KS203VA1 Popular Culture & Ideology(202609)

<p><strong>Faculty/Academic Area:</strong> Faculty of Arts </p> <p><strong>Department</strong>: Communication Studies </p> <p><strong>Campus:</strong> Waterloo </p> <p><strong>Employee Group:</strong> WLUFA </p> <p><strong>Requisition ID: </strong>11311 </p> <p> </p> <p> </p><p style="margin:0.0cm;line-height:107%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-family:Verdana, sans-serif">Position Title:</span></strong><span style="font-family:Verdana, sans-serif"> KS203VA1 Popular Culture & Ideology</span></p> <p style="margin:0.0cm;line-height:107%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-family:Verdana, sans-serif">Term:</span></strong><span style="font-family:Verdana, sans-serif"> Fall 2026 (September 1-December 31)</span></p> <p style="margin:0.0cm;line-height:107%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-family:Verdana, sans-serif">Days/Times:</span></strong><span style="font-family:Verdana, sans-serif"> NA</span></p> <p style="margin:0.0cm;line-height:107%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-family:Verdana, sans-serif">Hours per week/Hours Total:</span></strong><span style="font-family:Verdana, sans-serif"> 3/36</span></p> <p style="margin:0.0cm;line-height:107%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-family:Verdana, sans-serif">Mode of Delivery: Virtual Asynchronous</span></strong></p> <p style="margin:0.0cm;line-height:107%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-family:Verdana, sans-serif">Type of Instruction: Lecture </span></strong></p> <p style="margin:0.0cm;line-height:107%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-family:Verdana, sans-serif">Anticipated Class Size:</span></strong><span style="font-family:Verdana, sans-serif"> 100</span></p> <p style="margin:0.0cm;line-height:107%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-family:Verdana, sans-serif">Additional Course Requirements:</span></strong><span style="font-family:Verdana, sans-serif"> </span></p> <p style="margin:0.0cm;line-height:107%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-family:Verdana, sans-serif">Posted on:</span></strong><span style="font-family:Verdana, sans-serif"> May 29, 2026</span></p> <p style="margin:0.0cm;line-height:107%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-family:Verdana, sans-serif">Posting ends:</span></strong><span style="font-family:Verdana, sans-serif"> June 14, 2026</span></p> <p style="margin:0.0cm;line-height:107%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"> </p> <p style="margin:0.0cm;line-height:107%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-family:Verdana, sans-serif">AI tools will be used in the hiring process:</span></strong><span style="font-family:Verdana, sans-serif"> No</span></p> <p style="margin:0.0cm;line-height:107%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"> </p> <p style="margin:0.0cm;line-height:107%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-family:Verdana, sans-serif">Position Summary:</span></strong><span style="font-family:Verdana, sans-serif"> </span></p> <p style="margin:0.0cm;line-height:107%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Verdana, sans-serif">Examining a diversity of popular culture forms, this course explores commercial popular culture as sites of ideological production and examines how popular culture shapes social norms and intersects with a range of concepts including race, gender, sexuality, class and ethnicity.</span></p> <p style="margin:0.0cm;line-height:107%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"> </p> <p style="margin:0.0cm;line-height:107%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Verdana, sans-serif">Online Learning Information</span></p> <p style="margin:0.0cm;line-height:107%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Verdana, sans-serif">Questions about teaching Online Learning courses should be sent to </span><a href="mailto:onlinelearning@wlu.ca"><span style="font-family:Verdana, sans-serif">onlinelearning@wlu.ca</span></a></p> <p style="margin:0.0cm;line-height:107%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"> </p> <p style="margin:0.0cm;line-height:107%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-family:Verdana, sans-serif">Qualifications – Required Academic Degree:</span></strong><span style="font-family:Verdana, sans-serif"> PhD</span></p> <p style="margin:0.0cm;line-height:107%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-family:Verdana, sans-serif">Qualifications – Required Discipline:</span></strong><span style="font-family:Verdana, sans-serif"> Cultural Studies or cognate discipline</span></p> <p style="margin:0.0cm;line-height:107%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-family:Verdana, sans-serif">Qualifications – Required Areas of Specialization:</span></strong><span style="font-family:Verdana, sans-serif"> </span></p> <p style="margin:0.0cm;line-height:107%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-family:Verdana, sans-serif">Qualifications – Required Professional Designation:</span></strong><span style="font-family:Verdana, sans-serif"> </span></p> <p style="margin:0.0cm;line-height:107%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-family:Verdana, sans-serif">Qualifications – Other</span></strong><span style="font-family:Verdana, sans-serif"> demonstrated scholarly record in the subject area of the posted course</span></p> <p style="margin:0.0cm;line-height:107%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-family:Verdana, sans-serif">Salary:</span></strong><span style="font-family:Verdana, sans-serif"> $10,212.40 subject to CA 25 (Compensation)</span></p> <p style="margin:0.0cm;line-height:107%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-family:Verdana, sans-serif">Application Deadline:</span></strong><span style="font-family:Verdana, sans-serif"> June 14, 2026</span></p> <p