Overview
Our Lady Seat of Wisdom College (SWC) invites applications for a full-time tenure-track position at the rank of Assistant Professor in History to begin 1 July 2025. This position will remain open until filled and is subject to budgetary approval. Potential candidates are encouraged to apply immediately.
Candidates must have earned a doctorate in History, or a related field, or be in the last few weeks at the ABD level. The area of expertise is open and the successful candidate will be expected to teach courses over a broad range of historical periods and geographical areas – including Modern History (c.1500 until the present day) and US and Canadian history. The successful candidate will be joining a History Department with a pre-existing program of courses, although there would be the possibility of adding a limited number of courses in the candidate’s area of expertise in future years.
Candidates must have a strong record of teaching, or show strong potential of good teaching, as well as evidence of excellence, or the capacity for excellence in research and academic publishing. Administrative experience, especially in an academic context, would be an asset. Energy, strong interpersonal skills and a positive, respectful and collaborative attitude, as well as a desire to serve in a mission-based institution, are essential.
Our Lady Seat of Wisdom College offers higher education in the Catholic tradition of the liberal arts. SWC was awarded degree-granting status by the Province of Ontario in May 2017. In 2024, the College was granted permission to offer a four-year BA degree in History (as well as separate four-year BA degrees in Literature and in Classical and Early Christian Studies). Our Lady Seat of Wisdom College is fully faithful to the Magisterium of the Roman Catholic Church. The college takes its Catholic identity and character very seriously. All instructors at SWC are required to affirm in writing their fidelity to the Magisterium of the Catholic Church and to teach in full accord with it. The successful candidate will be someone who feels at home in such an environment and who is committed to a sense of purpose in which his/her academic work and his/her personal faith support each other. Furthermore, the successful candidate will be inspired by the mission of the college and eager to contribute to its continued fulfilment. Candidates are encouraged to look at the College’s website to learn more about the institution and its nature, mission and culture.
Salary is commensurate with experience, within the context of Our Lady Seat of Wisdom College’s nature as a non-profit apostolate. In accordance with Canadian immigration requirements, priority will be given to Canadian citizens and permanent residents in Canada.
To apply, please submit by email or standard mail a curriculum vitae and cover letter to the address below. Subsequently, candidates may be invited to submit three letters of recommendation (two academic and one pastoral) and a two-page statement of how their faith informs and shapes their teaching, scholarship and professional practice.
Dr. Richard Shaw, Chairman of the History Department
c/o Kathryn Hart, Executive Assistant to the Academic Dean
Our Lady Seat of Wisdom College
P.O. Box 249, 19 Karol Wojtyla Square
Barry’s Bay, Ontario. K0J 1B0. Canada
rhshaw@seatofwisdom.ca; khart@seatofwisdom.ca
For more information, please call 1-613-756-3082, or toll free at 1-877-369-6520
To apply for this job email your details to khart@seatofwisdom.ca
About Our Lady Seat of Wisdom College
Our Lady Seat of Wisdom provides a post-secondary education in the liberal arts within the Catholic tradition. Faithful to the teachings of the Catholic Church, and guided by Ex Corde Ecclesiae, the college seeks to form the whole person, especially intellectually and spiritually, while respecting the freedom of the individual. Our curriculum offers a deep and wide-ranging understanding of Western civilization along with the traditions of the Church, and equips students to engage with and critique contemporary culture.