THE SCHOOL FOR FIELD STUDIES / CENTRE FOR COASTAL STUDIES (Barkley and Clayoquot Sounds, British Columbia, Canada) FULL TIME RESIDENT FACULTY POSITION AVAILABLE (Beginning January 1996 Semester) FOREST RESOURCE SPECIALIST In September 1995, The School for Field Studies opened a new Centre in Barkley and Clayoquot Sounds, British Columbia, Canada. It is registered with the Private Post-Secondary Education Commission of British Columbia. The Centre focuses on sustainable ecosystem management of natural resources in the coastal zone. The main campus of the school is in Bamfield with extensive field work and teaching in Barkley and Clayoquot Sounds. The School for Field Studies is one of the largest private post-secondary experiential educational institutions designed to give students the opportunity to contribute to critical environmental management issues in various ecosystems (BC, Australia, Kenya, Costa Rica, South Cacos). The Centre is staffed with a director, three full-time resident faculty (Forest Resource Specialist, Coastal Ecologist, Resource Economist), several adjunct off-site faculty (First Nations Resource Sociologist, Salmon Biologist, Forest Policy Expert), four graduate interns, one student affairs manager, one site manager, assistant site manager, and a satellite logistics coordinator. The Centre offers fall and spring semester programs, as well as two four-week summer programs. Each program has 32 student participants. Courses are accredited through Boston University and the student's Canadian or US home institution. Faculty are approved as lecturers through Boston University. Faculty are required to live on-site. Room and board are provided by SFS. The Forest Resource Specialist Faculty will address sustainable ecosystem management. Professional interests should include: forest and wildlife management; landscape-scale ecosystem management principles, forest and fisheries planning, alternative forest models in the context of sustainable development, social forestry, forest ecology, resource sociology, Canadian and British Columbian provincial land-use management. The faculty position requires a dedicated educator who is facile with interdisciplinary analysis combining management with methodological insights from the fields of resource management and natural sciences. A familiarity with landscape-scale ecosystem management principles and the history of British Columbia land use management are essential. Faculty own a portfolio which includes the supervision of one case study, their participation in two other related case studies and the supervision of 10 community identified directed research projects each semester. Lectures, workshops, labs, field trips are utilized within discussion-oriented decision-based case studies. In addition faculty offer community workshops and lectures based on needs assessments. Requirements: Ph.D. or Masters Degree with at least four years of practitioner/applied experience. Relevant work/living in British Columbia or similar temperate coastal zone ecosystems. At least 2 years teaching at the undergraduate level with full course responsibility, a demonstrated commitment and passion to innovative teaching programs, experience working with applied conservation/management issues in a diverse community context, proven leadership skills in a start-up institution, desire to facilitate education of highly motivated students, wit and good humor in an intensive, immersion educational setting. For more information or to apply, please call or e-mail/fax cover letter, CV and 3 references (addresses and e-mail/phone numbers) to: Dr. David Silverberg, Director School for Field Studies GPO Bamfield British Columbia V0R 1B0 CANADA 604-728-2390 phone; 604-728-2391 fax e-mail: silverberg@igc.apc.org
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