Tenure-Track/Tenured, Assistant Professors/Associate Professors/Professors

Job Description

McMaster University
– advancing human and societal health and well-being

McMaster University is located on the traditional territories of the Haudenosaunee and Mississauga
Nations and, within the lands protected by the Dish with One Spoon wampum agreement.

McMaster University is pleased to announce a cohort hiring initiative of up to twelve appointments
of emerging and established academics and scholars who will contribute to the advancement of Black
academic excellence across all six McMaster Faculties. McMaster seeks candidates whose scholarship
and scholarly work forefronts or contributes to any of the following disciplinary or
interdisciplinary areas of teaching and research:

DeGroote School of Business: All areas of business with preference given to AI, Business Analytics,
Socially responsible investing; Social entrepreneurship; Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion issues in
business

Faculty of Engineering: All areas of engineering, with an emphasis on the Faculty’s research
clusters: advanced manufacturing, digital and smart systems, energy, environment, health and
bio-innovation, infrastructure, micro-nano systems and transportation. For more information about
the opportunities available within the Faculty of Engineering,
please visit https://www.eng.mcmaster.ca/about/faculty-recruitment.

Faculty of Health Sciences: Areas of priority include computational genomics, bioinformatics and
immunometabolism; and clinical and/or population and/or public health research with a focus on
understanding determinants of health impacting access to health care, including screening,
prevention and education, for marginalized populations in Canada and globally. We are also looking
for an outstanding clinician who would focus on medical education and help lead the Department of
Medicine’s efforts to increase equity and diversity. The latter is not a tenure-track position and
is posted separately as posting #35401.

Faculty of Humanities: African Diaspora and/or Caribbean Literary and Cultural Studies; African and
Black Art; Post-Colonial Studies; Critical Race and/or Black Feminist Studies; Law as it relates to
race and racism; Linguistics: Syntax with an additional focus in morphology, semantics, and/or
sociolinguistics.

Faculty of Science: All areas of Science, but with preference for Epidemiology of Racism (e.g.,
biological expression of racism, embodiment of racial inequality, racial inequities as social
determinants of health); Racial inequality within the environment (environmental racism), and
social and physical geography of racism.

Faculty of Social Science: Migration and Mobility; Racial Inequality within social institutions
(e.g., health care, education, criminal justice system) and its implications on determinants of
health and prosperity (e.g., physical and mental health, educational, labour market outcomes) and
to various stratified social stations (e.g., care work); Local and Global Development Economics,
trade, and globalization; race and its impact in health, labour, education; Critical Race Studies;
Post Colonial Studies.

McMaster’s purpose is articulated as a dedication to advancing human and societal health and
well-being locally and globally, by promoting inclusive mindsets, collaborative learning,
innovative thinking, and seeking global impact. This cohort hiring initiative is in keeping with
McMaster’s vision to achieve international distinction for creativity, innovation, and excellence,
and to embody values of integrity, quality, inclusiveness and teamwork. It is also aligned with
ongoing transformative work being undertaken to ensure inclusive excellence in the recruitment and
retention of faculty that have been underrepresented across all academic disciplines, which is
articulated in McMaster’s EDI Strategy: Towards Inclusive Excellence and reinforced in the
President’s recent letter to t he community.

At McMaster, we collaborate across disciplines to solve some of the world’s toughest challenges,
working together to improve people’s lives and contribute to our global knowledge base. The
University is committed to maintaining its reputation for global impact and advancing the United
Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). McMaster invites scholars who will contribute to
McMaster’s broad strategic research priority areas, as articulated in the Brighter World Strategic
Research Plan, and who will support our purpose through creative, collaborative and
community-engaged scholarly activity.

Successful applicants must demonstrate a record or evidence of strong potential for excellence in
teaching, research and service and a willingness and ability to: (1) contribute actively to
undergraduate and graduate programs; (2) supervise masters and doctoral students; (3) establish
research collaborations across Departments within Faculties or across Faculties; and
(4) contribute to the University’s inclusive excellence goals and priorities. Consideration will be
given to promising applicants who hold a Ph.D., or are very near completion of a doctorate degree
by the time of the appointment.

