Salish Weave Chair in Indigenous Arts Practices and Pedagogies
Simon Fraser University
The Organization: Simon Fraser University
The Faculty of Education, Simon Fraser University, is seeking to hire the inaugural holder of a newly created Endowed Chair in Indigenous Arts Practices and Pedagogies. Situated on unceded and traditional Coast Salish territories, the Faculty intends the Chair to support the resurgence, and ongoing thriving, of Salish arts through education and the enactment of Indigenous arts as knowledge practices. This Opportunity Profile provides background on the institutional context, the founding vision for the Chair, and the capacities and responsibilities required of a successful candidate. Applicants may be considered for a full-time teaching, practitioner or research faculty position, depending on qualifications, experience, and their proposed program for their work as Chair.
The Role: Salish Weave Chair in Indigenous Arts Practices and Pedagogies
The ideal candidate will possess the following qualifications and experience:
The successful candidate will have demonstrated strength and practice in Indigenous arts, education, and knowledges, and in Indigeneity and Indigenous community engagement. In the case of a tenure-track appointment, a scholarly track record of research excellence (which may include creative practices) is required. As well, this person will have demonstrated their potential for creating strong collaborations with Salish artists, their families and communities within the term of the Chair to further an innovative and high-quality research, teaching and/or art practices program, including the translation, activation and animation of knowledge in dialogue with Indigenous communities and knowledge holders.
The Faculty of Education recognizes and values scholarship in the fine and performing arts and its multiple forms of inquiry, research creation and making, including (but not limited to) performances, installations, exhibits and a variety of writing genres such as poetry, novel, creative nonfiction, memoir, and/or other forms that further and promote our understanding of arts scholarship.
Compensation
Faculty salaries at SFU are based on the salary scales bargained between the University and the SFU Faculty Association.
Tenure-track/tenured or Practitioner position: A reasonable estimate of the salary range for a tenure-track or practitioner faculty position at the rank of Assistant Professor is $104,700 to $133,322. Candidates with experience commensurate with higher ranks may also be considered for appointment at the Associate Professor rank. A reasonable estimate of the salary range for a tenure-track/tenured or practitioner faculty position at the rank of Associate Professor is $130,142 to $155,584. PhD candidates with a solid indication of imminent completion may be hired at the rank of Instructor and will be promoted to the rank of Assistant Professor upon completion of the PhD. A reasonable estimate of the salary if the successful candidate will be starting as an Instructor is $98,340.
Teaching faculty position:
Reasonable estimates of the salary ranges are $98,340 to $114,241 for a Lecturer and $111,061 to $142,863 for a Senior Lecturer.
To access the most up-to-date salary scales, please refer to the Faculty Relations website here.
Applications received by September 4, 2026 will be given full consideration. Applications received after this date may be considered until the position is filled.
The complete opportunity profile can be viewed: Here
Contact: Laurie Sterritt
Pathways Executive Search
Phone: (778) 838-4569