JOB: Chair, School of Kinesiology and Health Science, York U

Chair, School of Kinesiology and Health Science
Faculty of Health


York University offers a world-class, modern, interdisciplinary academic experience in Toronto, Canada’s most multicultural city. York is at the centre of innovation, with a thriving community of almost 60,000 faculty, staff and students who challenge the ordinary and deliver the unexpected.

Applications are invited for the position of Chair of the School of Kinesiology and Health Science. The successful candidate will hold a full-time tenure-track position at the Associate or Full Professor level. The position of Chair is for a five-year term, commencing July 1, 2007, with the possibility of renewal.

The School of Kinesiology and Health Science is one of the founding units of the new Faculty of Health (www.health.yorku.ca) at York University, and has an international reputation for the quality of its research and graduate and undergraduate education programs. This is a unique opportunity to be part of the leadership team building a world-leading Faculty that will accelerate the knowledge and practice for promoting health, globally and locally. The School, with a full-time faculty complement of 41, has approximately 2,800 undergraduate students in the Honours-only BA or B.Sc. program, and 100 graduate students in the MA, M.Sc. and PhD programs (see www.kinesiology.yorku.ca and www.yorku.ca/kahs for program descriptions). Also, the School is the home of the Sport and Recreation programs (www.sport.yorku.ca ), which operate independently under the auspices of the Director of Sport and Recreation.

The role of the Chair is to foster an environment in which education, research and service can flourish, while advocating for the School’s interests in all aspects of University affairs. On behalf of the Dean, the Chair will assign workloads to faculty, establish teaching budgets for part-time faculty and graduate students, provide leadership in all undergraduate and graduate programs, and, in a collegial process, develop and promote hiring priorities and initiatives. The Chair will work with colleagues, other Chairs and the Dean in the Faculty of Health in strategic planning and development of innovative programs. Applicants should have academic leadership and administrative experience, an internationally recognized research record, and broad experience in, and a passion for, teaching.

York University is an Affirmative Action Employer. The Affirmative Action Program can be found on York’s website at www.yorku.ca/acadjobs or a copy can be obtained by calling the affirmative action office at 416.736.5713. All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadian citizens and permanent residents will be given priority.

All positions at York University are subject to budgetary approval. Applicants should send a curriculum vitae, a covering letter, and three letters of reference, by February 15, 2007, to: Chair of the Search Committee, 333 Bethune College, York University, 4700 Keele Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M3J 1P3. E-mail: kinchair@yorku.ca