline.</div></div>
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