Hello everyone,

The Faculty of Environmental Studies & Urban Change at York University
in Toronto just posted a new Assistant/Associate Position in Planning
in: 1) Land and economic development OR (2) Mobilities and critical
urban infrastructure. This is a full-time professorial stream,
tenured/tenure track position.



Please help us circulate widely the link to the Job Posting. The Text
Version is below. If you are considering applying and have any
questions, please feel free to contact me. I’ll be happy to talk.



All best,



Luisa



Luisa Sotomayor, PhD, MCIP, RPP

Associate Professor/ Planning Program Coordinator

Faculty of Environmental & Urban Change

York University

HNES Building | Room 226| 4700 Keele Street
Toronto | ON | Canada | M3J 1P3
Tel 416.736.2100 X 22109





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Position Rank: Full Time Professorial Stream - Assistant/Associate Professor

Discipline/Field: Planning

Home Faculty: Environmental and Urban Change

Home Department/Area/Division: Environmental and Urban Change

Affiliation/Union: YUFA

Position Start Date: July 1, 2022



Faculty of Environmental and Urban Change



The Faculty of Environmental and Urban Change (EUC), York University,
invites highly qualified candidates across career stages to apply for
a professorial stream tenured or tenure-track appointment in Planning
at an Assistant or Associate Professor level, to commence July 1,
2022. Salary will be commensurate with qualifications and experience.
All York University positions are subject to budgetary approval.



This position is open to qualified individuals who self-identify as
Black peoples of African Descent (for example Africans and African
heritage people from the Caribbean, Americas, Europe). The position is
part of a cohort of Designated Black Faculty Hiring program across
York University, which recognizes the underrepresentation of Black
faculty, supports the University’s Affirmative Action program and is
based on the special program provisions of the Ontario Human Rights
Code. The successful candidate will be joining a vibrant scholarly
community at York, where we aspire to achieve equity and diversity in
all areas, including race equity.



Candidates will hold a PhD (or a PhD completed by the start of the
appointment) in Planning or a related field. We are seeking candidates
who work at the intersection of either:



(i) Land and economic development (for example, political economies of
land rent, Indigenous land rights, real estate, public finance,
alternative forms of economic development, regional or local economic
development planning, community development finance, community land
trusts);



or (ii) Mobilities and critical urban infrastructure (for example,
critical research on transportation, active mobilities, digital
technology networks, big data and ‘smart city’ analytics).



Demonstrated research or teaching interests that consider the
relationships between race, ethnicity, class, disability, gender,
sexuality, and planning (from a local or global perspective) would be
an asset. To support planning education in our Faculty, candidates who
hold an accredited professional degree are preferred, or they must
seek accreditation within a mutually agreed reasonable amount of time
after the acceptance of the job offer.



The successful candidate will be expected to engage in outstanding,
innovative, and, as appropriate, externally funded research at the
highest level. Candidates must provide evidence of research excellence
or promise of research excellence of a recognized international
calibre as demonstrated in: the research statement; a record of
publications (or forthcoming publications) with significant journals
in the field; knowledge mobilization and community engagement;
presentations at major conferences; awards and accolades; and strong
recommendations from referees of high standing. The successful
candidate will exhibit strong capacity and potential for outstanding
teaching contributions at the graduate level. The successful candidate
will also contribute to undergraduate teaching within the EUC,
emphasizing a planning informed curriculum, focusing on cities,
regions and sustainable development, among others. The successful
candidate will commit to academic and pedagogical excellence,
including attention to equity and diversity.



The position will involve graduate teaching and supervision and the
successful candidate must be suitable for prompt appointment to the
Faculty of Graduate Studies. Evidence of excellence or promise of
excellence in teaching will be provided through: the teaching
statement; teaching accomplishments and pedagogical innovations
including in high priority areas such as experiential education and
technology enhanced learning; teaching evaluations; and strong letters
of reference.  Experience with experiential education (which may
include community-based inquiry, production and dissemination), and
the ability to teach and contribute to build planning skills in both
the Faculty’s graduate and undergraduate programs is expected.
Finally, the successful candidate will be required to make substantive
contributions through service to the Faculty.



The Faculty of Environmental and Urban Change at York University
explicitly addresses the distinct, yet interconnected, challenges of
environmental change and urbanization, with a focus on innovating
diverse transitions to a sustainable and just future. EUC champions
interdisciplinarity through curricular programs and scholarship;
emphasizes field-based and experiential learning to enhance
understanding of biophysical processes and social potentials; embraces
global perspectives so that this understanding is derived from a broad
range of places; and pursues community-engaged endeavours to generate
meaningful scholarship and to train active citizens, innovators and
leaders.  As a community, we believe that making positive change
requires bold and diverse thinking, ambitious action, and community
engagement.  We are inclusive and devoted to making the world a better
place for all. EUC is currently home to five undergraduate programs
leading to BES, BA, and BSc degrees, Master’s programs in
Environmental Studies (MES and MES/JD), Geography (MA and MSc) and
Planning (MES); and PhD programs in Environmental Studies and
Geography; as well as a number of programs with certificates and
diplomas.  See https://euc.yorku.ca/programs/.



York is a leading international teaching and research university, and
a driving force for positive change. Empowered by a welcoming and
diverse community with a uniquely global perspective, we are preparing
our students for their long-term careers and personal success.
Together, we can make things right for our communities, our planet and
our future.



York University is located in Toronto, in the heart of a rapidly
growing and profoundly diverse city-region. The city, which has
historically been a place of planning and governance innovation,
remains a site of contestation over planning policy and
experimentation at the forefront of both technological advance and
progressive planning debates and action.



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.  Candidates who require
accommodation during the selection process are invited to contact the
Search Committee at: [log in to unmask]



This position is open to qualified individuals who self-identify as
Black peoples of African Descent (for example Africans and African
heritage people from the Caribbean, Americas, Europe). York University
is an Affirmative Action (AA) employer and strongly values diversity,
including gender and sexual diversity, within its community. York
University encourages Black peoples to self-identify as a member of
one or more of the four designated groups: women, members of visible
minorities (racialized groups), Aboriginal (Indigenous) people and
persons with disabilities.  The Affirmative Action program can be
found at www.yorku.ca/acadjobs  or by calling the AA line at
416-736-5713. Applicants wishing to self-identify as part of York
University’s Affirmative Action program can do so by downloading,
completing and submitting the form found at:
http://acadjobs.info.yorku.ca/affirmative-action/self-identification-form.
All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadian
citizens, permanent residents and Indigenous peoples in Canada will be
given priority. No application will be considered without a completed
mandatory Work Status Declaration form which can be found at
http://acadjobs.info.yorku.ca/affirmative-action/work-authorization-form.



We invite suitable candidates to submit the following:



a cover letter outlining their qualifications (including statements of
research and teaching interests) for the position as described above.
a curriculum vitae;
York University’s self-identification form, which can be found at
https://acadjobs.info.yorku.ca/affirmative-action/self-identification-form/
a sample of publications (a maximum of two);
letters from three referees with knowledge of their work and/or
recognized expertise (at least two of the references must be academic)
must be sent to [log in to unmask] by November 22, 2021.



Applications will be accepted until the position is filled. The review
of applications will begin on November 15, 2021. Materials should be
sent electronically to [log in to unmask]



Lisa Dennis

Secretary, Planning Hiring Committee

Faculty of Environmental and Urban Change

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