The Community, Culture and Global Studies department of the Irving K. Barber Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at UBC Okanagan requires sessional instructor(s) to teach the following courses in Terms 1 and 2 Winter Sessions 2022.

 

Overview of the contemporary socio-economic, political, cultural, and environmental characteristics of the Indigenous peoples of the Americas.

 

Examines Indigenous women’s feminist activisms and theory in historical and contemporary contexts. Emphasizing resistance against colonization, dispossession, violence and ecological destruction as well as development of strategies and models based on Indigenous concepts and consciousness. Emphasizes relationship building and empowerment between Indigenous women beyond borders.

 

Development of skills in the perception and transcription of speech sounds in endangered languages, focusing on the diversity within BC Indigenous languages. Capacity-building techniques for digital recording, editing, analysis, and archiving; guided by community-based ethical protocols and conservation/revitalization goals. Restricted to students in the Bachelor of Nsyilxcn Language Fluency program.

 

Numeracy and math frameworks from a Syilx perspective towards increased proficiency in functional numeracy. The language of instruction is Nsyilxcn. Restricted to students in the Bachelor of Nsyilxcn Language Fluency program.

 

TERM 2 (January 1, 2023 – April 30, 2023)  INLG 282 – Structures of Endangered Languages: Conservation and Revitalization

Documentation, transcription and analysis of grammatical structures in endangered languages, focusing on the diversity within BC Indigenous languages. Applied techniques in documentation, workflow and multi-media digital annotation, guided by community-based ethical protocols and conservation/revitalization goals.

 

Applicants with a PhD in the related discipline, and relevant research and post-secondary teaching experience are preferred. For the INLG 281 and INLG 282 courses applicants with experience with Salishan languages are particularly encouraged to apply.  Interested applicants should forward a Curriculum vitae and three names of referees, plus recent teaching evaluations (if available) to Tess Lea, via Alicia Head at alicia.head@ubc.ca.  Please send application documents in electronic format using WORD or PDF files. The deadline for applications is July 31, 2022.

 

All positions are subject to funding and enrollment.

 

Applications sent by mail, please address to:

 

Alicia Head, Department Assistant

Community, Culture and Global Studies

University of British Columbia Okanagan

ART 270

1147 Research Road

Kelowna, BC Canada V1V 1V7

 

Phone:  250 807-8102

 

For more information regarding the positions, please contact Dr. Tess Lea at tess.lea@ubc.ca.

 

Equity and diversity are essential to academic excellence. An open and diverse community fosters the inclusion of voices that have been underrepresented or discouraged. We encourage applications from members of groups that have been marginalized on any grounds enumerated under the B.C. Human Rights Code, including sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, racialization, disability, political belief, religion, marital or family status, age, and/or status as a First Nation, Metis, Inuit, or Indigenous person.