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PART-TIME ACADEMIC POSTING
DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY
Halifax, Nova Scotia B3H 4H6
 
Posting Date: February 13, 2015
 
Application Deadline: February 27, 2015
 
Position:         Sessional Instructor
OCCU 5042 Community Development for Occupational Therapists
Spring Term (May-June) 2015
 
Department:    School of Occupational Therapy
 
Pay rate:          In accordance with CUPE agreement
 
Work Assignment:  The instructor is responsible for all aspects of teaching and administering a fully on-line course, including preparing and uploading  instructional materials, readings and assignments, directing and managing online discussions, and evaluating students.
 
This course explores community development as a distinctive domain of practice for occupational therapists. A wellness and community development approach in enabling and facilitating systemic and community building is offered within the contexts of primary healthcare, health promotion and community development philosophy and in particular, the Ottawa and Jakarta Declaration of Health Promotion as guides for reflective practice. Practical and professional integrated skills and knowledge are developed.

Requirements of position: PhD or MSc degree plus previous teaching experience with graduate students, and web-based distance education technology preferred.If you are interested in the above position, please apply in writing by the application deadline to:
 
School of Occupational Therapy
Dalhousie University
PO Box 15000
Halifax, NS B3H 4R2
902-494-8804, 902-494-1229 (fax)
Occupational.Therapy@dal.ca
                                                                             
All offers of employment as a part-time academic are conditional upon sufficient student enrolment in the course and approval by the University. All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply, however, Canadian and permanent residents will be given priority. 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.