[acc-cca-l] Sessional instructor in Visual Media at Lakehead Orillia

[Sandra Jeppesen]

[△EXTERNAL]


Hi all,
The deadline has been extended and we are seeking applications for the following position. Please encourage any upper-year PhD students to apply.
All the best,
Sandra Jeppesen

Media, Film, and Communications Program,
Department of interdisciplinary Studies, Lakehead University Orillia
Contract Lecturer Position: MDST 1030 WAO Introduction to Visual Media

Date Posted:  July 18, 2024
Application Deadline:  until filled

Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities; Department of Interdisciplinary Studies; Media, Film, and Communications Program

Lakehead University, Orillia Campus, invites applications for a Contract Lecturer in the Media, Film, and Communications Program housed within the Department of Interdisciplinary Studies. Applications are requested to teach:

MDST 1030 WAO – Introduction to Visual Media (Winter term)
 (Monday and Wednesday 1:00 – 2:30 pm)
An introduction to the critical analysis of visual media. Topics include: ideologies and issues of power in visual representation with an emphasis on race, ethnicity, class, gender, sexuality, disability and age, from a social justice perspective. Students will analyze new media, photography, advertising, film, video and TV news, as well as intermedia, multimedia and re-mediated visual texts, to investigate visual media in relation to society, culture and the arts.

Start Date/Duration:          Winter term: January 1 – April 30, 2025

Please note:  This schedule is tentative and subject to change.  Instructors should refer to the online timetable prior to the start of classes.

Location:      Orillia
                       Note:  no travel allowance shall be payable
NOTE:  all courses are delivered on campus unless otherwise noted.

Qualifications Preferred:  PhD in Media Studies, Communication Studies, or closely related field, with experience teaching at the post-secondary level.   Candidates lacking the specific degree qualification, but who possess an appropriate combination of experience and other academic qualifications are also encouraged to apply. Experience with experiential learning and online, hybrid, or alternative modes of delivery is highly desired.

Lakehead is a comprehensive university with a reputation for innovative programs and cutting-edge research.

Lakehead University Orillia<https://www.orillia.ca/en/index.aspx> is on the traditional territory of the Anishinaabeg, and Rama First Nation. Lakehead University acknowledges the history that many nations hold in the areas around our campuses and is committed to a relationship with Métis and Inuit and First Nations peoples.

We are located approximately 125 km north of Toronto.

Lakehead has approximately 10,000 students and 2,160 faculty and staff. With an emphasis on collaborative learning and independent critical thinking and a multidisciplinary teaching approach, Lakehead offers a variety of degree and diploma programs at the undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral levels through its nine faculties, including Business Administration, Education, Engineering, Health and Behavioural Sciences, Natural Resources Management, Science and Environmental Studies, Social Sciences and Humanities, Graduate Studies, and Faculty of Law. For further information, please visit: www.lakeheadu.ca<http://www.lakeheadu.ca>.

For further information, please contact the Program Coordinator, Dr. Alice den Otter adenotte at lakeheadu.ca<mailto:adenotte at lakeheadu.ca>

Review of applications will continue until the position is filled. The electronic application (in the form of one PDF document) should include: a cover letter, curriculum vitae, and statement of teaching interests and/or evidence of teaching effectiveness. A completed Confirmation of Eligibility to Work in Canada.pdf<https://www.lakeheadu.ca/sites/default/files/profile-data/kmendsu/Confirmation%20of%20Eligibility%20to%20Work%20in%20Canada.pdf> form must accompany your package.  We encourage applicants with the Right of First Refusal (as outlined in article 19.03.02 of the LUFA/LU Collective Agreement) to indicate their status in their application.

Applicants should submit their electronic application to:

Department of Interdisciplinary Studies
Lakehead University
500 University Ave.
Orillia, Ontario  L3V 0B9
Attn: Dr. Jennifer Jarman, Chair
E-mail:  oris at lakeheadu.ca<mailto:oris at lakeheadu.ca>


Lakehead University is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment and welcomes applications from all qualified individuals including women, racialized persons, Indigenous people, persons with disabilities and other equity-seeking groups. All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadian citizens and permanent residents will be given priority. This is in accordance with Canadian immigration requirements.

Lakehead University has an Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Action Plan 2019-2024<https://www.lakeheadu.ca/faculty-and-staff/departments/services/human-rights-and-equity/edi-action-plan-2019-2024> with a goal to recruit and retain a diverse workforce as measured by increasing representation of under-represented groups among applicants, candidates and hires. Experience working with Indigenous or racialized communities, and/or members of other equity-deserving groups is a strong asset. Lived experience or work experience with any of these identities or issues is preferred.

We appreciate your interest; however, only those selected for an interview will be notified. Lakehead University is committed to supporting an accessible environment.

Applicants requiring accommodation during the interview process should contact the Office of Human Resources at (807) 343.8010 ext. 8334 or human.resources at lakeheadu.ca<mailto:human.resources at lakeheadu.ca> to make appropriate arrangements.

This position is subject to budgetary approval.

Sandra
Dr Sandra Jeppesen (she/her)
Professor, Media, Film, and Communications
Media Action Research Group<http://www.mediaactionresearch.org/>
Counter Data Mapping COVID-19<https://www.mediaactionresearch.org/counter-mapping-covid-grassroots-visualizations-of-data-on-the-margins/>
Intersectional Community Communications as Critical EDI Work<https://www.mediaactionresearch.org/research/race-gender-diversity/>
Research Centre for Sustainable Communities<https://www.lakeheadu.ca/research-and-innovation/facilities-centres/research-centre-for-sustainable-communities>
Smart[er] Cities Research Network

Recent Journal Article
Cartographies of Resistance: Counter-data mapping as the new frontier of digital media activism<https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/6043>

News Media
Performance Crime at the Capitol riots
<https://theconversation.com/the-jan-6-insurrection-showed-that-performance-crime-is-becoming-increasingly-popular-186102>

Books
The Capitol Riots: Digital Media, Disinformation, and Democracy Under Attack <https://routledge.pub/The-Capitol-Riots> (Routledge, 2022)
Transformative Media: Intersectional Technopolitics from Indymedia to #BlackLivesMatter<https://www.ubcpress.ca/transformative-media> (UBC Press, 2021)

Land Acknowledgment
Lakehead University Orillia is located on the traditional territory of the Anishinaabeg. The Anishinaabeg include the Ojibwe, Odawa, and Pottawatomi nations, collectively known as the Three Fires Confederacy.

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