Teaching assistant Jobs in Vancouver, BC

Academic### ##

• Job Category
• Faculty Bargaining### ##
• Job Title
• Assistant Professor (tenure track), Associate Professor (tenure) or Professor (tenure)### ##
• Department
• School of Population and Public Health | Faculty of Medicine | Provost and VP Academic (Aslam Anis)### ##
• Posting End Date
• January 30, 2026
• Note :
• Applications will be accepted until 11 : 59 PM on the Posting End Date.### ##
• Job End Date
• OngoingThe expected salary for this position is dependent on faculty rank :
• Assistant Professor, tenure-track : $149,000 per annum
• Associate Professor, tenure : $183,000 per annum
• Professor, tenure : $203,000 per annumAt UBC, we believe that attracting and sustaining a diverse workforce is key to the successful pursuit of excellence in research, innovation, and learning for all faculty, staff and students. Our commitment to employment equity helps achieve inclusion and fairness, brings rich diversity to UBC as a workplace, and creates the necessary conditions for a rewarding career. The School of Population and Public Health (SPPH) at the University of British Columbia (UBC) invites applications for a full-time faculty position at the rank of Assistant Professor (tenure-track), Associate Professor (tenure), or Professor (tenure) in Indigenous health and data sciences. We welcome qualified Indigenous applicants with connections to Indigenous communities in Canada or North America at any academic stage (early, mid-career or senior) with traditional knowledge and transferrable values to apply. We also recognize that there are multiple forms of scholarship and data sovereignty activism. SPPH is home to approximately 65 primary faculty members and 350 graduate students whose research interests align with four divisions : Epidemiology, Biostatistics & Public Health Practice; Health in Populations; Health Services and Systems; and Global and Environmental Health. There are also several cross-cutting areas such as global health, ethics, and research methodology. SPPH provides training for undergraduate, graduate, and post-professional students across multiple programs, including PhD and Master’s degrees. SPPH has a long history and strong foundation of faculty at the forefront of, the use of large-scale routinely collected data sources, and in ethical and privacy-sensitive operations of data resources for researchers, including training for students. This provides an excellent working environment for new scholarly activity according to interests of the incumbent. Reporting to the Director of SPPH, the successful candidate will lead a program of research in Indigenous health sciences, with a focus on areas including but not limited to, Indigenous data science, Indigenous data sovereignty, and the application of data science methods for Indigenous health. They will be expected to initiate and develop collaborations that enhance SPPH’s ability to conduct transformative research that benefits the health of Indigenous Peoples and communities. For example, research programs could include building innovative qualitative or quantitative inclusive and collaborative research methods or data science initiatives, addressing issues of bias and principles of inclusion in data-intensive science, and other issues of equity and reconciliation in data-intensive research. The successful candidate will be expected to participate in the teaching activities of SPPH, as well as provide mentorship and training to undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate learners. They will contribute to service activities within the University and community in advancing Indigenous health.The successful candidate will hold a doctoral degree with a focus on Indigenous health science methodologies, Indigenous data science, or Indigenous data sovereignty, and they will have demonstrated evidence of scholarly activity in one or more of these areas. Consideration will be given to promising applicants at the level of Assistant Professor who are very near completion of a doctorate degree by the time of appointment. The successful candidate will have past experience building reciprocal relationships and research collaborations with Indigenous communities and will have the ability to maintain ongoing relationships and conduct research in partnership with Indigenous scholars and Indigenous governments, and other organizations. Experience in providing inclusive mentorship to Indigenous students engaging in research is strongly preferred. The incumbent’s faculty rank at UBC will be commensurate with experience and qualifications, aligned with the following criteria :
• As an Assistant Professor, tenure-track, the incumbent will have demonstrated evidence of ability in teaching and will be expected to participate in the undergraduate, graduate, and postgraduate teaching activities of the unit. They will also show demonstrated ability in scholarly activity and will be expected to provide service to the University and the broader academic and professional community.
• As an Associate Professor, tenure, the incumbent will have demonstrated evidence of successful teaching and ability to direct graduate students, evidence of sustained and productive scholarly activity, and must be willing to participate in the affairs of SPPH and the University.
• As a Professor, tenure, the incumbent will have demonstrated appropriate standards of excellence in teaching, have received wide recognition in their growing body of productive scholarly activity, and participated significantly in academic and professional affairs. In addition, the successful candidate will demonstrate a willingness to respect diverse perspectives, including perspectives in conflict with one’s own, and a commitment to enhancing one’s own awareness, knowledge, and skills related to equity, diversity, and inclusion. The expected salary for this position is dependent on faculty rank :
• Assistant Professor, tenure-track : $149,000 per annum
• Associate Professor, tenure : $183,000 per annum
• Professor, tenure : $203,000 per annum The Faculty of Medicine is committed to offering equitable and competitive salaries, commensurate with the qualifications and experience of the candidate. At UBC, in addition to a generous benefit package and highly valued pension plan, faculty members also have access to a comprehensive range of leaves, services, resources and career development opportunities. For more information, please visit : Candidates who bring diverse perspectives and have Indigenous lived experience enhancing their research programs are encouraged to apply as we strive to increase diversity, inclusiveness, socio-cultural representation, and perspectives of the SPPH. An application package should include :
• a letter of application that addresses scholarly, professional and creative work, teaching (including summary of academic teaching), administrative service and experience fostering collaboration across partners;
• a brief statement (1-2 pages) of your current or previous contributions to advancing anti-racism, equity, diversity, decolonization, Indigenization and inclusion in an academic, professional, or community context;
• a detailed curriculum vitae with publications record; and
• for the rank of Assistant Professor, the names of three references; or, for the ranks of Associate Professor or Professor, the names of four arm’s length references.
• We welcome additional relevant materials, including up to two letters from Indigenous community groups / organizations you have worked with (along with names and contact information of community references). For information on the University’s Indigenous Strategic Plan, see . For information on the University’s commitments to reducing systemic racism and promoting cultural safety in education and health care, please see . Applications should be submitted online at . Queries about the posting may be sent

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