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> From: Dan Smith <[email protected]> > Date: November 1, 2011 10:44:27 AM CDT > To: CAGLIST <[email protected]> > Subject: [Caglist] University of Manitoba - Assistant Professor in Human > Geography > > University of Manitoba > Department of Environment and Geography > > Assistant Professor in Human Geography with specialty in socio-economic > development, energy, and human resilience > http://www.geog.uvic.ca/dept/cag/jobs.htm#L984 > > The Department of Environment and Geography invites applications for a > full-time tenure-track appointment at Assistant Professor rank in Human > Geography with specialty in the areas of socio-economic development, energy, > and human resilience. The candidate will have a particular interest in the > social justice implications of energy development and use (e.g., > hydroelectricity, oil and gas, wind) with respect to socio-economic > inequalities at multiple spatial scales. Experience in working with > Aboriginal, indigenous, and/or other priority populations would be an asset. > Human geographers in our Faculty have established a reputation for nationally > recognized social science scholarship in numerous dimensions of social, > cultural and environmental change. This successful candidate will contribute > to our knowledge of the human society contexts and implications of energy > development and use in a world where human populations and their mobility, > demands, expectations and consumption are growing (at spatially variable > paces and with place-variable impacts), but energy supplies are not, or at > least not at the same rate, nor in the same way everywhere due to > place-specific variables (e.g., development plans, political and cultural > contexts). > > Candidates must have a strong and demonstrated commitment to undergraduate > and graduate teaching and research in human geography, within an > interdisciplinary environment. The successful candidate will also have > opportunities to collaborate with well established scholars in cognate areas > in other Departments and Faculties (e.g., Economics, Natural Resources > Institute, Native Studies, Geological Sciences, Human Ecology, Community > Health Sciences, and Engineering). The appointment will begin on July 1, 2012 > or as soon as possible thereafter. The successful candidate must have a > strong background in human geography and is expected to have a Ph.D. by the > time of appointment. > > The Department of Environment and Geography is housed within the Clayton H. > Riddell Faculty of Environment, Earth, and Resources which emphasizes both > disciplinary and inter-disciplinary teaching and research. The Department of > Environment and Geography offers programs in Human Geography, Physical > Geography, Environmental Sciences and Environmental Studies. > > Salary will be commensurate with experience and qualifications. Start-up > funds will be supplied to the successful candidate through the Clayton H. > Riddell Faculty of Environment, Earth, and Resources. > > The University of Manitoba encourages applications from qualified women and > men, including members of visible minorities, Aboriginal peoples and people > with disabilities. All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply, however, > Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority. > > Applicants should send a letter of application, curriculum vitae, teaching > dossier, and the names and contact information of three referees to the > address below. The deadline for the receipt of applications is January 9, > 2012. The position will remain open until the position is filled. > > Chair, Selection Committee > c/o Aggie Roberecki, Administrative Assistant > Department of Environment and Geography > University of Manitoba > 220 Sinnott Building, 70A Dysart Road > Winnipeg, MB R3T 2N2 > Phone: 204-474-9256 > Fax: 204-474-7699 > Email: [email protected] > > Further information about the position can be obtained from > http://umanitoba.ca/faculties/environment/ > > Please refer to position number 13243 in all correspondence. > > Application materials, including letters of reference, will be handled in > accordance with the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act > (Manitoba). > > > > _______________________________________________ > CAGList mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.uvic.ca/mailman/listinfo/caglist ++++++++++++++++++ Eric Sheppard Vice President, Association of American Geographers Regents Professor, Department of Geography Co-Director, Interdisciplinary Center for the Study of Global Change Director of Graduate Studies, Development Studies and Social Change 414 Social sciences building 267, 19th Ave. South University of Minnesota Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA http://www.geog.umn.edu/people/profile.php?UID=shepp001