style="margin:0.0cm;line-height:107%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-family:Verdana, sans-serif">Submit with Application: </span></strong></p> <p style="margin:0.0cm;line-height:107%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-family:Verdana, sans-serif"> </span></strong></p> <p style="margin:0.0cm;line-height:107%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Verdana, sans-serif">Required for All Applicants</span></p> <ul style="margin-top:0.0cm;margin-bottom:0.0cm" type="disc"> <li style="line-height:normal;margin-top:0.0cm;margin-right:0.0cm;margin-bottom:8.0pt;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Verdana, sans-serif">CV (required)</span></li> <li style="line-height:normal;margin-top:0.0cm;margin-right:0.0cm;margin-bottom:8.0pt;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><u><a href="https://www.wlu.ca/about/working-at-laurier/assets/documents/candidate-application-form.docx"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Verdana, sans-serif">Candidate Application Form (CAF)</span></a></u></li> </ul> <p style="line-height:normal;margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 8.0pt;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"> </p> <p style="line-height:normal;margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 8.0pt;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Verdana, sans-serif">Required for External Applicants</span></p> <ul style="margin-top:0.0cm;margin-bottom:0.0cm" type="disc"> <li style="line-height:normal;margin-top:0.0cm;margin-right:0.0cm;margin-bottom:8.0pt;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Verdana, sans-serif">Names and Contact Information for Referees </span></li> <li style="line-height:normal;margin-top:0.0cm;margin-right:0.0cm;margin-bottom:8.0pt;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Verdana, sans-serif">Evidence of Good Teaching</span></li> <li style="line-height:normal;margin-top:0.0cm;margin-right:0.0cm;margin-bottom:8.0pt;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Verdana, sans-serif">Verification of highest degree</span></li> </ul> <p style="line-height:normal;margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 8.0pt;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"> </p> <p style="line-height:normal;margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 8.0pt;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Verdana, sans-serif">Optional</span></p> <ul style="margin-bottom:0.0cm;margin-top:0.0px" type="disc"> <li style="line-height:normal;margin-top:0.0cm;margin-right:0.0cm;margin-bottom:8.0pt;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Verdana, sans-serif">Teaching Dossier: may include material such as statement of teaching philosophy, past taught syllabi, prospective syllabi/course outlines (can be shorter than a full syllabus and up to two pages), teaching evaluations (only original institutional records will be considered, not summaries nor selected excerpts), other evidence of good teaching (such as teaching awards, letters from colleagues assessing teaching, workshops and training).</span></li> <ul style="margin-bottom:0.0cm;margin-top:0.0px" type="circle"> <li style="line-height:normal;margin-top:0.0cm;margin-right:0.0cm;margin-bottom:8.0pt;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Verdana, sans-serif">Maximum 50 pages; all pages after page 50 will be deleted from the application on assessment.</span></li> </ul> <li style="line-height:normal;margin-top:0.0cm;margin-right:0.0cm;margin-bottom:8.0pt;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Verdana, sans-serif">Sample Course Outline (2-pages maximum)</span></li> </ul> <p style="line-height:normal;margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 8.0pt;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Verdana, sans-serif">Note:</span></p> <ul style="margin-bottom:0.0cm;margin-top:0.0px"> <li style="line-height:normal;margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 8.0pt 0.0px;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Verdana, sans-serif">A Cover Letter is not expected (unless noted as required) as the CAF will include information that is typically included in a Cover Letter.</span></li> <li style="line-height:normal;margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 8.0pt 0.0px;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><a href="https://www.wlu.ca/about/working-at-laurier/assets/resources/assessment-rubrics-ctf-candidates.html"><span style="font-family:Verdana, sans-serif"><span style="text-decoration:underline">Rubrics</span> for CTF assessment</span></a></li> </ul> <p style="margin:0.0cm;line-height:107%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"> </p> <p style="margin:0.0cm;line-height:107%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-family:Verdana, sans-serif"> </span></strong></p> <p style="margin:0.0cm;line-height:107%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-family:Verdana, sans-serif">Applications may be addressed to:</span></strong></p> <p style="margin:0.0cm;line-height:107%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Verdana, sans-serif">Communication Studies Part-time Appointment Committee</span></p> <p style="margin:0.0cm;line-height:107%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Verdana, sans-serif">Department of Communication Studies</span></p> <p style="margin:0.0cm;line-height:107%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"> </p> <p style="margin:0.0cm;line-height:107%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Verdana, sans-serif">Questions may be addressed to:  </span><a href="mailto:commst@wlu.ca"><span style="font-family:Verdana, sans-serif">commst@wlu.ca</span></a></p> <p style="margin:0.0cm;line-height:107%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"> </p> <p style="margin:0.0cm;line-height:107%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-family:Verdana, sans-serif">To Apply: <br><br></span></strong></p> <p style="margin:0.0cm;line-height:107%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-family:Verdana, sans-serif">Please click the 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If you are not a registered user you may create an account to apply to career opportunities. Once an account is created you will be able to sign in to apply for the position.