Assistant Professor

University of British Columbia (faculty) — UBC Vancouver Campus - Vancouver, BC, Canada

Posted 2026-10-06

Academic Job Category Faculty Bargaining Job Title Assistant Professor Department Department Head | Department of Forest Resources Management (Nicholas Charles Coops) Posting End Date November 12, 2026 Note: Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the Posting End Date. Job End Date Ongoing The expected salary range for this position is $130,000 to 150,000 CAD. Assistant Professor of the Social Dimensions of Wildfire The Department of Forest Resources Management in the University of British Columbia’s Faculty of Forestry and Environmental Stewardship invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position at the UBC Vancouver campus. The successful applicant is expected to conduct research and teach in fields related to the social dimensions of wildfire. The costs and impacts of wildfire are growing in Canada and are disproportionately affecting rural and Indigenous communities. Further research is needed to better understand these impacts and to identify effective ways of coexisting with fire, including mitigating the risks that wildfire poses to communities and to other forest values and ecosystem services . The UBC Faculty of Forestry and Environmental Stewar

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