The School of Climate Change and Adaptation at the University of Prince Edward Island has openings for sessional instructors to teach courses in the Bachelor of Science program in Applied Climate Change and Adaptation in Fall 2022 and Winter 2023 semesters. These positions are subject to final budgetary approval.

Please note: all courses offered below will be taught in person, unless otherwise specified as an online course.

FALL 2022

ACC 1030 – Surveying Cultural Landscapes  

This experiential-based course uses an interdisciplinary approach to explore the ways in which human culture has responded to and been shaped by aspects of the natural environment. After an introductory look at the history of the human response to nature, we will focus on modern and contemporary responses from the areas of philosophy and ethics, visual arts, literature, anthropology, architecture, biology, and music.

Location:  UPEI Main Campus

 

ACC 3010 – Global Climate Systems and Science

The course will examine the natural greenhouse effect, and the human contribution to it; how astronomical forces influence the Earth's climate and their cycles; properties of the atmosphere that influence climate; greenhouse gases; and paleological indicators of climate including ice cores, tree rings, sediment cores, etc.; how these indicators are collected; and what they tell us about past temperature changes.

Location:  St. Peter’s Bay Campus

 

ACC 3030 – Climate Change Monitoring (Lecture & Lab)

Students will be given the opportunity to understand how the components of climate are monitored instrumentally, the history of written climate archives, and how climate records are organized. They will plan and set up a climate station that reports to a UPEI climate database, access online climate records, quality control climate records, analyze climate trends; and calculate climate indices. Three hours lecture, three hours laboratory a week.

Location:  St. Peter’s Bay Campus

 

ACC 3100 – Climate Change Impacts on Biodiversity and Ecosystem

This course will assess biodiversity conservation and ecosystem integrity policy responses to global climate change; integrate our knowledge of likely future changes on biodiversity and ecosystems; guide the design of adaptation strategies; and establish a framework for future collaborative research on climate change and biodiversity and ecosystems. A field component of the course will establish a biodiversity-monitoring plot using methods developed by The Smithsonian Institution. Three lecture hours a week.

Location:  St. Peter’s Bay Campus

 

ACC 4010 – Climate Coastal Science

This course will examine the impacts of global climate change on the oceans and their implications on fisheries and aquaculture; the influence of ocean basins on climate and the development of coasts; and the use of littoral zones in the assessment of the effects of coastal risks and hazards on shorelines. Students will assess the vulnerability of the local fishery to climate impacts and develop adaptation options.

Location:  St. Peter’s Bay Campus

 

ACC 4090 – Climate Change and Sustainable Tourism

This course will examine the human sources of greenhouse gas emissions to determine the best approaches for meeting a "safe" or "below dangerous level" of atmospheric concentrations of these gases. Students will assess how to stabilize atmospheric CO2 concentration at no greater than 450ppmv without replacing existing nuclear power capacity as it retires and without resorting to carbon capture and storage.

Location:  St. Peter’s Bay Campus

 

Winter 2023

ACC 4020 – Uncertainty and Probability (Lecture and Lab)

Probability theory is a mathematical framework that allows us to describe and analyze random phenomena in the world around us. This course will examine and demonstrate the use of basic concepts such as random experiments, probability axioms, conditional probability, law of total probability, single and multiple random variables, moment-generating functions, and random vectors in climate change science assessments. Three hours lecture, three hours laboratory a week.

Location:  St. Peter’s Bay Campus

 

ACC 4040 – Virtual Reality and Climate Change (Lecture and Lab)

An emerging approach to enhancing participation and building awareness is the use of 3D landscape visualization to depict past and future scenarios. Following an introduction on the basics and essentials of the Unity gaming software, students will use the imagery data acquired by the drone in ACC 3040 to develop a 3D interactive sea-level rise tool. Three hours lecture, three hours laboratory a week.

Location:  St. Peter’s Bay Campus

 

Qualifications:

Successful applicants will have a minimum of a master's level degree or equivalent with a combination of qualifications and experience. 

Note:  Members of the School of Climate Change and Adaptation’s Sessional Roster will be given priority in consideration for this position.

Application Instructions: 

Please send your application, including a cover letter and a curriculum vitae with references listed to: afarooque@upei.ca

Please clearly state which course(s) you are applying for in the cover letter. Note that all files in your application should be merged into a single PDF file and named with this format: Lastname_Firstname_CourseCode.pdf. If you are applying for multiple positions, please send your application separately.

Please submit a single PDF document for your application with the competition # state in the subject line.

Attention:

Dr. Aitazaz Farooque, Interim Associate Dean
School of Climate Change and Adaptation
Faculty of Science
University of Prince Edward Island
Charlottetown, PE C1A 4P3
Telephone: (902)566-6084

UPEI is committed to equity, diversity, inclusion, and reconciliation and believes in providing a positive learning and working environment where every person feels empowered to contribute. UPEI is committed to the principle of equity in employment and encourages applications from underrepresented groups including women, Indigenous peoples, visible minorities, persons with disabilities, persons of any sexual orientation or gender identity, and others with the skills and knowledge to productively engage with diverse communities.

Closing date for applications is August 24, 2022.