Assistant Professor / Associate Professor / Professor

The School of Business and Economics (SoBE) at Thompson Rivers University (TRU) is committed to inclusivity and moving decisively with our Indigenizing initiatives. The Department of Economics welcomes applications for a tenure-track position in the broad area of Indigenous Economics and Sustainability. Fields of interest may include Community Economic Development, Ecological Economics, Environmental Economics, Natural Resource Economics, etc. The appointment may be in either the research, teaching and service (tripartite) stream or in the teaching and service (bipartite) stream, and the rank is open and may be at the assistant, associate or professor level. The preferred starting date is July 1, 2022.

In addition to teaching undergraduate courses in areas such as Indigenous economics, the successful candidate will teach graduate courses within the Department's Masters-level programs in Environmental Economics and Management. The Department has a strong interest in candidates with cross-disciplinary or interdisciplinary capabilities. Further, building on the diversity already present in our faculty complement, providing Indigenous leadership and guidance is especially desirable. The service responsibilities of the successful candidate will balance internal service within the University with external and community commitments associated with the position.

The new SoBE Indigenous scholars will become part of a very active and engaged Indigenous community at Thompson Rivers University. To learn more about TRU's Indigenous community, please visit: https://www.tru.ca/indigenous.html.

Diverse Career Paths and Support:
The creation of knowledge and broadening of influence can take many forms and can be measured according to a variety of scholarly and/or professional standards, including through the diverse modes of communication and ways of knowledge of Indigenous Peoples. Consequently, the Department recognizes excellence across a broad spectrum of professional and research practices and outputs. Further, the Department of Economics and the School of Business and Economics are committed to the professional development of faculty members in the pursuit of their diverse career paths, which may for example include various forms of support for those pursuing or seeking to pursue a PhD degree.

About the Department of Economics
The Department of Economics is one of five departments in the School of Business and Economics (SoBE). We are a supportive and collegial team, with sixteen full-time faculty members. The Department offers a wide range of programs including:

• A Master of Science in Environmental Economics and a Management and Master of Environmental Economics
• Majors in Economics within both the Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) and Bachelor of Arts (BA) degrees.
• Post Baccalaureate Diplomas in Economics and in Economics and Political Science
• Minors in Economics and in Environmental Economics and Sustainable Development

In addition, we deliver core courses to all BBA, post baccalaureate and graduate students.

About the School of Business and Economics
With over 3000 on-campus students, the School of Business and Economics is the largest business school in the interior of British Columbia, offering undergraduate, post baccalaureate and graduate programs in business and economics including Master of Business Administration (MBA), Master in Environmental Economics and Management (MEEM), Master of Science in Environmental Economics and Management (MScEEM). SoBE is also Thompson Rivers University's largest faculty. What makes SoBE unique is that, even with its size, it maintains a collaborative environment, with support provided to assist professors with both research and teaching.

About Thompson Rivers University
With over 25,000 on-campus and online students and more than 100 undergraduate and graduate programs in eight diverse faculties, TRU celebrates academic excellence and excels at providing exceptional experiential learning opportunities. TRU delivers graduate and undergraduate programs in Business, Law, Nursing, Education and Social Work, Arts and Science. Our students and faculty reflect the local, national and global community. TRU provides a rich and engaging student-centred environment where students and faculty know each other by name. TRU strives to create inclusive and rewarding student experiences, both on and off campus.

What TRU Offers
TRU offers competitive salary, benefits and a defined benefit pension plan, personal development funds and sabbaticals outlined by the TRUFA collective agreement. SoBE and TRU provide researchers the opportunity to apply to a variety of research funding sources available. TRU's classes and offices are located on a spectacular campus with panoramic views of the Thompson Rivers and surrounding mountains. Nestled between hiking trails of Kenna Cartwright Park and within walking distance of downtown, TRU offers a country in the city feeling that is unlike any other university.

Welcome to the BC Interior
Thompson Rivers University is located in Kamloops, British Columbia. Life in the sunny interior of British Columbia provides immediate access to some of the most incredible outdoor experiences Canada has to offer ranging from winter sports at Sun Peaks, to some of Canada's best mountain biking and hiking trails, walking distance from TRU. Located between the coastal and rocky mountains, Kamloops is within a 30 minute from hundreds of beautiful freshwater lakes, and only three and a half hours from Vancouver. With a relatively mild winter and spectacularly warm and dry summers, Kamloops offers a high quality of life. While the city is still small with less than 100,000 inhabitants, it is served by an airport, a hospital, a university, a WHL hockey team and yet still maintains a small-town feel where one rarely commutes longer than 10 minutes. It is a safe community to raise a family and maintains reasonable housing prices. To learn more about living in Kamloops and Thompson Rivers University please visit our Web Site. https://www.tru.ca/careers/living-kamloops.htmlApplicants should have an appropriate mix of academic, community and professional credentials and experience. While an earned doctorate in Economics or a related disciplinary or interdisciplinary field is the norm in the Department, we also welcome highly qualified applicants with greater emphasis on community and/or professional accomplishments and connections. Life-experience working within Indigenous communities is a requirement. Post-secondary teaching experience is also valuable when combined with evidence of strong teaching skills.

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