Vice-provost, Indigenous Engagement - Saskatoon, Canada - University of Saskatchewan

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Vice-Provost, Indigenous Engagement:

The main campus of the University of Saskatchewan is on Treaty 6 Territory and the Homeland of the Métis._ _We pay our respect to the First Nations and Métis ancestors of this place and reaffirm our relationship with one another._

About the role

The Vice-Provost, Indigenous Engagement is a senior academic administrator with university-wide responsibilities, particular to the Provost and Vice-President, Academic's portfolio.

Serving as a member of the Provost's Leadership Team (PLT) and the university's Senior Leadership Forum (SLF), this position provides vision, leadership, and support to the university in all aspects of Indigenous engagement, with priority being areas of the Provost and Vice-President, Academic's portfolio.

The Vice-Provost works in concert with other senior leaders to advance the university's strategic directions and ensure the successful implementation of the
University Plan 2025, and the companion plan gifted to the university:
the
Indigenous Strategy Framework ohpahotân | oohpaahotaan.

In support of the University Plan 2025, the Vice-Provost, Indigenous Engagement is a champion for the
Indigenous Strategy Framework | ohpahotân | oohpaahotaan and will facilitate the expansion of opportunities for related institutional-level programs, stemming from the Provost and Vice-President, Academic's portfolio in particular.

The Vice-Provost, indigenous Engagement will collaborate on strategy and action plans that emerge from other areas across the university to ensure the appropriate policies and procedures exist to support the university's vision, University Plan 2025, and the
Indigenous Strategy Framework | ohpahotân | oohpaahotaan.

The Vice-Provost reports directly to the Provost and Vice-President, Academic and works closely with the Deputy Provost, acting as a leader of a support unit, responsible for matters involving the realization of the university's academic vision, mission, University Plan 2025, and the
Indigenous Strategy Framework ohpahotân | oohpaahotaan.

The Vice-Provost's portfolio intersects with all academic and support units across campuses (Saskatoon, Prince Albert) and university sites, and as such, close partnerships are required to support a holistic and sustainable research, teaching, and learning environment.

The university aspires to improved outcomes for First Nations, Inuit, Métis, and Indigenous Peoples at the university, and to track progress toward the university's
vision that "we will be an outstanding institution of research, learning, knowledge-keeping, reconciliation, and inclusion with and by Indigenous Peoples and communities.

" Key informing documents include:

Truth and Reconciliation Commission
final report and the Calls to Action, Reclaiming Power and Place
:The final report of the national inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls, and the
United Nation Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.

The Vice-Provost finds ways to encourage colleagues, faculty, and staff to participate in initiatives and activities that dismantle racism and discrimination in institutional structures, policies, and processes that contribute to inequities faced by Indigenous Peoples.

The Vice-Provost has a proven ability to successfully promote a working environment that appreciates new ideas and innovation, identifies process improvement, builds collaborations, and encourages teamwork that safeguards the cultures, integrity, and distinction of Canada's three Indigenous groups, Inuit, First Nations, and Métis, within university business and activities.

The Application Process

Status:
With Tenure

Employment Group:
Senior Administration

Full Time Equivalent (FTE): 1.0

Posted Date: 7/4/2023

Closing Date:
Until Filled