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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">York University invites applications from outstanding researchers for appointment of up to three Canada</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Excellence Research Chairs (CERC) in the following areas of strategic focus: Black Urbanism, Visual</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Cognitive Neuroscience, and Cosmochemical Planetary Exploration. The CERC program is designed to</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">recruit the world’s top researchers to Canada and is the country’s most prestigious federally funded</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">research chair program.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Appointments to a Canada Excellence Research Chair are for 8 years and are accompanied by an award of</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">either $500,000 or $1 million per year over the term of the chair. Successful candidates will be appointed</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">to a full-time tenure-stream faculty position at the rank of Associate or Full Professor. All CERC</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">appointments are subject to review and approval by the CERC Secretariat, expected in Spring 2023. The</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">successful candidate will then have up to 12 months to take up the award and the duties of the position.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Further information about the Canada Excellence Research Chair program is available at cerc.gc.ca.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Candidates who are unsuccessful in a CERC application may be considered as a nominee for a Canada</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Research Chair in the same research area at either the Tier 1 or Tier 2 level, depending on their career</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">stage. Applicants who are more than 10 years from their highest degree (and where career breaks exist,</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">including maternity leave, extended sick leave, clinical training, etc.) may have their eligibility for a Tier 2</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Canada Research Chair assessed through the program’s Tier 2 justification process.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Candidates shall hold a PhD within their discipline, have a demonstrated record of excellence in research</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">and training, be recognized leaders in their field with significant international impact, and demonstrate a</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">superior track record of external research funding. They should propose an innovative, high-quality</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">program of research that includes supervision of graduate students and postdoctoral fellows, and</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">demonstrate evidence of engagement and leadership in Equity, Diversity and Inclusivity initiatives. They</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">will also teach at the undergraduate and graduate levels and will be involved in graduate supervision. The</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">successful candidates will be suitable for prompt appointment to the Faculty of Graduate Studies and</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">provide service to the University. The appointments will be made to the most appropriate Department</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">and/or Faculty depending on the expertise and qualifications of the successful candidates.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Areas of Strategic Focus</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Black Urbanism: The successful candidate will be a leading scholar in the Black experience in cities and</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">suburbs, which might include issues of: Black exclusion in relation to employment, education,</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">transportation or housing; anti-Black racism; or Black urban futures, including Afrofuturism. Priority will</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">be given to applicants with demonstrated leadership in public scholarship, innovative pedagogy, and/or</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">community-based collaboration.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Visual Cognitive Neuroscience: The successful candidate will be a leading scholar in human visual</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">cognitive neuroscience with research expertise in one or more of the following areas: visual attention,</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">memory, navigation, computational neuroscience, or other visual processes. Their research program will</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">employ a range of modern tools and techniques such as psychophysics, neuroimaging, computational</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">modelling, and neurostimulation in human participants , and contribute to the Centre for Vision Research</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">(CVR) and York’s Canada First Research Excellence Fund, Vision: Science to Applications (VISTA).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Cosmochemical Planetary Exploration: The successful candidate will be a leading scholar in</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Cosmochemistry with experience developing and leading planetary space missions and with deep</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">knowledge of cosmochemical techniques, instrumentation, space mission architectures and new mission</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">opportunities. They will support space missions under the Centre for Research in Earth and Space Science</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">(CRESS) and expand the scope of CRESS science-driven space mission opportunities.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Application Process</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Applicants should submit a package of materials as follows: a signed letter of application expressing</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">interest in being nominated for a Canada Excellence Research Chair specifying the strategic area and</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">outlining professional experience and research interests; an up-to-date curriculum vitae; a statement of</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">contributions to research in their area; and three sample research publications. Three letters of reference</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">will be solicited for applicants invited for an interview.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">All materials should be submitted by email to cerc@yorku.ca. The deadline for applications is May 13,</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">2022.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Successful candidates will be required to work with the Office of the Vice-President Research and</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Innovation to prepare the full nomination package for submission to the Canada Excellence Research</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Chairs Secretariat in Fall 2022.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">CERC Eligibility</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Candidates should have an outstanding track record of research contributions in their field and be at a</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">career stage consistent with the rank of Full Professor at the time of appointment or within two years of</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">nomination. Alternatively, if from outside the academic sector, nominees must possess the necessary</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">qualifications to be appointed at these levels. In addition to demonstrated leadership and a track record</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">of attracting and mentoring a diverse group of students and research personnel, candidates should have</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">a demonstrated ability to establish and maintain an equitable and inclusive research environment.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The CERC program imposes no restrictions on nominees with regard to nationality or country of residence.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Researchers who hold a full-time academic appointment at a Canadian institution are eligible; should they</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">be nominated the University’s nomination package will be required to demonstrate the net benefit to</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Canada of moving the researcher from one Canadian institution to another. Researchers cannot be</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">nominated by the institution at which they currently hold their appointment.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Commitment to Equity</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">York acknowledges the potential impact that career interruptions (e.g., maternity leave, leave due to</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">illness, COVID-19 impacts, etc.) can have on a candidate’s record of research achievement. Applicants are</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">encouraged to explain in their application package the impact that career interruptions may have had on</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">their record of research achievement; this will be taken into careful consideration during the assessment</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">process.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">York University has a policy on Accommodation in Employment for Persons with Disabilities and is</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">committed to working towards a barrier-free workplace and to expanding the accessibility of the</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">workplace to persons with disabilities. Candidates who require accommodation during the selection</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">process are invited to contact Emma Yuen, Senior HR Officer, VPRI at emmay@yorku.ca.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">York University is an Affirmative Action (AA) employer and strongly values diversity, including gender and</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">sexual diversity, within its community. Applications from candidates with diverse backgrounds, including</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">members of racialized minorities, Indigenous Peoples, persons with disabilities, women, and individuals</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">from the LGBTQ2+ community, are particularly encouraged. The AA Program, which applies to women,</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">members of visible minorities (racialized groups), Aboriginal (Indigenous) people and persons with</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">disabilities, can be found at www.yorku.ca/acadjobs or by calling the AA line at 416-736- 5713. Applicants</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">wishing to self-identify as part of York University’s Affirmative Action program can do so by downloading,</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">completing and submitting the form found at https://acadjobs.info.yorku.ca/affirmative-action/self-</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">identification-form/.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadian citizens, permanent residents and</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Indigenous peoples in Canada will be given priority. No application will be considered without a completed</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">mandatory Work Status Declaration form which can be found at<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">http://acadjobs.info.yorku.ca/affirmative-action/work-authorization-form.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">All York University positions are subject to budgetary approval.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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