Three Tenure Track Positions in Photography and Integrated Digital, Ryerson University

The School of Image Arts, 2021. Photo: Toni Hafkenscheid

Three Tenure Track Positions now open in Photography and Integrated Digital, The School of Image Arts at Ryerson University

Located in downtown Toronto, the largest and most culturally diverse city in Canada and on the territory of the Anishinaabeg, Onkwehonwe-Haudenosaunee and the Wendat Peoples, the School of Image Arts in The Creative School at Ryerson University* invites applications for three full-time tenure-track positions at the rank of Assistant Professor. We are particularly interested in candidates whose creative work addresses the experiences of marginalized and under-represented communities, and those who bring to teaching concrete strategies for supporting gendered, racialized, diasporic, disability, and/or 2SLGBTQ+ perspectives. Candidate’s must demonstrate evidence of recent and relevant scholarly/creative output, and innovative scholarly, research and creative (SRC) activity that is externally funded and that produces cutting-edge, high quality results.

The appointments are effective July 1, 2022, subject to the candidate’s availability and final budgetary approval.

* In August 2021, the University announced that it would begin a renaming process to reconcile the legacy of Egerton Ryerson for a more inclusive future. To learn more, see The Next Chapter.

Students installing for Max Ex, 2017. Photo: Hongen Nar

Tenure Track Position in Photography & Integrated Digital

The School of Image Arts is hiring a full-time tenure-track position in the Photography & Integrated Digital Program at the rank of Assistant Professor with a specialization in documentary, editorial, fine art or fashion photography. The successful candidate will engage in a combination of teaching, scholarly/creative activity and service duties while maintaining an inclusive, equitable, and collegial work environment across all activities. They will have an active and innovative practice in photography as demonstrated through a record of exhibitions, publications, curatorial projects, commissions, film festival or commercial distribution activity.

Applications received by January 7, 2022 will be guaranteed consideration. Posted until filled.
Posting details: Tenure Track Position in Photography & Integrated Digital.

Tenure Track Position in Photography – Production and Theory

The School of Image Arts is hiring a full-time tenure-track position in the Photography & Integrated Digital Program at the rank of Assistant Professor with expertise in photography production and theory. The successful candidate will engage in a combination of teaching, scholarly/creative activity and service duties, maintaining an inclusive, equitable, and collegial work environment across all activities. They will have an active and innovative practice grounded in analog/digital photography and video or emergent technologies in the expanded field of photography. They should have a strong foundation in the histories and theories of photography and contemporary art. A practice in writing and/or curation is an asset.

Applications received by January 7, 2022 will be guaranteed consideration. Posted until filled.
Posting details: Tenure Track Position in Photography – Production and Theory.

Tenure Track Position in Contemporary Art History and Visual Culture

The School of Image Arts is hiring a full-time tenure-track position at the rank of Assistant Professor in Contemporary Art History and Visual Culture, with demonstrated scholarship in lens-based and emerging media. We especially welcome applicants who bring complementary strengths in fields such as Indigenous art and visual cultures, Global Art (decolonized perspectives), curatorial practices (including community based), and emerging or underrepresented areas of scholarship. The candidate must have teaching experience at the university level and will be charged with the redesign of fundamental courses such as Art and the Classical Tradition and Art in the Modern World to better reflect current conversations around representation. The candidate would have the potential to play a leadership role within the school’s Film + Photography Preservation and Collection Management MA program.

Applications received by January 14, 2022 will be guaranteed consideration. Posted until filled.
Posting details: Tenure Track Position in Contemporary Art History and Visual Culture.

Max Ex Year End Show, 2017. Photo: Hongen Nar

The School of Image Arts

Part of The Creative School, The School of Image Arts’ unique and professionally-focused undergraduate curriculums support programs in Photography Studies, Film Studies and Integrated Digital and it is recognized as a national and international centre for creative innovation in the study, production, exhibition, and research of film, photography and digital arts. The School shares the same building with the Ryerson Image Centre (RIC) which is dedicated to the research, teaching and exhibition of photography. Its interdisciplinary graduate programs include the PhD in Media and Design Innovation, the Scriptwriting and Story Design (MFA), the Film + Photography Preservation and Collection Management (MA) program, and the MFA in Documentary Media. The School’s programs are designed to lead to careers in film, photography, new media, communications, education, culture, and broader creative industries. The School’s full-time faculty is made up of dedicated individuals with established professional, research, and teaching experience in their respective areas of expertise.

Working at Ryerson

At the intersection of mind and action, Ryerson is on a transformative path to become Canada’s leading comprehensive innovation university. At Ryerson and within our School of Image Arts, we firmly believe that equity, diversity and inclusion are integral to this path; our current academic plan outlines each as core values and we work to embed them in all that we do. In addition, to correct the conditions of disadvantage in employment in Canada, we encourage applications from members of groups that have been historically disadvantaged and marginalized, including First Nations, Métis and Inuit peoples, Indigenous peoples of North America, Black-identified persons, other racialized persons, persons with disabilities, and those who identify as women and/or 2SLGBTQ+.

How to Apply

Applicants must submit their application online via the Faculty Recruitment Portal.

Contacts

Any confidential inquiries about the opportunity can be directed to the DHC Chair, Prof. Katy McCormick at: kmccormi@ryerson.ca.

Indigenous candidates are welcome to contact Tracey King, Miigis Kwe, the Indigenous Human Resources Lead t26king@ryerson.ca.

Black identified candidates are welcome to contact Shurla Charles-Forbes, Black Faculty & Staff Community Network at shurla.charlesforbes@ryerson.ca.

For any confidential accommodation needs in order to participate, please contact Aneka Olbino, HR Advisor at aolbino@ryerson.ca.

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