About the role
The Department of Communication and Visual Arts seeks qualified candidates to teach one section of CMNS 2150: Collective and Connective Indigenous Voices for the Winter 2026 semester. This course focuses on contemporary media and social networks in English-speaking Canada to explore the recent representations, identities, and cultural politics of the individual and collective Indigenous peoples of Canada, from the questioning of who is Indigenous to cultural appropriation.
This course runs Mondays and Thursdays from 11:30am - 12:45pm.
QUALIFICATIONS
Lived experience and extensive knowledge of Indigenous culture, people, and worldviews
A master’s degree in Communication or in a relevant discipline or interdisciplinary area. Consideration of candidates with bachelor’s degree or diploma and significant relevant experience and/or publication will be given.
About Thompson Rivers University
We are a comprehensive, learner-centred, sustainable university that serves its regional, national and international learners and their communities through high quality and flexible education, training, research and scholarship.
Our students have access to traditional undergraduate and graduate degree programs, certificates and diplomas. Robust laddering options mean flexible degree completion through online, distance education with TRU Open Learning.
We are community-minded with a global conscience, boldly redefining the university as a place of belonging—Kw’seltktnéws (we are all related and interconnected with nature, each other, and all things)—where all people are empowered to transform themselves, their communities, and the world.
TRU is a public post-secondary institution, funded by the Province of British Columbia through the Ministry of Advanced Education. We are a full member of AUCC (Association of Universities and College in Canada) and ACCC (Association of Canadian Community Colleges).
We are based in British Columbia, Canada. Our two campuses are located in Kamloops and Williams Lake.
About the role
The Department of Communication and Visual Arts seeks qualified candidates to teach one section of CMNS 2150: Collective and Connective Indigenous Voices for the Winter 2026 semester. This course focuses on contemporary media and social networks in English-speaking Canada to explore the recent representations, identities, and cultural politics of the individual and collective Indigenous peoples of Canada, from the questioning of who is Indigenous to cultural appropriation.
This course runs Mondays and Thursdays from 11:30am - 12:45pm.
QUALIFICATIONS
Lived experience and extensive knowledge of Indigenous culture, people, and worldviews
A master’s degree in Communication or in a relevant discipline or interdisciplinary area. Consideration of candidates with bachelor’s degree or diploma and significant relevant experience and/or publication will be given.
About Thompson Rivers University
We are a comprehensive, learner-centred, sustainable university that serves its regional, national and international learners and their communities through high quality and flexible education, training, research and scholarship.
Our students have access to traditional undergraduate and graduate degree programs, certificates and diplomas. Robust laddering options mean flexible degree completion through online, distance education with TRU Open Learning.
We are community-minded with a global conscience, boldly redefining the university as a place of belonging—Kw’seltktnéws (we are all related and interconnected with nature, each other, and all things)—where all people are empowered to transform themselves, their communities, and the world.
TRU is a public post-secondary institution, funded by the Province of British Columbia through the Ministry of Advanced Education. We are a full member of AUCC (Association of Universities and College in Canada) and ACCC (Association of Canadian Community Colleges).
We are based in British Columbia, Canada. Our two campuses are located in Kamloops and Williams Lake.