The University of Calgary is Canada’s leading next-generation university – a living, growing and youthful institution that embraces change and opportunity with a can-do attitude. Located in the nation’s most enterprising city, the university has a clear strategic direction – Eyes High – to become one of Canada’s top five research universities by 2016, grounded in innovative learning and teaching and fully integrated with the community of Calgary.
As a comprehensive academic and research institution, the University of Calgary inspires and supports discovery, creativity and innovation across all disciplines. Through the Taylor Institute for Teaching and Learning, under construction now, the university will take the lead in educational innovation by researching the most effective methods for engaging students, by supporting faculty to be the best teachers they can be and by providing some of the most innovative learning spaces available anywhere in North America.
The academic priorities that provide a foundation for the university to reach its strategic direction are (2012 Academic Plan):
Talent attraction and retention
Teaching and research integration
Interdisciplinarity
Leadership
Internationalization
Connection with community
Sustainability
The research themes that guide the university towards its top five goal are (2012 Strategic Research Plan):
Brain and mental health
Human dynamics in a changing world
New earth-space technologies
Engineering solutions for health
Infections, inflammation and chronic diseases in the changing environment
Energy innovations for today and tomorrow
The University of Calgary attracts and nurtures the talent that drives new knowledge creation, improves lives and betters our world. In this rich learning environment, the university serves over 31,000 students in more than 200 undergraduate, graduate and professional degree programs, and provides the community with diverse lifelong learning opportunities. International study, volunteer, work, and research programs provide global context while promoting diversity and excellence in learning, teaching and research.
The University of Calgary stands out among Canadian universities in how it actively engages students in leadership development in all areas – the arts, athletics, science, medicine, engineering, volunteerism and business. It is also a leader in sustainability with its set of values embraced by the campus through teaching, leadership and campus operations.
1966 University of Calgary founded
85+ research institutes and centres
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$7.9 billion economic impact in Calgary
$325 million in research income
1,800 faculty
3,000 staff
The Department of Mathematics and Statistics at the University of Calgary is committed to student engagement and creating an innovative, student-centered learning environment. Information about the Department and its programs can be found at http://math.ucalgary.ca.
The Department of Medicine, University of Calgary and Alberta Health Services, Calgary, invites applications for a contingent term academic position at the Associate Professor level as an academic Haematologist.
The Research Assistants will assist the Principle Investigator and support the research team through providing assistance and maintenance in the lab.
Reporting to the Dean, the successful applicant must have completed a doctoral programme in education; have university graduate level teaching experience in an online environment; and, have expertise and experience in K-12 teaching, school leadership, and school jurisdiction leadership in Alberta.
This position is within the Application Development team in Information Technologies, reporting to the Associate Director, Applications and Web Services. The team is responsible for the development and sustainment support of custom built software applications and integrations.
Reporting to the Primary Investigator the Research Assistant will be responsible for conducting research tasks in the area of child development psychology related to meta-analysis on the intergenerational transmission of maltreatment/abuse.
Reporting to the Principal Investigator (PI), the primary purpose of this position will be to work under the PI on a project aimed at optimizing the de novo production of thebaine in yeast through a combination of (i) novel gene discovery, (ii) substitution with empirically superior gene...
This position reports to the Dean of the Faculty of Environmental Design and is a key member of the faculty's leadership team.