York’s Centre for Research on Work and Society (CRWS) has begun its search for a new Director, a position that would begin on July 1, 2010. Â The position is for a term of 3 to 5 years, and comes with a 1.5 course release and stipend. Â The Director must be a York professor.
Here’s the job posting.
A description of the Centre from the posting reads as follows:
The York Centre for Research on Work and Society was established as an Organized Research Unit in 1991. Its membership currently includes York scholars with accomplished backgrounds in the arts and social sciences, community partners from workers’ organizations across Canada, and academic and non-academic researchers from the international labour research community. The Centre’s mandate is to promote collaborative research at York University that addresses the many issues that arise from the transformation of work in local, national, and transnational contexts, as well as to establish research linkages and partnerships in Canada and internationally.
This is a great opportunity for York faculty interested in the study of work. Â The application information is set out in the attached posting.