Tenure-track faculty in Communication Design
Emily Carr University of Art + Design invites applications for one (1) full‐time tenure-track faculty position at the rank of Assistant or Associate Professor in Communication Design within the Faculty of Design and Dynamic Media (DDM).
- Teaching core and elective studio courses in the Communication Design curriculum.
- Teaching and mentoring students across multiple year levels at the undergraduate and/or graduate level.
- Active participation in curriculum and program development and planning.
- Providing service to the Faculty and university-wide governance systems by participation in various committees and working groups, as well as being an active and engaged member of the University community.
- An active research, scholarly, and/or creative practice.
Emily Carr University of Art + Design invites applications for one (1) full‐time tenure-track faculty position at the rank of Assistant or Associate Professor in Communication Design within the Faculty of Design and Dynamic Media (DDM).
Situated on unceded, traditional and ancestral xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwxwú7mesh Úxwumixw (Squamish), and səḻ ilw̓ətaʔɬ (Tsleil‐Waututh) territories in Vancouver, Canada, Emily Carr University is a world‐renowned learning and research community dedicated to the education of artists and designers.
The Bachelor of Design in Communication Design, situated in the Ian Gillespie Faculty of Design and Dynamic Media (DDM), focuses on developing critically engaged and contextually aware design work. Communication Design practices are multi-layered and interwoven to create many ways and means of communicating. They can include: modes of communication and discourse, production and material practices, and critical and political approaches. Design at Emily Carr University responds to and engages the world around us, focusing on creating compelling messaging, narratives and experiences grounded in the ecological, political and socio-technical contexts of contemporary societies. All majors in the DDM Faculty share values and goals in areas of collaboration, sustainability, interdisciplinarity, critical engagement with technology, new research methods, new approaches to design, and the making of imaginative and provocative work.
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- Teaching core and elective studio courses in the Communication Design curriculum.
- Teaching and mentoring students across multiple year levels at the undergraduate and/or graduate level.
- Active participation in curriculum and program development and planning.
- Providing service to the Faculty and university-wide governance systems by participation in various committees and working groups, as well as being an active and engaged member of the University community.
- An active research, scholarly, and/or creative practice.
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- MDes or equivalent graduate degree in a related field, or the equivalent combination of education and professional experience.
- Teaching experience at university or post‐secondary level in a related subject area.
- A strong portfolio of work in communication design.
- The ability to teach a range of practice-based studio courses at the intersection between design research, practice and theory.
- Demonstrated commitment to anti-racist decolonial pedagogies, including evidence of teaching effectiveness in multicultural and multilingual classrooms, and the ability to apply anti-racist and decolonized methodologies within studio pedagogy, curriculum development, and one’s research praxis.
- Evidence of work in advancing decolonization, Indigenization, and equity in institutional settings.
- Strong communication and facilitation skills.
- The ability to work collaboratively and across disciplines.
- Design for social and/or ecological justice, equity, diversity and inclusion.
- Collaborative and decolonial approaches to practice and pedagogy.
- Emergent technology, digital media, motion, spatial and/or experiential design practice.
- Design for accessibility, healthcare and/or public sectors.
- Participatory design, co-creation, community engagement and grass-roots approaches to practice.
- Alternative, hybrid, and/or narrative approaches to communication design and media.
Emily Carr University of Art + Design, established in 1925, is a world leader in education and research. Encouraging experimentation at the intersection of art, design, media and technology, our teaching and learning community merges studio practice, research creation, and critical scholarship in an interdisciplinary and collaborative environment. Alumni and faculty are internationally recognized as award‐winning creators and thought leaders who have significant impact in 21st‐century cultural production and cultural sustainability. We engage students, industry, and society to iterate and explore, and think differently about creativity and how it shapes our world.
Emily Carr University especially invites those who have demonstrated a commitment to upholding the values of equity, diversity, and inclusion and will assist us to expand our capacity for diversity in the broadest sense. In addition, to correct the conditions of disadvantage in employment in Canada, we encourage applications from members of groups that have been historically disadvantaged and marginalized, including First Nations, Metis and Inuit peoples, Indigenous peoples of North America, racialized persons, persons with disabilities, and those who identify as women and/or 2SLGBTQ+.
We acknowledge the potential impact that career interruptions (e.g. maternity leave, leave due to illness, etc.) can have on a candidate’s record of research achievement. Applicants are encouraged to identify in their application the impact that career interruptions may have had on their record of practice and research achievement; this will be taken into careful consideration during the assessment process.
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- a cover letter;
- a current curriculum vitae;
- a statement of pedagogy and up to 3 samples of syllabi, assignments, and evidence of teaching effectiveness;
- a statement of research;
- a statement on the candidate’s contributions to EDI, regardless of personal characteristics, describing any professional skills, community experience, or willingness to engage in activities that advance institutional diversity and equity in teaching, research, and service;
- supporting materials including an online portfolio of recent work; and
- the names and contact information of three referees.