The Department of Theatre, Film and Creative Writing at the University of British Columbia invites applications for the following part-time instructional position:

Nonfiction Instructor

The successful candidate will teach at the Graduate level in the Optional Residency MFA Program in Creative Writing. The successful candidate must be a working writer, have expertise in nonfiction writing, in particular literary essays and magazine writing, and have teaching and professional publishing experience, preferably including two or more books. Instructors are expected to teach at least one workshop of up to twelve students, as well as being available for individual student project supervision. Instructors will teach at a distance, other than the summer residency, and are not required to live in or near Vancouver.

The Department of Theatre, Film and Creative Writing at UBC is unique in Canada, with 28 full-time faculty and numerous part-time faculty and guest artists. Each of the Department's Programs has a national and international reputation for excellence, strong undergraduate and graduate degrees, and is a significant centre for research and production.

The Optional Residency MFA Program is a groundbreaking distance-education version of the existing residential MFA degree, the first in Canada. Students study by distance education during the September – April academic year, and attend a ten day residency each summer on the UBC campus.

All faculty positions are subject to funding. The University of British Columbia hires on the basis of merit and is committed to employment equity. We encourage all qualified persons to apply; however, Canadians and permanent residents of Canada will be given priority.

Those interested should submit a letter of application, a current CV (including email address and telephone numbers) and a published example of their work (no more than 25 pages) by email to Andrew Gray angray(at)interchange.ubc.ca. Complete applications must be received by May 26, 2006. Work will begin with some participation in the July 2006 residency, and continue with teaching in September 2006 for the regular academic year.

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