Saint Mary's University
The Scott McCain & Leslie McLean Centre for Sport, Business and Health at Saint Mary’s University is seeking a Fellow able to build the curriculum for two newly proposed Bachelor
degrees at Saint Mary’s University: a Bachelor of Commerce in Sports Business and a Bachelor of Arts in Sport, Health, & Wellness.
The successful candidate, who will have a PhD in the social sciences or humanities with a sport-related research focus, will play a key role in developing, rolling out, and teaching
the curriculum for a program whose aim is to equip students with the multidisciplinary skills needed to navigate the sport sector with social responsibility and sustainability in
mind. Beginning with shared fundamentals from arts and business, and ending in a common capstone experience, both majors in Sport, Health, & Wellness and Sport Business
will be well positioned to take on leadership roles in sport-related decision making.
Bachelor of Commerce students taking the major in Sport Business will follow a business curriculum infused with relevant social sciences and humanities. skills and perspectives.
Bachelor of Arts students taking the major in Sport, Health, & Wellness will follow a social sciences and humanities curriculum infused with relevant business skills and perspectives.
The McCain McLean Centre Fellow will work collaboratively with McCain McLean Centre staff and others from the Faculty of Arts to develop the required social sciences and
humanities curriculum. Courses will focus on philosophy and sport; health and wellness in sport; sport, diversity & inclusion; sport in historical context; and sport governance.
The ideal candidate will have experience teaching social sciences or humanities courses focused on sport. While the Fellow will be responsible for developing and delivering
relevant curriculum, the ideal candidate will also pursue a relevant and robust research agenda. The successful candidate will receive a 2-year fellowship to develop program curriculum.
Teaching opportunities may be available as part-time faculty under the CUPE 3912 Collective Agreement. Should the program be successful, the fellowship may transition
into a full-time tenure track position.
Applications must include: 1) a cover letter; 2) a curriculum vitae; 3) a teaching dossier (including evidence of teaching effectiveness and course evaluations, if available); 4) a
short research statement; 5) one example of recent peer reviewed, scholarly writing; 6) graduate transcripts; and 7) the names and contact information for three referees. Only
short-listed candidates will be asked to provide letters of reference so please do not include letters of reference. Application packages should be merged into a single PDF file
and submitted to Augie Westhaver, Director, Scott McCain & Leslie McLean Centre for Sport, Business and Health, at [email protected]. Applications will be accepted
until November 01, 2024.
Saint Mary’s is a public, secular university with over 7,000 students, offering a variety of undergraduate and graduate degrees. Our university is committed to serving the local,
regional, national and international communities, and integrating such activity as part of the learning environment for undergraduate and graduate students. Saint Mary’s is located
in the historic port city of Halifax, Nova Scotia, a vibrant, urban community of over 430,000 people. Halifax is a major educational centre for Atlantic Canada and is home to
five universities. It is conveniently located near to recreational areas and to other major urban centres in Canada and the Northeastern United States.
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