Lakehead University invites applications for a Tier II Canada Research Chair (CRC) in Mineral Deposit Research at a rank commensurate with experience and qualifications. We seek an innovative individual with an outstanding record of interdisciplinary research and publications in any aspect of mineral deposit research from discovery and development through to closure and remediation of mine sites. The successful candidate will provide leadership for national and international collaborative research, and will develop initiatives involving the Canadian mining industry. The Chair will work closely with the proposed Centre of Mineral Exploration and Sustainable Mining Development at Lakehead University. It is expected that the successful candidate’s current and future research program will provide opportunities for our graduates and enhance mineral exploration in Northern Ontario and internationally.



The CRC Program was created by the Government of Canada to cultivate world-class research and development. Tier II CRCs are designed for exceptional emerging researchers with the potential to achieve international recognition in their fields in the next five to ten years. Candidates must have the necessary qualifications to be appointed as a tenured or tenure-track professor at the Assistant or Associate Professor level.



All candidates will have completed a Ph.D. in Geology, Environmental Geology, or a related field. The Tier II CRC competition is only open to candidates who have at most 10 years of experience from the highest degree at time of nomination. The applicant is expected to conduct an active research program and to seek external research funding. Lakehead University has a world-class central instrumentation laboratory that has a new ICP-MS and high-resolution FESEM-EDX system, ICP-AES, XRD and several spectroscopy instruments, as well as other instrumentation.



Lakehead University offers on-campus and community-based programs, continuing education and distributed learning, and graduate programs at the Master’s and Doctoral levels. Lakehead is a comprehensive research intensive University providing an impressive array of programs in professional arts and sciences, and is the home of the west campus of the Northern Ontario School of Medicine. The University has an enrolment of approximately 8,100 students at campuses in Thunder Bay and Orillia, with a significant Aboriginal contingent at the Thunder Bay campus. For further information, please access:  www.lakeheadu.ca.



For further information regarding this CRC position, please contact Dr. Peter Hollings, Chair of the Department of Geology, at (807) 343-8329 or peter.hollings@lakeheadu.ca. Detailed information on our undergraduate and graduate programs is available at http://geology.lakeheadu.ca/.



Review of applications will begin on January 11, 2013 and continue until the position is filled.  Applications and nominations including a letter of interest, curriculum vitae, evidence of teaching effectiveness (such as a statement of teaching philosophy, teaching evaluations, course outlines), a five-year CRC research plan, the contact information for three referees, and three publications that demonstrate a significant contribution to the field should be sent to:



Dr. Rui Wang, Vice-President (Research, Economic Development and Innovation)
Lakehead University
955 Oliver Road


Thunder Bay, ON P7B 5E1


e-mail: Janice.Pellizzari@lakeheadu.ca
tel: (807) 343-8201

Please note that this position is subject to review and final approval by the CRC Secretariat in Ottawa. For additional information on the CRC program, please visit the program website at: www.chairs.gc.ca.
 


Lakehead University is an Equal Opportunity Employer.



The CRC program imposes no restrictions with regard to nationality or current country of residence.