Emerging Architect Teaching Fellowship

The John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design, at the University of Toronto, invites applications for a two-year Emerging Architect Teaching Fellowship in areas of architectural design, with particular focus on topics that address issues of climate and the built environment. This Fellowship will be a teaching stream position at the rank of Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream with an anticipated start date of July 1, 2027 and an end date of June 30, 2029.

This biannual position offers early career architects an opportunity to teaching in a supportive faculty. This fellowship is not a post-doctoral position or meant to support dissertation completion, though we do welcome applications from recent doctoral graduates invested in design studio instruction. The successful candidate is expected to be in residence in the Greater Toronto Area, Canada during the term of the appointment.

The successful applicant will be engaged in a two-year in-residence fellowship teaching in both the graduate and undergraduate Architecture programs. The fellow will be expected to deliver a public lecture at the Daniels Faculty by April 2029.

Candidates must have earned a professionally accredited degree in architecture (Master of Architecture preferred) with a demonstrated record of excellence in teaching in areas of architectural design. We seek candidates whose teaching interests complement and enhance our existing strengths .

Candidates must have teaching experience in a degree-granting program, including lecture preparation and delivery, curriculum development, and development of online material/lectures. Additionally, candidates must possess a demonstrated commitment to excellent pedagogical inquiry and a demonstrated interest in teaching-related scholarly activities.

Evidence of excellence in teaching and commitment to excellent pedagogical inquiry will be demonstrated through teaching accomplishments, awards and accolades, presentations at significant conferences, the teaching dossier (including the required materials outlined below), and strong letters of reference.

We are seeking a candidate with a demonstrated capacity to advance architectural knowledge and allied disciplines in a way that can contribute meaningfully to the diverse population and intellectual milieu at the Daniels Faculty. Please visit our home page: the John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design at  .

The Emerging Architect Teaching Fellowship provides a salary as well as a budget for teaching-related scholarly activities. The salary range is $85,000 – $90,000 per annum plus benefits and will be commensurate with qualifications and experience.

Set within a preeminent research university and located at the center of one of North America’s most cosmopolitan cities, the Daniels Faculty uniquely combines the disciplines of architecture, landscape architecture, urban design, visual studies, and forestry in undergraduate, professional, and advanced graduate programs. The Daniels Faculty explores the intersections between nature, technology, architecture, and various built and natural geographies in a way that situates design, art, and forestry to meet their contemporary challenges.

An emphasis on the connections between all the design disciplines at work in the remaking of the built environment is apparent in the scholarly research and built work of many of our faculty.

The John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design is located at 1 Spadina Crescent, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The University of Toronto is an English-speaking University and our business is conducted in English.

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