[Hiring] UU100 VA1 - Mental Health Literacy @Wilfrid Laurier University

Role Description

This course will introduce students to mental health literacy and its goals of recognizing, managing, and strengthening mental health, and ending stigma. Focusing on the emerging adult population, this course considers the cognitive and socio-behavioural skills and capacities that contribute to mental health within the broader spectra of health in our changing world. Students will consider mental health literacy at the individual level as well as at the community level. This course is not intended to be a substitute for counselling, and it does not qualify students to act as mental health professionals upon completion.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree
• Background in mental health or health psychology is ideal, but not required.
• Previous university teaching experience and refereed publications in the area preferred but not essential.

Requirements

• CV
• Candidate Application Form (CAF) must be submitted in order for application to be considered.
• Names and Contact Information for Referees (required for external applicants).
• Evidence of Good Teaching, especially copies of official teaching evaluations for institutions other than Laurier (required for external applicants).
• Optional: Cover letter
• Optional: Teaching Dossier
• Optional: Sample Course Outline (2-pages maximum)

Benefits

• Salary: $10,212.40

Application Process

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Additional Information

• This appointment is in accordance with the Contract Teaching Faculty and Part-time Librarians Collective Agreement.
• All applicants are assessed using both the “Appendix H: Assessment of CTF Candidates under 13.6.1” in the collective agreement and the program specific rubric.
• Assessment of your application will be based primarily on the Candidate Application Form (CAF).
• All applications must be submitted online.
• All course offerings will be contingent on adequate student registration and subject to budgetary funding.