CRC Tier 2 in Indigenous s, Community-led Partnerships, and Transformational Education

CRC Tier 2 in Indigenous Knowledges, Community-led Partnerships, and Transformational Education

The University is committed to employment equity, diversity, and inclusion, and are proud to support career opportunities for Indigenous Peoples to reflect the community we serve. We continue to grow our partnerships with Indigenous communities across the province, nationally, and internationally and value the unique perspective that Indigenous employees provide to strengthen these relationships.
Only Indigenous candidates will be considered for this position. Verification of Indigenous Membership/Citizenship at the University of Saskatchewan is led and determined by the deybwewin | taapwaywin | tapwewin:
Indigenous Truth policy and Standing Committee in accordance with the processes developed to enact the policy. is a condition of employment and a requirement to hold this position and the successful candidate must maintain those conditions throughout their employment.

Canada Research Chair (CRC) Tier 2 in
Indigenous Knowledges, Community-led Partnerships, and Transformational Education

The Department of Educational Foundations, at the (USask) is pleased to invite applications from outstanding candidates for a full-time, tenure track Tier 2 Canada Research Chair appointment in Indigenous Knowledges, Community-led Partnerships, and Transformational Education. The is the flagship of a national strategy to make Canada one of the world’s top countries in research and development. ().

We are seeking a Chair who will lead research grounded in Indigenous epistemologies, knowledge stewardship, community-led partnerships, and land-based, intergenerational learning utilizing strengths-based, healing-focused, decolonizing research approaches. The Chair’s work will be deeply connected to holistic wellness, recognizing that Indigenous education, identity resurgence, and community-led knowledge stewardship are inseparable from emotional, mental, spiritual, and physical well-being. Land-based, strengths-based, and trauma-informed approaches will guide the research program, supporting pathways to individual and collective healing.

The Chair will lead cutting-edge community-led education research that uplifts Indigenous knowledge sovereignty, protocol-based methodologies, and recognizes the integral role of intergenerational and land-based learning. This work will revitalize Indigenous knowledges, strengthen identity, enhance community well-being, and transform educational systems. The Chair will also train the next generation of highly skilled people by providing strong mentorship and learning opportunities in Indigenous methodologies, land-based practices, and community-engaged research for students and junior colleagues, as well as working in relation with established researchers and community knowledge keepers to learn together in respectful reciprocity, supporting undergraduate and graduate research and academic programming.

Acting as a catalyst for inter- and multi-disciplinary collaboration at the University of Saskatchewan connecting researchers from across the campus, the Chair will build upon the emerging Indigenous Knowledges Research Hub in the College of Education and existing centres such as the Centre for Indigenous Scholarship, the kihci-okāwīmāw askiy Knowledge Centre, the Waniska Centre (Pewaseskwan – Indigenous Wellness Research Group), the Saskatchewan Network Environments for Indigenous Health Research (SK-NEIHR), the Gordon Oakes Red Bear Student Centre, and long-standing community successful candidate will demonstrate the ability to build and sustain reciprocal, respectful relationships with Indigenous communities, grounded in relevant protocols and principles of Indigenous knowledge stewardship.

The Department of Educational Foundations and the College of Education’s strengths in Indigenous education, reflecting over five decades of Indigenous-led endeavours, will significantly support the work of the Chair. The College’s Indigenous Strategy is grounded in relationship, protocol, knowledge and data sovereignty, and Indigenous control of Indigenous education. Its ohpahotân | oohpaahotaan…