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PART-TIME ACADEMIC POSTING

POSTING DATE: October 25, 2012
APPLICATION DEADLINE: November 3, 2012

POSITION: Sessional Instructor; Behavioral Ecology (Biology 3062); January 1, to April 30, 2013

DEPARTMENT/LOCATION: Biology

PAY RATE: In accordance with the CUPE Collective Agreement

WORK ASSIGNMENT: The sessional instructor will be giving lectures examining animal behaviour from an evolutionary perspective. Why do animals do what they do? Using the theory of natural selection as a basis, he/she will examine foraging, grouping patterns, territorial behaviour, parenting, mating behavior, social organization, aggression and co-operation. The position reports to the Chair of the Department.

REQUIREMENTS OF POSITION: The applicants will have an advanced degree in biology and have prior, recent teaching experience in the field of behavioural ecology and demonstrated ability to lecture to over 100 undergraduate students. First-time applicants to the Department of Biology must provide the names of two references.

IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN THE ABOVE POSITION, PLEASE APPLY IN WRITING BY THE APPLICATION DEADLINE TO:

Chair
Department of Biology, Room 2078
Dalhousie University
PO Box 15000
Halifax, NS B3H 4R2


All offers of employment as a part-time academic are conditional upon sufficient student enrolment in the course and approval by the University.

Dalhousie University is an Employment Equity/Affirmative Action Employer.
The University encourages applications from qualified Aboriginal peoples, people with a disability, racially visible persons and women