Position:
Lecturer and Director/Curator Blackwood Gallery,
Institute of Communication and Culture University of Toronto Mississauga

Deadline: March 4, 2008

The Director of the Institute of Communication and Culture (ICC) invites
applications for a teaching stream position as Lecturer and
Director/Curator of the Blackwood Gallery at the University of Toronto
Mississauga to begin on July 1, 2008.

Candidates must have an advanced degree in an area such as Art History,
Cultural Studies, Museum/Curatorial Studies or other related
disciplines. A Ph.D. is desirable. Applicants should demonstrate
evidence of excellence in teaching, experience with art and culture
collections and exhibits, and curatorial expertise.

The successful candidate will be responsible for teaching courses in
curatorial practice and, based on expertise, in other areas of art and
culture, both within and outside the ICC. The individual selected will
also supervise undergraduate and graduate students and possibly develop
an internship program to equip our students with curatorial skills.
Working with the Dean, the Director of the ICC and others, the
successful candidate will direct the conception and organization of
exhibitions and oversee the implementation of all other aspects of the
Gallery’s program including outreach, publication, student exhibitions,
events, and the maintenance of the permanent collection. Developing the
role of the gallery as a site for exposition, teaching, and learning,
the selected candidate will help to integrate its work into the fabric
of disciplinary and pedagogical life within the University of Toronto
Mississauga through collaboration with individual faculty members and
academic departments. In addition, the incumbent will oversee the
current collection of Canadian and international modern and contemporary
art, as well as the gallery’s other exhibit sites.

Salary commensurate with qualifications and experience.

The Institute of Communication and Culture is an interdisciplinary
research and teaching Institute designed to address questions of culture
and communication across the humanities, science and social science
disciplines. The Blackwood Gallery is a working museum and gallery
linked with the ICC which provides a forum for the contextualization and
interpretation of contemporary and historical art and culture. For more
information, please visit the ICC website at:
http://www.utm.utoronto.ca/icc

Applications should include a full curriculum vitae, teaching materials
including a sample syllabus, documentation of at least one (but no more
than three) major exhibition(s), a writing sample, and three letters of
reference. Applications should be submitted electronically to
iccsearchutoronto.ca. Applications should be addressed to:

Professor Louis Kaplan, Director
Institute of Communication and Culture
University of Toronto Mississauga
Room 3030 CCT Building
3359
Mississauga Rd N,
Mississauga, ON, L5L 1C6.

All additional hard-copy application materials should be sent to the
above
address. All materials must be received by March 4, 2008. Inquiries
can be
sent through the email address above or 905-569-4352.

The University of Toronto is strongly committed to diversity within its
community and especially welcomes applications from visible minority
group members, women, Aboriginal persons, persons with disabilities,
members of sexual minority groups, and others who may contribute to the
further diversification of ideas.
All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadians and
permanent residents will be given priority.