Dalhousie University
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Place Info
| Place Title | James S. Palmer Chair in Public Coverage & Legislation |
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| Posting Quantity | F536P |
| Kind of place | Tenure Stream |
| Division/Unit | Legislation – Dean’s Workplace |
| Location | Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada |
| In regards to the alternative | The James S. Palmer Chair in Public Coverage and Legislation, named after James S. Palmer, Q.C. (LL.B. 1952) and established in 2015, was created by way of the beneficiant help of James S. Palmer and the Palmer Household. The Palmer Household needs to encourage James Palmer’s passionate curiosity within the significance of knowledgeable public coverage and his perception that schooling within the area of public coverage and legislation straight contributes to good governance. We invite functions for a tenure-stream appointment to the Palmer Chair in Public Coverage and Legislation on the rank of Assistant, Affiliate or Full Professor with a desired begin date of July 1, 2024. The time period for the chair is 5 years and is eligible for renewal. The College seeks functions from distinctive candidates in any area regarding public coverage and legislation. The chair holder will present mental management within the space of public coverage and provoke and advance policy-related initiatives that convey collectively college, college students, alumni, and policy-makers to additional the Legislation College’s popularity as a public coverage chief. The chair holder might be supported by funding and infrastructure to have a good time and share the impacts of coverage work happening throughout the Legislation College, will deepen hyperlinks with different policy-oriented faculties and schools, present expanded alternatives for scholar studying linked to public coverage, and advance native, nationwide, and worldwide public coverage analysis and advocacy. The chair holder is anticipated to contribute to instructing and supervision at each the J.D. and graduate ranges. The perfect candidate could have a robust file of scholarly software and engagement spanning analysis and instructing, reflecting the multi-disciplinary and inter-disciplinary nature of public coverage scholarship and work, applicable to their profession stage. The perfect candidate will come to the chair function with a excessive diploma {of professional} integrity and braveness and a file of respectful relationship-building that honors distinction, collegiality, reconciliation, and variety. On the time of appointment, the profitable candidate will maintain an LL.B. or J.D. diploma. A related Grasp’s diploma or Doctorate is most popular. In regards to the Schulich College of Legislation and Dalhousie College The chair holder will function an integral member of the Schulich College of Legislation and of Dalhousie College, residence to the MacEachen Institute for Public Coverage and Governance. The James Palmer Chair in Public Coverage and Legislation is anticipated to contribute actively to the Institute. The Schulich College of Legislation can also be residence to a few institutes with a public coverage focus: the Well being Justice Institute, the Marine and Environmental Legislation Institute, and the Legislation and Expertise Institute. Candidates whose analysis enhances these areas of power are welcome, as are candidates researching in any space of public coverage. The Schulich College of Legislation performs a unprecedented function within the cloth of Canadian authorized schooling. We’re a nationwide legislation college, with our college students coming from and returning to each area. We’re a vibrant, collegial, and close-knit neighborhood of college and college students from world wide. We dwell the Weldon Custom of unselfish public service – of giving again and making the world a greater place. Our alumni maintain each type of authorities workplace, educate in Canadian legislation faculties, innovate within the provision of personal and public sector authorized providers and in enterprise, advance coverage within the govt department of presidency, render selections of courts throughout the nation, and supply service to non-governmental our bodies and non-profit and neighborhood organizations. We embrace the interdisciplinary alternative of working in a college, we worth the creation and dissemination of recent data, and we’re firmly dedicated to college students and to instructing and studying excellence. We’re acutely aware of the distinction we make to legislation reform, adjudication, authorized service, and neighborhood engagement at residence and world wide. We worth the contributions of the founding communities on this province, the Mi’kmaq Nation, Acadians, African Nova Scotians, and British, and we open our doorways to the world. For extra info, see the Schulich College of Legislation Strategic Plan at https://www.dal.ca/college/legislation/about/strategic-directions-2017-2021.html Software Directions Evaluate of functions will start January 1, 2024 and candidates are strongly inspired to submit previous to that date. Nevertheless, the place will stay open till crammed. A whole software features a cowl letter, a curriculum vitae, a five-year imaginative and prescient assertion for the Chair (of not more than 5 pages), and the names of three referees, at the very least certainly one of whom ought to, if attainable, be a tutorial referee. For additional details about this place, or to request lodging at any stage of the hiring course of, please contact [email protected] . All certified candidates are inspired to use; nevertheless Canadians and everlasting residents might be given precedence. Dalhousie College commits to attaining inclusive excellence by way of frequently championing fairness, variety, inclusion, and accessibility. The college encourages functions from Indigenous individuals (particularly Mi’kmaq), individuals of Black/African descent (particularly African Nova Scotians), and members of different racialized teams, individuals with disabilities, girls, and individuals figuring out as members of 2SLGBTQIA+ communities, and all candidates who would contribute to the variety of our neighborhood. For extra info, please go to www.dal.ca/hiringfordiversity . When you require any help for the aim of lodging, comparable to technical aids or different preparations, please tell us of those wants and the way we could be of help. Dalhousie College is dedicated to making sure all candidates have full, truthful, and equitable participation within the hiring course of. Our full Lodging Coverage could be considered right here . |
Posting Element Info
| Open Date | |
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| Shut Date | 01/01/2024 |
| Open Till Crammed | No |
| Fast Hyperlink for Direct Entry to Posting | https://dal.peopleadmin.ca/postings/15045 |
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