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Associate or Full Professor with Tenure in Geomatics

Position Title / Rank: Associate or Full Professor with Tenure in Geomatics
Department: Geography Environment and Geomatics

Position Description:

The Department of Geography, Environment & Geomatics at the University of Guelph invites applications for a tenured position in Environmental Geomatics at the Associate or Full Professor level. The anticipated start date for this appointment is July 1, 2026.

We seek an innovative scholar who has teaching and research interests in Environmental Geomatics, enhancing our strengths in problem-focused, policy-relevant, and solutions-oriented teaching and learning. The successful candidate will hold a Ph.D. in Geography or a closely related discipline, and will have a proven track record of scholarly contributions at a level commensurate with an appointment at the Associate or Full Professor rank.

Our ideal candidate will complement or diversify our existing departmental strengths in environmental geomatics and applied GIS and/or remote sensing, including but not limited to the following areas of research: geomorphology, water resources, natural hazards, agriculture, sustainability, food systems, environmental conservation, environmental justice, climate risk, or ecosystem restoration. They will have a demonstrated commitment to excellence in teaching including experience with course leadership and delivery.

Candidates with research and/or teaching experience that includes innovative applications of UAVs are preferred, as are candidates with a demonstrated ability to collaborate on interdisciplinary projects and disseminate knowledge to multiple audiences.

The successful candidate will have an outstanding research portfolio, demonstrated success in mentoring students at various levels, and experience and capacity for innovation in experiential education, community-engaged learning and/or inclusive pedagogy, along with a strong service record, the ability to lead independent research programs, and a proven record of success in securing research funding. They will be expected to teach existing undergraduate and graduate courses and play an active role in developing an expanded curriculum.

The Department of Geography, Environment & Geomatics

The Department of Geography, Environment and Geomatics is a vibrant department that prides itself on training students to help solve complex environmental problems. We have 17 faculty members and four staff, all of whom are committed to delivering high-impact learning opportunities through four undergraduate majors, two in the Bachelor of Science Environmental Science and two in the Bachelor of Arts programs. Faculty have dynamic and productive research programs, working closely with grad students in our PhD, MA and MSc programs. We are also home to a professional Masters in Conservation Leadership and host the geospatial stream of the Master of Data Science, a Vector Institute accredited program. We strive to be a supportive community, modeling a healthy and accountable workplace by doing our work responsibly and with integrity on and off campus and pride ourselves on having a collaborative, inclusive and welcoming environment that approaches diversity and wellness among our members as key ingredients in our collective success. We invite and encourage applications from all qualified individuals, including from groups that are underrepresented or historically marginalized in higher education. Find out more about our department by visiting our webpage: geg.uoguelph.ca.

The University of Guelph

The University of Guelph resides on the traditional lands and territory of the Anishinaabeg, Haudenosaunee and Huron Wendat. These lands are now home to a rich diversity of First Nations, Inuit and Métis people. We offer our respect and gratitude to our Indigenous neighbours and affirm our responsibility to realize our commitments to reconciliation through ongoing action. We are guided in this work by Bi-Naagward | It Comes into View, the Indigenous Initiatives Strategy.

The University of Guelph is the third largest employer in Guelph, a city of over 144,000 people, located about an hour drive west of Toronto, Ontario. University of Guelph is a top-ranked comprehensive university in Canada with an enrolment of more than 30,000 undergraduate and graduate students across more than 40 academic units. The University is known for its commitment to student learning, innovative research, and collaboration with world-class partners. It is a unique place, with transformative research and teaching and a distinctive campus culture. People who learn and work here are shaped and inspired by a shared purpose: To Improve Life. Reflecting that shared purpose in every experience connected to our university positions us to create positive change, here and around the world. Our University community shares a profound sense of social responsibility, a drive for international development, and an obligation to address global issues.

Assistant Professor in GeoAI

Position Title / Rank: Assistant Professor in GeoAI
Department: Geography Environment and Geomatics

Position Description:

The Department of Geography, Environment & Geomatics at the University of Guelph invites applications for a tenure-track position in GeoAI at the Assistant Professor level. The anticipated start date for this appointment is January 1, 2027.

We seek an innovative scholar who has teaching and research interests at the intersection of geospatial analysis and artificial intelligence, enhancing our strengths in problem-focused, policy-relevant, and solutions-oriented teaching and learning.

The successful candidate is expected to teach existing undergraduate and graduate courses and develop one or more courses drawing on their expertise, establish an externally funded research program and recruit graduate students. Applicants must hold a PhD in Geography or cognate discipline, or a PhD that demonstrates significant interdisciplinary training including geographic methods, theory and approaches.

Our ideal candidate will:

Have a proven research track record appropriate to their career stage and a demonstrated ability and willingness to collaborate on interdisciplinary projects.

Critically engage with AI and be able to incorporate ethical considerations into teaching and research.

Be committed to excellence in teaching and articulate pedagogical approaches appropriate for different modalities, class formats and student levels.

Diversify or complement existing strengths in the department including but not limited to the following:

• GeoAI for health: e.g., OneHealth, spatial dynamics of mental health, environmental health, or social determinants of health
• GeoAI for justice: e.g., criminology, environmental and racial justice, community safety, or geospatial intelligence
• GeoAI for environment: e.g. natural hazards, natural resource management, environmental conservation, monitoring, climate risk, agriculture, food systems, water resources or geomorphology

The Department of Geography, Environment & Geomatics

​The Department of Geography, Environment and Geomatics is a vibrant department that prides itself on training students to help solve complex environmental problems. We have 17 faculty members and four staff, all of whom are committed to delivering high-impact learning opportunities through four undergraduate majors, two in the Bachelor of Science Environmental Science and two in the Bachelor of Arts programs. Faculty have dynamic and productive research programs, working closely with grad students in our PhD, MA and MSc programs. We are also home to a professional Masters in Conservation Leadership and host the geospatial stream of the Master of Data Science, a Vector Institute accredited program. We strive to be a supportive community, modeling a healthy and accountable workplace by doing our work responsibly and with integrity on and off campus and pride ourselves on having a collaborative, inclusive and welcoming environment that approaches diversity and wellness among our members as key ingredients in our collective success. We invite and encourage applications from all qualified individuals, including from groups that are underrepresented or historically marginalized in higher education. Find out more about our department by visiting our webpage: geg.uoguelph.ca.

The University of Guelph

The University of Guelph resides on the traditional lands and territory of the Anishinaabeg, Haudenosaunee and Huron Wendat. These lands are now home to a rich diversity of First Nations, Inuit and Métis people. We offer our respect and gratitude to our Indigenous neighbours and affirm our responsibility to realize our commitments to reconciliation through ongoing action. We are guided in this work by Bi-Naagward | It Comes into View, the Indigenous Initiatives Strategy.

The University of Guelph is the third largest employer in Guelph, a city of over 144,000 people, located about an hour drive west of Toronto, Ontario. University of Guelph is a top-ranked comprehensive university in Canada with an enrolment of more than 30,000 undergraduate and graduate students across more than 40 academic units. The University is known for its commitment to student learning, innovative research, and collaboration with world-class partners. It is a unique place, with transformative research and teaching and a distinctive campus culture. People who learn and work here are shaped and inspired by a shared purpose: To Improve Life. Reflecting that shared purpose in every experience connected to our university positions us to create positive change, here and around the world. Our University community shares a profound sense of social responsibility, a drive for international development, and an obligation to address global issues.