[ecrea] Canada Research Chair Tier 2 in Media & Cultural/Creative Industries, Department of Communication Studies, York University

Department of Communications Studies

Canada Research Chair (Tier 2) in Media & Cultural/Creative Industries

Posted: November 13, 2018

Deadline to Apply: December 31, 2018

The Department of Communication Studies at York University invites 
applications from outstanding early career scholars who specialize in 
Media & Cultural/Creative Industries to be nominated for a Tier 2 Canada 
Research Chair (CRC). The successful CRC is expected to have the 
necessary qualifications to be appointed as a professorial tenure-track 
or tenured professor at the Assistant or Associate level. The start date 
for this position is July 1, 2019 or as soon as possible thereafter. The 
successful candidate must have a PhD in Communications or a related 
discipline: applications are welcome from any subfield, with a 
preference for those with a specialization in Communications and Digital 
Media. The ideal candidate will be an excellent emerging world-class 
researcher with demonstrated potential for international recognition in 
his/her field integrating a pioneering approach to the study of the 
political and social benefits of research. The successful candidate will 
have demonstrated potential for excellence in the study of how to build, 
and engage in, collaborative research initiatives to address media and 
cultural/creative industries with an emphasis on digital cultures. The 
successful candidate will have demonstrated excellence or promise of 
excellence in teaching and scholarly research with a strong record of 
theoretical innovation. Preference will be given to those successful in 
obtaining peer-reviewed external research funding and with experience 
supervising graduate students and postdoctoral fellows and/or the 
potential to attract, develop, and retain excellent students and future 
researchers, while contributing to curricular development in her/his 
area of specialization, and participate actively in the graduate 
program. The successful applicant shall be eligible for prompt 
appointment to the Faculty of Graduate Studies. Pedagogical innovation 
in high priority areas such as experiential education and technology 
enhanced learning is preferred.

The Canada Research Chairs (CRC) program seeks to attract outstanding 
researchers for careers at Canadian universities. Tier 2 Chairs are 
intended for exceptional emerging scholars (i.e., who, at the time of 
nomination, are within 10 years of attaining their highest degree, with 
consideration for career breaks) who have the acknowledged potential to 
lead their field of research. Appointment to a Tier 2 Chair is for five 
years, is renewable once, and comes with enhanced research support from 
the program. Applicants who are more than 10 years from their highest 
degree (and where career breaks exist, including maternity leave, 
extended sick leave, clinical training, etc.) may have their eligibility 
for a Tier 2 Canada Research Chair assessed through the program’s Tier 2 
justification process. Please see the CRC website 
(http://www.chairs-chaires.gc.ca/) for further eligibility details.

As a research Chair, a CRC is expected to develop research linkages 
within and beyond York. In the case of this Chair, productive research 
trajectories may include collaborations with scholars across the Faculty 
of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies, as well as a number of York’s 
Research Centres and Institutes 
(www.yorku.ca/research/about/centres.html), for example: Sensorium, 
York’s Centre for Digital Arts and Technology , BRAIN, analysis and 
visualization of big data, VISTA, the Institute for Research on 
Innovation and Sustainability, the Robarts Centre for Canadian Studies, 
and the York Centre for Asian Research.

The deadline for applications is December 31, 2018. Salary will be 
commensurate with qualifications and experience. All York University 
positions are subject to budgetary approval.

Candidates should submit a signed letter of application, an up-to-date 
curriculum vitae, a teaching dossier, a research and research leadership 
plan, and a sample publication, and arrange to have three signed letters 
of reference sent directly to:

Professor Anne MacLennan,

Chair Department of Communications

Office: 3019 Victor Phillip Dahdaleh Building

Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies

York University

4700 Keele Street

Toronto, Ontario, Canada,

M3J 1P3 Email: (amaclenn /at/ yorku.ca) – (Subject line: “CRC Tier 2”)

York University has a policy on Accommodation in Employment for Persons 
with Disabilities and is committed to working towards a barrier-free 
workplace and to expanding the accessibility of the workplace to persons 
with disabilities. If you require accommodation at any time during the 
hiring process, please contact Dr. MacLennan, Chair, Department of 
Communication Studies at (comchair /at/ yorku.ca) <mailto:(comchair /at/ yorku.ca)>.

For this nomination, we are particularly interested in candidates with 
diverse backgrounds and especially encourage candidates in equity, 
diversity and inclusion categories, including members of the four 
designated groups (women, members of visible minorities (racialized 
groups), Indigenous peoples and persons with disabilities) to apply. 
York acknowledges 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 explain in 
their application the impact that career interruptions may have had on 
their record of research achievement; this will be taken into careful 
consideration during the assessment process.

York University is an Affirmative Action (AA) employer and strongly 
values diversity, including gender and sexual diversity, within its 
community. The AA Program, which applies to Aboriginal people, visible 
minorities, people with disabilities, and women, can be found at 
http://acadjobs.info.yorku.ca/ or by calling the AA office at 
416-736-5713. All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, 
Canadian citizens, Permanent Residents, and Indigenous people in Canada 
will be given priority. 3 Applicants wishing to self-identify can do so 
by downloading, completing and submitting the forms found at: 
http://acadjobs.info.yorku.ca/. Please select the Affirmative Action tab 
under which forms pertaining to Citizenship and AA can be found. The 
Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies (LA&PS) brings together 
internationally recognized research, a devotion to effective teaching, 
and a commitment to diversity, equity and social justice. The range, 
global sensitivity and intensity of disciplinary and interdisciplinary 
degree programs are mirrored by the diversity and engagement of its 
professors and students. Within its 21 academic units, LA&PS provides a 
compelling learning experience for more than 23,000 undergraduate and 
1,800 graduate students. Become part of LA&PS – Canada’s most 
comprehensive group of academic programs and researchers in social 
sciences, humanities and related professional fields.

LA&PS Communication Studies Department Background

The Department of Communication Studies offers students an 
interdisciplinary and dynamic milieu where they can develop 
comprehensive and critical awareness of diverse communication and media 
environments. Our approach to communication emphasizes the questioning 
and analyzing of media and technology in their relationship to social 
and cultural practices and the circulation of ideas and values.

The research interests of our faculty reflect our diversity and 
excellence as a Department. Our faculty engage with communications from 
diverse vantage points ranging from media policy, politics and power, 
international development and gender and identity. These faculty 
interests are reflected in our comprehensive curriculum which ranges 
from traditional forms of mass communication to mobile technologies, web 
2.0 and nanotechnology. Our courses encompass three thematic areas that 
include: Media, Culture and Society, Politics and Policy, & Critical 
Technology Studies. The Department’s Graduate Program, the Joint 
Ryerson-York Program in Communication & Culture, spans two universities, 
five faculties at York University and includes almost 150 faculty members.

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