Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Mental - Thunder Bay, Canada - Lakehead University

Lakehead University

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Lakehead University (Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada)

Tenure-Track Associate or Full Professor Appointmeny

Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Mental Health and Addiction

Lakehead University and our Community

Lakehead is a fully comprehensive university with approximately 9,700 full-time equivalent students and over 2,000 faculty and staff at two campuses in Orillia and Thunder Bay, Ontario.

Lakehead has 9 faculties, including Business Administration, Education, Engineering, Graduate Studies, Health & Behavioural Sciences, Law, Natural Resources Management, Science & Environmental Studies, and Social Sciences & Humanities.

Lakehead University's achievements have been recognized nationally and internationally, including being the highest ranked university in the world with fewer than 9,000 students for its global impact according to the Times Higher Education (THE) Impact Rankings.

Lakehead placed in the top 70 in the world based on our efforts in advancing the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), reflecting the University's commitment to social, cultural and environmental sustainability, and good health and well-being.

For the fourth year in a row, THE World University Rankings ranks Lakehead in the top 800 globally out of more than 1,600 participating institutions from 99 countries.

Lakehead University is recognized as one of Canada's top research-intensive universities in its category for the last decade (Research Info$ource).

Aligned with our Strategic Plan, Research Plan, CRC Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Action Plan, and Institutional EDI Action Plan, we are actively recruiting outstanding scholars to enhance and grow our research and innovation capacity.

Situated in the diverse and multicultural communities of Thunder Bay and Orillia, our unique campuses and their locations inspire us to discover and innovate in exciting and non-traditional ways.

Lakehead is a comprehensive university with a reputation for innovative programs and cutting-edge research.

Our campuses are located in Thunder Bay on the traditional lands of the Fort William First Nation, Signatory to the Robinson Superior Treaty of 1850 and in Orillia on the traditional territory of the Anishinaabeg, and Rama First Nation.

Lakehead University acknowledges the history that many nations hold in the areas around our campuses and is committed to a relationship with Métis and Inuit and First Nations peoples.

The Faculty

The appointment of this Canada Research Chair will be in the Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences and specifically in the Department of Psychology at the Thunder Bay campus.

The FHBS serves our regional and global communities through excellence in teaching, research, and professional education in Nursing, Social Work, Psychology, Kinesiology, and Health Sciences.

For information about the Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences, please visit our website.

The Department of Psychology is comprised of 12 full time faculty located on both the Thunder Bay and Orillia campuses and offers undergraduate programs in both arts and science as well as graduate programs in Psychological Science (MSc and PhD), Clinical Psychology (MA and CPA accredited PhD).

Requirements:

Be outstanding and innovative researchers whose accomplishments have made a major impact in their fields;
Be recognized internationally as leaders in their fields;
Have superior records of attracting and supervising graduate students and postdoctoral fellows (taking into account different practices in the relevant field or discipline) and, as chairholders, be expected to attract, develop and retain excellent trainees, students and future researchers; and
Be proposing an original, innovative research program of the highest quality.

CRCs at Lakehead University are appointed and governed by the provisions of the Lakehead University Faculty Association Collective Agreement.

For the duration of the CRC, the CRC will be given a reduced teaching load in order to dedicate the majority of their time to research, an annual research grant, and research space appropriate for the proposed CRC's program of research.

Application Deadline and Process
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A curriculum vitae (CV) (following the CRC guidelines) that provides a clear sense of your scholarly and professional development via your education and your research activities and outcomes; your contributions to making your research more equitable and inclusive as a discipline through committee work, community engagement, social media, and advocacy.

Please only include the four sections (free form), as outlined by the CRC, in your CV:
A)

Education:
List your academic and professional experience, beginning with your most recent.

B)

Affiliation and employment:
List your affiliation and employment, beginning with your current or most recent position (academic, research, professional and industrial).

C)

Funding history:
List grants and contra