Assistant Professor, One-year Instructional Limited Term Appointment (ILTA), Performance Scenography

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About Brock University
The Brock University experience is second to none in Canada. Located in historic Niagara region, Brock offers all the benefits of a young and modern university in a safe, community-minded city, with beautiful natural surroundings. With over 18,000 students and more than 100 undergraduate and graduate programs in seven diverse Faculties, Brock excels at providing exceptional experiential learning opportunities and highly rated student and campus life experiences.

Our Geography
Brock University’s main campus is situated atop the Niagara Escarpment, within a UNESCO World Biosphere Reserve, overlooking the city of St. Catharines, in the heart of Niagara wine country. The Niagara region is dotted with landmarks that recognize our nation’s history and features breathtaking natural beauty and world-famous attractions. St. Catharines is home to vibrant arts and entertainment venues, and is a short drive from Toronto, Niagara Falls, and Buffalo, New York. With one of the warmest climates in Canada, clean, safe communities, and surprisingly affordable real estate, Niagara is an exceptional location to call home.

What we Offer 
Brock University offers competitive salary and benefits. For candidates considering relocation, moving expenses will be administered according to the Brock University Faculty Association Collective Agreement.  

About the Department
The Department of Dramatic Arts (DART) is housed in exceptional theatre creation facilities at the Marilyn I. Walker School of Fine and Performing Arts in downtown St. Catharines, Ontario.

Serving approximately 160 majors, DART offers a BA Honours in Dramatic Arts with a strong emphasis on experiential and work integrated learning in theatre studio and workshop environments. For Honours students, Concentrations are available in Design and Production, Performance, and Theatre Creation. A new Concentration and an International Double Degree in Musical Theatre and Education are in development. About half of our students are pursuing Co-op or Concurrent BA (Honours)/BEd programs. DART’s annual, 12-month theatre season engages students and visiting artists in two mainstage productions, a fully-resourced student-led collective creation, a student-led festival of one-act plays, and the DART Performance Research Institute’s series of professional research and development residencies.

DART is committed to transforming its approach to post-secondary theatre education through an intersectional, anti-supremacist understanding of equity. Our commitment consists of a ten-year, iterative process begun in 2022, of reviewing and revising the Department’s recruitment and hiring practices; its pedagogical approaches, curriculum design, and production practices; and its performance programming and community engagements. DART leads the Canada-wide, SSHRC-funded Staging Better Futures/Mettre en scene de meilleurs avenirs Partnership of over 30 postsecondary theatre programs, theatre companies, and professional theatre organizations. Through this work, DART aims to foster accessibility, anti-racism, decolonization, and reconciliation within the Department and across the postsecondary and professional theatre sectors.

For more information, see https://brocku.ca/miwsfpa/dramatic-arts/.

About the Position 
The Department of Dramatic invites applicants for a one-year Instructional Limited Term Appointment at the rank of Assistant Professor, beginning July 1, 2026. To fulfill the 80% teaching, 20% service expectations of the position, the successful candidate will teach a range of courses in scenography and technical production; contribute to scenography, technical production, and/or producing for DART’s season; and contribute to curriculum development. Courses will include DART 1F40: Scenography and Stagecraft and at least one of DART 2P61: Design for Theatre – Scenographic Environment or DART 2P62: Design for Theatre – Embodied Scenographies.

The Department of Dramatic Arts is committed to providing mentorship, resources, and service opportunities to support the successful candidate’s program of research/creation and professional development in this position. The Department of Dramatic Arts and Brock University value and support Indigenous and creative knowledges and recognize them in evaluation and tenure and promotion processes.

Qualifications  
The Department of Dramatic Arts is seeking candidates with expertise in mediated, spatial, and/or embodied scenographies and related technical skills, with experience in postsecondary teaching. Candidates will hold a relevant PhD, MDes, MFA, or equivalent professional experience, and will demonstrate significant professional contributions to design for theatre. Specific scenographic expertise may include: extended, mixed, and/or virtual reality scenographies; lighting, projection, sound, animated and/or intermedial scenographies; set and/or properties design and decoration; site-specific, land-based, and/or other spatial scenographies; costume, hair, makeup, and/or performance prosthetics design; puppetry design. In addition to creative and technical excellence in performance scenographies and techniques, candidates will provide evidence of successful, theoretically-informed teaching and/or mentorship in postsecondary theatre education. Demonstrated expertise in anti-supremacist approaches to teaching theatre, theatre creation and/or professional mentorship is essential. Experience in arts administration, producing, professional associations, academic service, and/or course and curriculum design is preferred.

Application Information
All documents must be submitted in electronic format (a single well-organized PDF document is preferred) via the online application system. (Note: file maximum of 5MB per attachment upload. Portfolios exceeding this size may be emailed directly to dramatic@brocku.ca.)

Candidates must submit:
• A letter of application.
• A portfolio demonstrating creative and technical excellence in scenography.
• A teaching dossier providing objective, systematically-collected evidence of successful high quality teaching or professional mentorship, and evidence of expertise in anti-supremacist approaches to theatre making, theatre pedagogy, and/or professional mentorship. Dossiers will ideally demonstrate how pedagogical principles are integrated into the applicant’s post-secondary teaching and/or mentorship.
• A curriculum vitae, including the names and contact information for three references.

Evidence of professional impact and references from professional peers will be considered evidence of professional experience equivalent to a terminal degree.

Applicants should also arrange for at least three letters of reference from mentors, supervisors, or peers to be sent electronically to dramatic@brocku.ca.

The closing date for applications is May 28, 2026 at 12:01am. The final full day to apply is May 27, 2026. Inquiries should be directed to Melissa MacAaulay, Administrative Assistant, Marilyn I. Walker School of Fine and Performing Arts, dramatic@brocku.ca.

The target hiring range for this position is $95,000 to $110,000. The final salary will be determined based on relevant experience, internal equity and budget considerations.

This ad is for an existing position in the Brock University Faculty Association (BUFA) bargaining unit. This position is subject to final budgetary approval.

Applications can be submitted at the following link: https://brocku.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/brocku_careers/job/St-Catharines-Main-Campus/Assistant-Professor–One-year-Instructional-Limited-Term-Appointment–ILTA—Performance-Scenography_JR-1023353

Our Commitment
Brock University is actively committed to diversity and the principles of employment equity and invites applications from all qualified candidates. Women, Indigenous (First Nations, Métis, Inuit) peoples, Black people, people with disabilities, members of visible minorities/racialized groups, and Two-Spirit, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, and additional sexually and gender diverse (2SLGBTQI+) persons are encouraged to apply and to voluntarily self-identify as a member of a designated group as part of their application. Candidates who wish to be considered as a member of one or more designated groups should fill out the Self-Identification Form and include the completed form with their application.

All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however Canadian citizens and permanent residents will be given priority.

We will accommodate the needs of the applicants and the Ontario Human Rights Code and the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA) throughout all stages of the selection process, as outlined in the Employment Accommodation Policy https://brocku.ca/policies/wp-content/uploads/sites/94/Employment-Accommodation-Policy.pdf. Please advise: talent@brocku.ca to ensure your accessibility needs are accommodated through this process. Information received relating to accommodation measures will be addressed confidentially.

We appreciate all applications received; however, only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.

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