SOJEVA- Social and Environmental Justice 21st​/Winter

Wilfrid Laurier University is hiring an instructor for the course SOJE100 VA1 - Social and Environmental Justice in the 21st Century, scheduled for Winter 2026. The course is taught virtually in an asynchronous format and explores global issues such as gender inequality, climate change, and economic disparity. Candidates with interdisciplinary research or teaching experience in social and environmental justice are preferred.
Position: SOJE100 VA1 - Social and Environmental Justice in the 21st Century (Winter 2026)
Location: California

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SOJE
100 VA1 - Social and Environmental Justice in the 21st Century (Winter 2026)

Faculty/Academic Area: Faculty of Liberal Arts

Department
:
Social and Environmental Justice

Campus: Other

Employee Group: WLUFA

Requisition : 9509

Position Title: SOJE
100 VA1 – Social and Environmental Justice in the 21st Century

Term: Winter 2026

Days/Times: N/A

Type of Course: Virtual Asynchronous

Anticipated Class Size: 120

Posted on: May 26, 2025

Posting ends: June 10, 2025

Position Summary: This course invites students to consider pressing global issues through the lens of social and environmental justice. Students will develop skills for identifying theoretical frameworks, and synthesizing and integrating disciplinary perspectives. Key content may include gender inequality, unequal access to education and healthcare, economic disparity, climate change, the politics of Indigeneity, digital rights and privacy, and the impact of war.

Topics will be examined in light of political, ideological and cultural influences aimed at sustaining, questioning, or overturning the status quo.

Note: this course is taught in an asynchronous online method and already has course content developed.

Qualifications – Discipline: Humanities, Social Sciences

Qualifications – Other: Preference will be given to applicants who demonstrate either (i) a record of interdisciplinary research in understanding and analyzing contemporary global environmental and social justice issues OR (ii) interdisciplinary teaching experience relating to understanding and analyzing contemporary global environmental and social justice issues.
• Evidence of Good Teaching; can include course surveys, teaching dossier, teaching certificates and awards, and/or similar materials.
• Verification of highest degree

Optional

· Cover Letter

Applications may be addressed to:

Questions can be directed to Celine Taillefer-Travers, Academic Program Administrator, by email ( ).

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This appointment is in accordance with the Contract Teaching Faculty and Part-time Librarians Collective Agreement , for which the Wilfrid Laurier Faculty Association (WLUFA) is the exclusive bargaining agent. All applicants are assessed using both the “Appendix H:
Assessment of CTF Candidates under 13.6.1” in the collective agreement and the program specific rubric , where applicable. Candidates should review these documents and ensure the information required is easily accessible in the application.

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