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Job posting: Assistant Professor or Professor and Lee Wu Kee Ming Chair in Indigenous Social Work

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The Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work at the University of Toronto invites applications for a full-time tenured position in the area of Indigenous Social Work. The appointment will be at the rank of Associate Professor or Professor, with an anticipated start date of July 1, 2025. The successful candidate will be appointed as the inaugural Lee Wu Kee Ming Chair in Indigenous Social Work for a five-year term, renewable following a favourable review.

This position is part of the University of Toronto and the Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work’s response to the calls to action in Canada’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) report.

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FIFSW seeks an Indigenous scholar with a strong record of research, teaching, and community service in social work or a related field, with expertise in Indigenous social work education and Indigenous methodologies. The candidate will demonstrate leadership, initiative, and commitment to Indigenous ways of knowing, as well as the vision, capability, and capacity to lead Indigenous research and initiatives more broadly across the Faculty. The candidate will be a strong leader and caring mentor, with evidence of teaching and research excellence.

Lee Wu Kee Ming was an intrepid and enterprising Hong Kong businesswoman. She and her husband Lee Quen started their own plastic manufacturing business in Hong Kong, named Wofoo (和富), which means peace and prosperity. After success in business, Lee Wu Kee Ming shifted her focus to charitable pursuits geared towards education and the betterment of communities. To further her legacy, her children created a foundation funded by her estate to continue to support education and communities. In making this gift and naming this endowed Chair in their mother’s honour they are fulfilling her wishes to support causes in education and the betterment of communities. The new Chair in Indigenous Social Work at Canada’s leading university is in keeping with her philanthropic passions and perpetuating her legacy.

Date Posted: December 10, 2024
Application deadline: February 10, 2025, 11:59PM ET