</span></strong></p> <p style="margin:0.0cm;line-height:107%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-family:Verdana, sans-serif"> </span></strong></p> <p style="margin:0.0cm;background-color:white;line-height:107%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><em><span style="font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;color:black">This appointment is in accordance with the </span></em><span style="color:black"><a href="https://www.wlu.ca/about/working-at-laurier/assets/resources/collective-agreement-wlufa-part-time-cas-and-librarians.html"><em><span style="font-family:Verdana, sans-serif">Contract Teaching Faculty and Part-time Librarians Collective Agreement</span></em></a></span><em><span style="font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;color:black">, for which the Wilfrid Laurier Faculty Association (WLUFA) is the exclusive bargaining agent.</span></em><em><span style="font-size:8.5pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;color:black">  </span></em><em><span style="font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;color:black">All applicants are assessed using both the “Appendix H: Assessment of CTF Candidates under 13.6.1” in the collective agreement and the </span></em><span style="color:black"><a href="https://www.wlu.ca/about/working-at-laurier/assets/resources/assessment-rubrics-ctf-candidates.html"><em><span style="font-family:Verdana, sans-serif">program specific rubric</span></em></a></span><em><span style="font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;color:black">.  Candidates should review these documents and ensure the information required is easily accessible in the application. </span></em></p><p><strong>Please Note:</strong></p> <p><strong>Assessment of your application will be based primarily on the </strong><a href="https://www.wlu.ca/about/working-at-laurier/assets/documents/candidate-application-form.docx"><strong>Candidate Application Form (CAF)</strong></a><strong>. The Part-time Appointment Committee is only required to review the CAF, Curriculum Vitae, and any specifically referenced pages in a supplemental document(s) to ensure fair assessment of each candidate.</strong></p> <p><a href="https://www.wlu.ca/about/working-at-laurier/assets/documents/candidate-application-form.docx">Candidate Application form (CAF)</a> is used to apply to an individual posting and must be submitted with each application. The completed form is to be uploaded with all other application materials by the deadline listed in the course posting. Refer to Appendix I of the <a href="https://wlu.ca/about/working-at-laurier/assets/resources/collective-agreement-wlufa-part-time-cas-and-librarians.html">Contract Teaching Faculty Collective Agreement</a> for further guidance about completing the CAF and Appendix H for details on how this form will be scored.</p> <p>For Supplementary Remuneration for marking and grading allowance, see Article 28.2, and coordination of large classes or multi-section courses, see Article 28.3</p> <p>Pursuant to Article 13.5 of the Collective Agreement for Contract Teaching Faculty (CTF) and Part-time Librarians, all applicants shall apply electronically. Applications must be received by 23:59 local time of the date on the posting.</p> <p>Wilfrid Laurier University endeavors to fill positions with qualified candidates who have a combination of education, experience, skills, and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position while demonstrating Laurier's Employee Success Factors.</p> <p>Diversity and creating a culture of inclusion is a key pillar of Wilfrid Laurier University’s Strategic Academic Plan and is one of Laurier’s core values. Laurier is committed to increasing the diversity of faculty and staff and welcomes applications from qualified members of the equity-deserving groups. Indigenous candidates who would like to learn more about equity and inclusive programming at Laurier are welcome to contact the Office of Indigenous Initiatives at <a href="mailto:indigenous@wlu.ca">indigenous@wlu.ca</a>. Candidates from other equity-deserving groups who would like to learn more about equity and inclusive programming at Laurier are welcome to contract Equity and Accessibility at <a href="mailto:equity@wlu.ca">equity@wlu.ca</a>. We have strived to make our application process accessible, however if you require any assistance applying for a position or would like this job posted in an alternative format, please contact Faculty Relations at <a href="mailto:FacultyRelations@wlu.ca">FacultyRelations@wlu.ca</a>.</p> <p>All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, as per Canadian immigration laws, Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority. Members of the equity-deserving groups must self-identify to the appropriate Dean(s) to be considered for employment equity.</p> <p>All course offerings will be contingent on adequate student registration and subject to budgetary funding.</p> <p>Members of the Contract Teaching Faculty bargaining unit:</p> <p>Should you be interested in learning more about this opportunity, please visit www.wlu.ca/careers for additional information and the online application system. All applications must be submitted online.</p> <p>All applications shall be reviewed and considered under a set of criteria established by the part-time hiring committee. Only those applicants recommended for a position will be contacted.</p>

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