Assistant or Associate Professor, Tenure Track

University of Victoria

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The School of Child and Youth Care (SCYC):
The School of Child and Youth Care (SCYC) will be joining the Faculty of Education in May 2025. SCYC is a vibrant and diverse academic unit dedicated to supporting child, youth, family, and community wellbeing through relevant, cutting-edge research and interdisciplinary scholarship; effective advocacy and leadership; high quality and innovative teaching; a strong and dedicated focus on practice; and a commitment to social justice in local, national and international contexts. We are committed to addressing the most pressing issues facing children, youth, and families today; we value and welcome theoretical frameworks and practice traditions that challenge exclusionary constructions of children, youth families, and communities. Student learning is a top priority; we recognize the importance of creating a culture of learning, mutual respect, and accountability that reflect the values of our field.

SCYC offers an undergraduate Bachelor of Child and Youth Care (BCYC) degree and graduate MA and PhD degrees in Child, Youth, Family and Community Studies. The BCYC undergraduate degree prepares students to work with children, youth, families, and communities in a wide range of practice settings (e.g., early childhood care and education; residential care; family support; parent education; youth justice; recreation; school-based child, youth, and family counselling; community mental health; child welfare; and child protection). Graduate programs prepare students to work as advanced practitioners, academics and leaders in human service organizations post-secondary institutions and community and government agencies and as researchers, trainers, policy leaders, consultants, administrators, and educators.

The faculty in SCYC has a history of receiving significant research and curriculum development grants and contracts, and leads and collaborates on local, national, and global projects. Faculty members in the SCYC come from a variety of disciplines including child and youth care; clinical and counseling psychology; sociology; education; political science; Indigenous studies; health and human services; anthropology of childhood; child and family studies; occupational science; and social work.

We seek candidates with a demonstrated commitment to implementing social justice, anti-racist, anti-oppressive, and decolonizing approaches in research, practice, and education. We are particularly interested in candidates whose scholarship and teaching integrate critical theoretical frameworks (e.g., intersectionality theory, critical race theory, critical gender and sexuality studies, queer theory, critical disability studies, Indigenous studies and Indigenous ways of knowing, environmental studies, etc.).


Assistant or Associate Professor (Tenure Track)

The School of Child and Youth Care (SCYC) invites applications from talented scholars for a tenure track position at the rank of Assistant or Associate Professor to commence on January 1, 2026.

The candidate's qualifications, experience and overall market demand will determine a candidate’s final salary offer. The salary for this position includes a competitive salary range of $105,000 - $130,000 at the Assistant rank or $117,000 - $145,000 at the Associate rank. UVic is committed to offering an equitable and competitive salary, inclusive of a generous benefits package, eligible leaves and pension plan.

Job Requirements include:
• A research-focused doctoral degree.
• Diverse scholarly expertise in child, youth, family, and community studies, with an intersectional lens.
• Demonstrate potential for research excellence and scholarship, with historically underserved communities and families. Areas of interest include one or more of the following fields of study:
o A critical orientation to early years practices/approaches and systems of care.
o Critical disability studies.
• Demonstrated potential to develop a funded research program in one or more of the above priority areas for the School of Child and Youth Care.
• Evidence of research achievements (publications, presentations, works in progress, etc.) which may include non-traditional outputs such as policy papers or community collaborations.
• Demonstrated applied experience and/or practice with diverse children, youth, parents/caregivers, families and/or communities.
• Demonstrated capacity or potential to develop and teach practice-based and theoretical courses at the undergraduate, masters, and doctoral levels.
• Evidence of effective teaching and mentoring of a diverse cohort of undergraduate and/or graduate students (course evaluation data, testimonials, courses taken, and other forms of documentation).
• Competence in using varied and innovative teaching modalities, including distance and distributed learning, on-campus teaching, and experiential learning (practicum, community-based, land-based, graduate supervision).
• Capacity and commitment to foster equitable learning outcomes for students facing systemic barriers to postsecondary education such as racism, ableism, classism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia, xenophobia, and/or immigration status.
• Successful applicants will be able to articulate a commitment to the key University of Victoria initiatives, including the Indigenous Plan and Equity Plan; to demonstrate a commitment to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, The Scarborough Charter, and The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People; and to contribute to a workplace that promotes respect, accountability, inclusion, equity, and diversity.


Contact Information and Application Requirements:
To be considered, please send a cover letter that addresses the full scope of the job requirements (see above), along with a curriculum vitae, a sample of scholarly writing, a teaching dossier, and contact information for three references. To be considered, all application materials should be sent via email to the Director of the School of Child and Youth Care, University of Victoria, scycdir@uvic.ca by April 14, 2025

Equity Statement:
Please note that reference checks will be done, and background checks, including credential and degree verification, may be undertaken as part of this recruitment process.

UVic is committed to upholding the values of equity, diversity, inclusion and human rights in our living, learning and work environments. In pursuit of our values, we seek members who are eager to actively participate in that shared responsibility. We actively encourage applications from members of historically and systemically marginalized groups. Read our full equity statement.


The University acknowledges the potential impact that career interruptions can have on a candidate’s record of research achievement. We encourage applicants to explain in their application the impact that career interruptions have had on their record.

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