Depending on areas of research focus, successful candidates may have opportunities to contribute to
the Global Peace and Social Justice Program (renamed Peace Studies Program) and the expansion of
the African & African Diaspora Studies Minor. Successful candidates may also have opportunities to
collaborate with the University Library to enhance significant archival holdings from the Canadian
Caribbean diaspora, particularly those of Louise Simone Bennett- Coverley (Miss Lou) and Austin
Clarke, as well as collections of both rare and contemporary books (e.g., Dr. Anthony Macfarlane
collection).

Commitment to Inclusive Excellence

The diversity of our workforce is at the core of McMaster’s innovation and creativity and
strengthens our research, teaching and service excellence. It is essential to engaging our diverse
student body and intellectual community. In keeping with its Statement on Building an Inclusive
Community with a Shared Purpose, McMaster University strives to embody the values of respect,
collaboration and diversity, and welcomes applicants who share our commitment to equity, diversity
and inclusive excellence.

For these positions, McMaster seeks qualified individuals who self-identify as persons of
Black/African descent and lived experience. Successful candidates will be joining a vibrant and
networked campus community of Black scholars, supported by the longstanding African and Caribbean
Faculty Association of McMaster (ACFAM) and local African and Caribbean associations within the
Hamilton region.

How to Apply:

Application materials must be submitted through the University’s electronic
portal:
workingatmcmaster.ca/careers/ (Job Opening #35333). Application materials must include:

• a letter of application together with a curriculum vitae, research statement, statement of
teaching interests and philosophy (including evidence of teaching effectiveness);
• a brief statement describing any contributions made or planned in relation to advancing
equity, diversity and inclusive excellence in teaching, research or service within higher
education, community-based or other profession settings, including lived experiences and
understandings of Black/African Diasporic peoples and cultures (2-page maximum). Applicants are
asked to indicate the Faculties in which they would like to be considered for a position.

Please note that letters of recommendation or references are not required at the time of
application – these will be solicited at later stages of the search process. Unsolicited letters
will not be reviewed until later stages of the search process.

All applicants are also asked to complete a brief Diversity Survey, which takes approximately two
minutes to complete. All questions are voluntary, with an option to decline to answer. All
information collected is confidential and will be used to support efforts to broaden the diversity
of the applicant pool and to promote a fair, equitable and inclusive talent acquisition process.

The Diversity Survey is accessible through the university application portal. Inquiries about the
Diversity Survey may be directed to hr.empequity@mcmaster.ca.

Job applicants requiring accommodation to participate in the hiring process should contact the
Employment Equity Specialist at hr.empequity@mcmaster.ca to communicate accommodation needs.

All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply; however, Canadian citizens and permanent
residents will be given priority for the position. To comply with the Government of Canada’s
reporting requirements, the University gathers information about applicants’ status as either a
permanent resident of Canada or Canadian citizen. Applicants need not identify country of origin or
current citizenship; however, all applications must include one of the following statements:

• Yes, I am a citizen or permanent resident of Canada
• No, I am not a citizen or permanent resident of Canada

McMaster University acknowledges that certain circumstances may cause career interruptions that
legitimately affect an applicant’s record of research achievement. We encourage applicants to note
in their applications whether they would like consideration given to the impact of any such
circumstances due to health, family, or other legitimate reasons in order to allow for a fair
assessment of their research productivity.

McMaster is committed to supporting candidates within a dual career household. Inquiries about
spousal/partner employment may be directed to the Office of the Provost & Vice President Academic
at provost@mcmaster.ca.

Review of applications will begin on January 4, 2021 and continue until the positions are filled.
Direct queries about the position to the Office of the Provost & Vice President Academic at
provost@mcmaster.ca.