April 7, 2025
The Faculty of Arts at the UBC Vancouver campus invites applications from internal faculty members within UBC. Applicants must hold a PhD and be at the rank of Assistant Professor or Associate Professor for a CIHR Tier 2 Canada Research Chair (CRC) in Sexual Health and Well-Being. Tier 2 Chairs, tenable for five years and renewable once, are for exceptional emerging researchers, acknowledged by their peers as having the potential to lead in their field. The successful candidate will hold a degree in psychology, and ideally be a registered clinical psychologist, with an established track in the study of how human sexuality relates to health and well-being, and whose work seeks to understand sexual dysfunction and evidence-based interventions to improve sexual health.
The Faculty of Arts is a Faculty of distinction and excellence in both teaching and research and home to over twenty Canada Research Chairs across a wide range of humanities, social sciences, and creative and performing arts. The Chair in Sexual Health and Well-Being will be located in the Department of Psychology, which is widely recognized as global leader for research and teaching. The Department of Psychology at UBC – Vancouver has been ranked 17th in the world and 2nd in Canada by the Times Higher Education global rankings for subject and stands out for the research and clinical training it provides with a particular strength in Clinical Psychology.
Canada Research Chairs are expected to maintain an outstanding program of research, to teach at the undergraduate and graduate levels, to attract and supervise undergraduates, graduate students, and postdoctoral fellows, and to contribute to service at all levels within the University and to the profession. The successful candidate will be an exceptional emerging world-class researcher who has demonstrated particular research creativity; demonstrated potential to achieve international recognition in their fields in the next five to ten years; has the potential to attract, develop and retain excellent trainees, students and future researchers; and who, as chairholder will carry out an original, innovative research program of high quality.
Applicants must meet the eligibility requirements for a Tier 2 CRC position. Tier 2 CRC nominees must be emerging scholars who should, at a minimum, be Assistant Professors or Associate Professors, or possess the necessary qualifications to be appointed to these levels. Tier 2 Chairs are intended for exceptional emerging scholars (i.e., candidates must have been an active researcher in their field for fewer than 10 years at the time of nomination). Applicants who are more than 10 years from having earned their highest degree (and where career breaks exist, such as maternity, parental or extended sick leave, clinical training, etc.) may have their eligibility for a Tier 2 Chair assessed through the program’s Tier 2 justification process. Please contact Professor Christiane Hoppmann (Associate Dean Research) at artsad.rc@ubc.ca for more information. The Canada Research Chairs Program supports outstanding researchers whose scholarly profile and proposed research program demonstrate an excellent fit with an institution’s strategic goals and strategic research plan. All Chair nominations are subject to review and final approval by the CRC Secretariat. Please consult the Canada Research Chairs website https://www.chairs-chaires.gc.ca for full program information and further details on eligibility criteria.
Applications must be submitted electronically at: https://ardo.air.arts.ubc.ca/?p=8444 . Please be prepared to provide the following items:
- Curriculum vitae
- One sample of published research
- Description of your most significant research accomplishments (1 page)
- Research program proposal for CIHR Tier 2 CRC in Sexual Health and Well-Being (PDF document, up to 6 pages, excluding references) which should include:
- Program objectives
- Research methodology
- Engagement with research users and communication of results
- Proposed training strategies and potential contributions to creating/advancing a culture of equity and inclusion
- The names and contact info of three referees at least two of whom meet the CRC program’s conflict of interest requirements per https://www.chairs-chaires.gc.ca/program-programme/referees-repondants-eng.aspx.
The closing date for applications is 11:59 pm, May 10, 2025. Only complete applications will be considered by the committee. Inquiries about the position and/or proposed nomination can be sent to Professor Christiane Hoppmann at artsad.rc@ubc.ca. The Chair is expected to begin as early as April 1, 2026.
In accordance with the 2019 Addendum to the 2006 Canadian Human Rights Settlement Agreement, UBC’s CRC Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion Action Plan [https://research.ubc.ca/federal-research-chair-programs/canada-research-chairs/ubcscommitment-equity-diversity-and], and pursuant to Section 42 of the BC Human Rights code, the selection will be restricted to members of the following federally designated groups: Indigenous Peoples, racialized people, people with disabilities, and women and gender equity-seeking groups. Applicants to CRC positions are asked to complete this equity survey https://ubc.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_6WJHol7SfPxRMu9 as part of the application, and candidates from these groups must self-identify as belonging to one or more of the federally designated groups to be considered for the position. As the search is limited to those self-identifying as members of designated equity groups, candidates must also provide their name in the survey to be considered.
Personal information is collected under the authority of sections 26(a), 26(c) and 26(e) of the BC Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act. The information you provide will be used to determine whether you qualify for participation in this restricted process, and to advance accessibility, equity, and fair adjudication in this process. Data will be collected by the Equity & Inclusion Office and only the names of those eligible for the search process will be shared confidentially with the search committee. All responses will be stored in a secure database.
UBC recognizes the legitimate impact that COVID-related research interruptions and eligible leaves (e.g., maternity, parental, medical, bereavement) can have on a candidate’s record of achievement. These leaves will be taken into careful consideration during the assessment process.
The University is committed to creating and maintaining an accessible work environment for all members of its workforce. Within this hiring process we will make efforts to create an accessible process for all candidates (including but not limited to disabled people). Confidential accommodations are available on request by contacting Vicki Ferguson, Director, Research Development, Faculty of Arts at vicki.ferguson@ubc.ca.
If you have any questions regarding accommodations or accessibility during the recruitment and hiring process or for more information and support, please visit UBC’s Centre for Workplace Accessibility website at https://hr.ubc.ca/health-and-wellbeing/working-injury-illness-or-disability/centre-workplace-accessibility or contact the Centre at workplace.accessibility@ubc.ca. To learn more about how the university is working to create a more inclusive working and learning environment, see the Strategic Equity & Anti-Racism (StEAR) Framework’s goals related to recruitment and retention: (https://equity.ubc.ca/stear-framework-and-roadmap-for-change/).
UBC hires on the basis of merit and is committed to employment equity. All qualified persons are encouraged to apply. Equity and diversity are essential to academic excellence. An open and diverse community fosters the inclusion of voices that have been underrepresented or discouraged. We encourage applications from members of groups that have been marginalized on any grounds enumerated under the B.C. Human Rights Code, including sex, sexual orientation, gender
identity or expression, racialization, disability, political belief, religion, marital or family status, age, and/or status as a First Nation, Metis, Inuit, or Indigenous person. All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadians and permanent residents of Canada will be given priority.