Criminology Instructor

Kwantlen Polytechnic University

Criminology Instructor

POSITION TYPES: Up to 2 NR2, 50% contracts (one-year, limited-term faculty positions at a course load of 50% each)

POSITION START: September 1, 2025 and January 1, 2026

KPU proudly offers all learners opportunities to achieve success in a diverse range of programs that blend theory and practice, critical understanding, and social and ethical awareness necessary for good citizenship and rewarding careers.

FACULTY OVERVIEW:

Kwantlen Polytechnic University is a leader in innovative, interdisciplinary education with a teaching-focused mandate. As a special purpose teaching university with an open access mandate, KPU offers all learners opportunities to achieve the highest standards of academic performance. Within KPU, the Faculty of Arts has over 6000 full-time students and over 300 faculty members from across the Humanities and Social Sciences. The Faculty of Arts includes 19 departments and 21 programs at the undergraduate and graduate levels. The Faculty is also home to the Canada Research Chair in South Asian Literary and Applied Genomics Centre. Many of our programs offer opportunities for experiential education through practicums, co-ops, international field-schools and exchanges, service learning, community engagement, and research collaborations. For more information about the Faculty of Arts, please visit our website at: https://www.kpu.ca/arts.

The Criminology Department at Kwantlen Polytechnic University (KPU) invites applications for up to 2 NR2 faculty positions at 50% (one-year, limited-term appointments).

The Criminology Department at KPU currently offers a Bachelor of Arts, Major in Criminology degree (with a thesis-based Honours option) as well as one- and two-year credentials. The Department emphasizes pedagogical principles and educational approaches that incorporate community-based research, professional development, and experiential learning across the curriculum, including service learning, practicum, and a co-op program option. The Criminology Department is a diverse collective of faculty members, representing academic research and/or practical, professional experience in the field, and is home to the Social Justice Centre. We are interested in applicants who reflect teaching and scholarship within our polytechnic mandate. Recruiting and retaining colleagues who reflect our diverse student body is a continuing goal of our department. Faculty are supported by a university-wide Anti-Racism Taskforce and the President's Diversity and Equity Committee. In keeping with the department's commitment to Decolonization and Indigenization, we warmly welcome and will prioritize candidates who identify as Indigenous. As part of this commitment, we will treat lived experience and cultural knowledge on equal footing with academic and professional experience in the case of Indigenous applicants. In addition to our commitment to hiring Indigenous faculty, we would also encourage any candidate, whether Indigenous or not, with research expertise on Indigenous people and the Canadian legal system, to apply.

POSITION OVERVIEW:

The Criminology Department at Kwantlen Polytechnic University (KPU) invites applications for up to 2 NR2 50% contract positions, beginning September 1, 2025. The ideal candidates will have a proven record of excellence in teaching at the undergraduate level and academic expertise in Criminology or a related discipline. For those candidates who identify as Indigenous, equal consideration will be given to lived experience, cultural knowledge and non-academic forms of knowledge keeping and transmission.

The field of specialization is open and as such, the Criminology Department is particularly interested in candidates who can teach at least 2 of the following courses

• CRIM 1101 Introduction to the Criminal Justice System
• CRIM 1107 Canadian Legal Systems
• CRIM 2204 Criminal Justice and Psychology
• CRIM 2214 Corrections: Theory and Practice
• CRIM 2330 Psychological Explanations of Criminal Behaviour
• CRIM 2331 Sociological Explanations of Criminal Behaviour
• CRIM 3120 Organized Crime

We may also need faculty for:

• CRIM 4301 Community Advocacy and Human Rights

All faculty in Criminology teach a combination of introductory and upper-level courses.

The successful candidates should be available to teach at our three campuses in Surrey, Richmond, or Langley. The ideal candidate will have a teaching record of excellence; online teaching experience is an asset. Again, Indigenous candidates, will be permitted to prove their qualifications in a culturally sensitive manner which balances western and Indigenous ways of knowing, learning and seeing.

For information about our Criminology courses, please visit: https://calendar.kpu.ca/courses-az/crim/ . In your cover letter, please indicate why you would like to be considered and your relevant expertise with the specified courses.

All Indigenous candidates are encouraged to apply, inclusive of status and non-status First Nations, Métis, and Inuit. More information concerning the working conditions for a faculty member are outlined in Article 12 of the Kwantlen Faculty Association (KFA) Collective Agreement

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Candidates with a Ph.D., LL.M., or equivalent combination of graduate work, research publication, and experience will be considered. Applicants should demonstrate a strong evidence of excellence in teaching, with a track record of quality teaching at the post-secondary level preferred.
• Indigenous candidates with a Ph.D, LLM, or equivalent combination of community-based knowledge keeping, learning and teaching will be considered on equal footing.

APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS:

Candidates are asked to submit the following items. Incomplete applications will not be considered:

• Cover letter (Please identify in your cover letter which areas of expertise you have with respect to the courses listed in this job posting.)
• Current curriculum vitae
• Statement of teaching philosophy
• Teaching evaluations; Sample Course syllabi/outlines; or other evidence of teaching excellence
• Copies of transcripts from graduate degree(s)
• List of three professional referees able to comment on your teaching ability, and academic accomplishments and/or practical experience.

We thank all applicants for their interest in KPU; however, only those selected for further consideration will be contacted. Shortlisted applicants will be required to provide copies of original transcripts.

This competition is for a maximum FTE of 50% (NR2). When possible, priority will be given to the candidate(s) who can maximize the FTE either individually, or collectively, as such please indicate on your application your preferred workload percentage. This competition could also be used to add candidates to our Qualified Faculty List, therefore also please indicate on your application if you are interested in being added to this list.

SALARY INFORMATION:
Placement on the salary scale will be dependent on level of education and relevant teaching experience. Advancement up the pay scale is based on FTE and employment status.