The Community Service-Learning Program at the University of Alberta invites applications for our Postdoctoral Fellowship in Community Service-Learning. The term of the fellowship is 12 months with possibility of renewal (value = $44,000 plus $2500 research/travel fund). This fellowship is open to recent PhD’s (degree completed within last three years) with experience and demonstrated research interests in community-engaged research and teaching. The postdoctoral fellow is expected to develop and pursue a research project that relates to community service-learning and to actively contribute to the development of the Community Service-Learning Program at the University of Alberta. Additional responsibilities include facilitation of Humanities 101 or another program sponsored by Community Service-Learning and the opportunity to teach one of the following (with separate remuneration): CSL100, CSL300 or CSL350/360. For application details (including downloadable application form), please visit the Community Service-Learning Program at www.arts.ualberta.ca/csl. Application deadline: May 15, 2009. Postdoctoral Fellowship begins August 1, 2009.

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Eligibility Requirements:

• Must have experience and demonstrated research interest in community-engaged scholarship and teaching (field or discipline open).
• Must be willing to contribute to the development of the Community Service-Learning Program at the University of Alberta.
• Open to citizens of any country.
• Must have a doctoral degree (within 3 years post-PhD from the time of application submission or will complete PhD prior to commencing the fellowship).
• Must not hold a permanent faculty position at another university or college at the time of application submission.
• Must not hold or have held a postdoctoral fellowship from any funding agency or a University named fellowship (e.g. CIHR, NSERC, SSHRC, AHFMR, Killam/Notley).

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For further information, please contact:

Dr. Lise Gotell, Acting Director
Community Service-Learning Program, Faculty of Arts, University of Alberta
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