[Air-L] Job Posting - Canada Research Chair (Tier 2) at Royal Roads University

[Jaigris Hodson]

Royal Roads University invites applications for a Tier 2 Canada Research Chair (CRC) in Digital Inclusion with an expected start date no earlier than September 1, 2024. As part of Royal Roads University’s implementation of its CRC Equity, Diversity & Inclusion Action Plan and its associated equity targets, this posting is open to those who self-identify as racialized individuals as defined by the CRC. This includes people with other aspects of social identity that intersect with being a racialized individual (e.g. a racialized person with a disability or disabled racialized person).

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 the Office of Research Service (deborah.zornes at royalroads.ca) for more information.

As the Tier 2 CRC in Digital Inclusion you will complement the applied and professional nature of faculty at Royal Roads University. This position is not currently linked to a particular school or faculty at the University and is open to candidates from a wide variety of disciplinary backgrounds. This determination will be made based on the successful candidate’s area of focus. The nominee’s research area, however, must align with the subject matter eligibility of SSHRC.

As the Tier 2 CRC in Digital Inclusion, you will broaden the university’s transdisciplinary research agenda.  By developing a research program in areas broadly related to Digital Inclusion, the successful candidate is expected to address urgent, complex issues in areas such as the relationships or implications between digital inclusion and economic and workforce development, civic participation, education, healthcare, and public safety, among others. The Tier 2 CRC in Digital Inclusion is purposefully broad and encourages applications from outstanding candidates in any social science or humanities discipline who are invested in the discourses, ideologies, policies, strategies, and initiatives of how equitable access to technology and the lack of said access, impacts individuals, communities, organizations, and their political and cultural participation. As such, topics within the purview of this CRC could include, but are not limited to:


  *   How is digital inclusion viewed through critical theoretical paradigms?
  *   How do Indigenous ways of knowing and being intersect with digital futures?
  *   How must we redesign digital communication technologies to ensure inclusion?
  *   How do online communities offer opportunities and challenges for disability communities in a post COVID-19 landscape?
  *   How does digital justice intersect with other dimensions of social justice, such as climate, spatial, and food justice?
  *   In what ways are emerging learning technologies (e.g., AI) expanding or limiting inclusion?
  *   How can digital tools enhance inclusion for those with limited access to health care, and what are the limitations of digital health for inclusion of marginalized populations?


To find out more, please click here: https://royalroads.mua.hrdepartment.com/hr/ats/Posting/view/1739
Royal Roads is located on the traditional lands of the Xwsepsum and Lekwungen ancestors and families.


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