Assistant Professor in Fisheries and Indigenous Food Sovereignty
The Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries (IOF; oceans.ubc.ca) in the Faculty of Science at the University of British Columbia (UBC) seeks an emerging Indigenous scholar in Fisheries and Indigenous Food Sovereignty for a Tier II Canada Research Chair (CRC). The candidate should have lived experience and training in the realms of: Indigenous food sovereignty; nutrition, health, and wellbeing; Indigenous aquaculture or mariculture (especially of non-finfish species, such as molluscs, crustaceans, marine mammals, plants); coastal and/or inland harvesting; aquatic conservation; climate change adaptation; Indigenous research methodologies; and, critically, Indigenous fisheries rights and governance. Preference will be given to candidates working to uphold obligations and responsibilities to the Peoples on whose territories UBC campuses and facilities now sit, including the Musqueam and Syilx.
Organization
University of British Columbia
Opportunity Type
Job
Key Dates
Feb 1, 2024