The search for the newly created Senate approved position of Associate Vice-Provost (AVP), Faculty is now underway. The list of members appointed by the Senate to the ad hoc Search Committee is shown below.

As this is a part-time position to be piloted for a three-year term, the search will be internal to the McMaster academic community. The AVP role is envisioned to be a three day per week commitment with the exception of the term the Vice-Provost (VP), Faculty will be on an administrative leave. The rationale for this pilot is essentially three-fold. First, the committee that oversaw the reappointment of the Vice-Provost (Faculty) felt that the VP role needed additional support, specifically in the form of a designate which the post currently lacks. Second, provincial government pressure to expand experiential learning opportunities for undergraduate students and its ongoing interest in measuring campus community engagement, as well as social and economic impact (prominent in our third Strategic Mandate agreement) has translated into a substantive uptick in work in these critical areas of the portfolio. Finally, the Provost’s Office has expressed a renewed commitment to building leadership capacity among mid-career faculty, to ensure more effective forms of succession planning.

As the search is now underway, you are invited and encouraged to communicate your views on the characteristics needed to fill the AVP, Faculty role and to provide nominations to any member of the committee including the Provost (provost@mcmaster.ca). For input to be incorporated into the early deliberations of the committee, it should be sent before 12pm on Friday, June 15th. Communications to the Selection Committee will be shared within the Committee but otherwise will be considered confidential.

Everyone is welcome to participate in this important selection process. Please note that self-nominations will also be accepted. Those interested in applying for this position are asked to provide the committee with a CV and a brief statement outlining specific experiences in and contributions towards the undergraduate academic experience, in particular highlighting areas pertaining to experiential learning, community engaged learning, high impact and inclusive pedagogical practice, program review and new program development. The committee will begin its adjudication of these files at its Thursday, June 21 meeting.

Terms of reference for the AVP, Faculty position can be found here

Membership of the Selection Committee for the AVP, Faculty –

David Farrar (Chair), Provost and Vice-President (Academic)

Susan Searls Giroux, Vice-Provost (Faculty)

Sean Van Koughnett, Associate Vice-President (Students and Learning) and Dean of Students

Sheila Sammon, Director, Community Engagement

Lorraine Carter, Director, Centre for Continuing Education

Chris Sinding, Professor, School of Social Work, Faculty of Social Sciences

Olive Wahoush, Associate Professor, School of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences

Rob Wilton, Professor, School of Geography and Earth Sciences, Faculty of Science

Daniel Coleman, Professor, Department of English and Cultural Studies, Faculty of Humanities

Aaron Schat, Associate Professor, Chair Human Resources and Management, Faculty of Business

Tracy Becker, Assistant Professor, Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering

Arig al Shaibah, Associate Vice-President, Equity and Inclusion *Consultant to selection committee

The diversity of our community is at the core of our innovation and creativity and strengthens our research and teaching excellence. As such, all qualified candidates who share our commitment to advancing equity, diversity and inclusion are invited to apply, and we particularly welcome applications from women, persons with disabilities, First Nations, Métis and Inuit peoples, members of visible minorities, and LGBTQ+ identified persons.