Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream – Indigenous Art in Canada & Curator, Art Museum

The successful candidate must possess strong interpersonal skills, including the ability to collaborate effectively with colleagues on our undergraduate courses and programs. Candidates must have teaching experience in a degree granting program at the undergraduate level. Additionally, candidates must possess a demonstrated commitment to excellent pedagogical practices and a demonstrated interest in teaching-related scholarly activities. Long-term experience and engagement with Indigenous communities, organizations, and institutions and evidence of understanding the importance of consensus-building relationships is also required.

Evidence of excellence in the field of Indigenous and contemporary art in Canada through curatorial projects and teaching is required, as evidenced for example by exhibitions, publications, lecturing, and participation in conferences, and related accomplishments in Canada and/or internationally.

Excellence in teaching and pedagogical practices can be demonstrated through teaching accomplishments, awards and accolades, presentations at significant conferences, the teaching dossier submitted as part of the application including a strong statement of teaching philosophy, sample syllabi, course materials, list of courses taught, curriculum development experience, and teaching evaluations, as well as strong letters of reference from referees of high standing and a letter of support commenting on Indigenous community engagement.

The candidate will also have a demonstrated record of excellence in curatorial experience focusing on contemporary Indigenous art and methodologies in Canada within a broader, transnational context. This excellence can be demonstrated by a statement of curatorial interests and a portfolio of writings in the curatorial field. We seek applications from candidates whose experiences in teaching in the above areas are embedded within the public engagement of curatorial work through exhibitions, publications, collaborations with major artists, and the collection.

The teaching component would take into consideration the museum as the place where, to a large extent, art history is produced, changed, and re-imagined. We envision the position to teach in the areas of Indigenous art and artists, including their histories of exhibitions and cultural transformation, and the impacts of Indigenous research, artistic practices, and cultural histories in contemporary art within and beyond the museum at an international level. The successful candidate will conceptualize and organize focused exhibitions and related public engagement in the areas of Indigenous contemporary art in an international context. Immersed in Indigenous research methodologies, this position develops innovative and creative programming, within the museum’s trajectory toward increasing cultural diversity and decolonization, through exhibitions, publications, public programs, teaching, and the development of the permanent collection. The selected candidate will be uniquely positioned to foster connective bonds and improve access to and awareness of Indigenous artistic research and practices, with and among a diversity of Indigenous peoples, and within and beyond the academic community and greater publics.

Responsibilities include undergraduate teaching, managing and training teaching assistants, and curriculum development. In addition, the successful candidate will have some responsibility for departmental administration and may have opportunities for student supervision, e.g., undergraduate research projects.

Salary will be commensurate with qualifications and experience.

This position will be held at the University of Toronto, St. George campus in downtown Toronto. The Department of History of Art is an internationally renowned department dedicated to the study of history, theory, and methodology of art in a global context. The Art Museum is a research-focused, internationally renowned art museum operating within the academic mission of the University of Toronto, with an exceptional history of exhibitions, public engagement, and collections, and a forum for the contextualization and interpretation of contemporary art and culture. For more information about the University of Toronto, the Department of History of Art, and the Art Museum please visit www.utoronto.ca,http://art.utoronto.ca/, and https://artmuseum.utoronto.ca/.