Geology Thunder Bay Winter 2025
Application Deadline: October 18, 2024
GEOLOGY DEPARTMENT
Lakehead University, Thunder Bay Campus, invites applications for Contract Lecturers in the Department of Geology. Applications are requested to teach the following:
WINTER 2025:
Geology 1130, 1131/ENST 1131, 1132 WA – Crust of the Earth (with Laboratory 3-2)
Emphasis is placed on the Earth's crust especially on near-surface processes and their products. The principles of stratigraphy, significance of fossils, variety of depositional environments and hydrogeology are some topics that will be presented. Discussion of geology and the environment will include geological resources, energy consumption and changes to the natural environment caused by human activity.
Start Date/Duration: Tues, Thurs from 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm (2025/01/06 – 2024/04/4)
Labs – Thurs from 12:30 pm – 2:30 pm; Fri from 8:30 am – 10:30 am
Geology 2311/ENST 2311 WA – Environmental Geology
The relevance of geology to human society is investigated. Throughout the course students will be taught to relate their understanding of geology to interpreting the world around them. Topics that may be discussed include volcanic hazards, earthquakes, flooding, landslides, desertification and glaciation, global warming, groundwater issues, soil erosion, resource geology, fossil fuels, renewable energy sources, waste management, pollution and environmental law.
Start Date/Duration: Tues, Thurs from 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm (2025/01/06 – 2024/04/4)
Geology 3015 WA – Introductory Geology for Engineers
An introduction to Earth systems, cycles, and materials followed by discussion of Earth's interior processes, including seismicity and volcanism, leads to description of common crustal structures and their role in regional and global tectonism. Subsequently emphasis will be directed to a study of important surface processes, resulting features, and geologic hazards. Laboratory work includes the identification of common minerals and rocks, a study of common structures in section and plan view, and interpretation of geologic maps.
Start Date/Duration: Tues, Thurs from 2:30 pm – 4:00 pm (2025/01/06 – 2024/04/4)
Labs – Thurs from 11:30 am – 2:30 pm and 2:30 pam – 5:30 pm
Geology 3217 WA – Metamorphism
Physical controls of metamorphism, distribution in space and time, heat flow, global heat budget. Tectonic and historical contingencies affecting the distribution of facies series. Plate tectonic and other tectonic controls on the distribution and style of metamorphism. Deformation processes in crystalline materials, diffusion, crystal plasticity, microscopic deformation mechanism in general.
Start Date/Duration: Tues, Thurs from 8:30 am – 10:00 am (2025/01/06 – 2024/04/4)
Labs – Fri from 11:30 am – 2:30 pm
Geology 4015 WDE –Basic Scientific Methods in Geology
Specific topics concerned with problems and materials encountered by Civil and Environmental Engineers. Topics discussed may include: application of geometrical techniques to the solution of problems in structural geology, quarrying and mining; natural radioactivity, its causes and consequences (radon, groundwater chemistry); applications of mineralogical and geological principles to radioactive waste disposal; origin and nature of some industrial minerals (diamond, graphite, salt, gypsum, asbestos, silica); the mineralogy, composition and stability of natural and synthetic silicate and carbonate constructional materials (granite, sandstone, bricks, Portland cement).
Start Date/Duration: Mon, Wed via ZOOM 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm (2025/01/06 – 2024/04/4)
Geology 4313 WA –Geological Case Studies
Case studies are used to teach concepts of geological analysis on a regional scale. Published literature about the mapped lithologies, structure, petrology, geochemistry, geophysics, stratigraphy and/or geochronology of various regions will be used to unravel geological history and evaluate tectonic models. Typical case studies may include, for example, the Appalachian orogenic belt, the North American Cordillera, the Himalayan-Tibetan orogeny, and Proterozoic tectonics of North America.
Start Date/Duration: Mon, Wed 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm (2025/01/06 – 2024/04/4)
Please note: This schedule is tentative and subject to change. Instructors should
refer to the online timetable before the start of classes.
Qualifications Preferred: A graduate degree in geology or relevant discipline is preferred, with experience teaching at the post-secondary level. Candidates lacking the specific degree qualification, but who possess an appropriate combination of experience and other academic qualifications, are also encouraged to apply. Experience with experiential learning and online or alternative modes of delivery is highly desired.
Lakehead is a comprehensive university with a reputation for innovative programs and cutting-edge research. Our campuses are located in Thunder Bay on the traditional lands of the Fort William First Nation, Signatory to the Robinson Superior Treaty of 1850 and in Orillia on the traditional territory of the Anishinaabeg, and Rama First Nation. Lakehead University acknowledges the history that many nations hold in the areas around our campuses and is committed to a relationship with Métis and Inuit and First Nations peoples. Lakehead has approximately 10,000 students and 2,160 faculty and staff. With an emphasis on collaborative learning and independent critical thinking and a multidisciplinary teaching approach, Lakehead offers a variety of degree and diploma programs at the undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral levels through its nine faculties, including Business Administration, Education, Engineering, Health and Behavioural Sciences, Natural Resources Management, Science and Environmental Studies, Social Sciences and Humanities, Graduate Studies, and Faculty of Law. For further information, please visit: www.lakeheadu.ca.
For further information, please contact Dr. Andrew Conly. Detailed information on the Department of Geology and our programs is available at:
https://www.lakeheadu.ca/programs/departments/geology.
Review of applications will begin on October 18, 2024 and will continue until the position is filled. The electronic application (in the form of one PDF document) should include: a curriculum vitae, statement of teaching interests and/or evidence of teaching effectiveness. A completed Confirmation of Eligibility to Work in Canada.pdf form must accompany your package. We encourage applicants with the Right of First Refusal (as outlined in article 19.03.02 of the LUFA/LU Collective Agreement) to indicate their status in their application.
Applicants should submit their electronic application to:
Department of Geology
Lakehead University
955 Oliver Road
Thunder Bay, ON P7B 5E1
Attn: Dr. Andrew Conly, Chair
E-mail: aconly@lakeheadu.ca
Lakehead University is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment and welcomes applications from all qualified individuals including women, racialized persons, Indigenous people, persons with disabilities and other equity-seeking groups. All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadian citizens and permanent residents will be given priority. This is in accordance with Canadian immigration requirements.
Lakehead University has an Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Action Plan 2019-2024 with a goal to recruit and retain a diverse workforce as measured by increasing representation of under-represented groups among applicants, candidates and hires. Experience working with Indigenous or racialized communities, and/or members of other equity-deserving groups is a strong asset. A lived experience or worked experience of any of these issues is preferred.
We appreciate your interest; however, only those selected for an interview will be notified. Lakehead University is committed to supporting an accessible environment. Applicants requiring accommodation during the interview process should contact the Office of Human Resources at (807) 343.8010 ext. 8334 or human.resources@lakeheadu.cato make appropriate arrangements.
This position is subject to budgetary approval.