Psychology - Assistant Professor (Clinical Psychology)

Application Deadline: Review of applications will begin on July 11^th, 2025, and continue until the position is filled.

Reference # HBS-2025-26-01

Lakehead University, Thunder Bay Campus, invites applications for a teaching-focused tenure-track appointment at the rank of Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences / Department of Psychology. Applicants with teaching interests and training expertise (i.e., graduate teaching, clinical training/supervision, and research supervision) in any area of clinical psychology are encouraged to apply. The academic rank of the appointment will be commensurate with the qualifications of the successful candidate. The position will commence on August 1^st, 2025.

The successful candidate is expected to support a spectrum of primarily graduate clinical courses (including clinical supervision at the Lakehead University Psychology Community Clinic) and select undergraduate courses. Additionally, the candidate is expected to actively contribute to the scholarship of teaching and learning as well as participate in departmental administrative service activities such as curriculum development and other administrative committee work associated with the clinical program.

The Department of Psychology is located on both the Thunder Bay and Orillia campus with this position being located at the Thunder Bay campus. Thunder Bay is located on Lake Superior in beautiful Northwestern Ontario; home to affordable living; thriving food and arts communities; and four-season, world class outdoor recreation (https://vimeo.com/484127771). The Department offers arts and science undergraduate programs, graduate programs in Psychological Science (MSc and PhD), MA Clinical Psychology, and CPA-accredited PhD Clinical Psychology programs at the Thunder Bay campus and an HBA psychology program at the Orillia campus. The Clinical Psychology program provides generalist clinical training and has over 40 students completing MA and PhD degrees. There is a new on-campus Psychology Clinic for student training, and longstanding relationships with community organizations where students complete advanced placements. 

The successful candidate will:    

1. Have completed a PhD in clinical psychology from a CPA- or APA-accredited program.
2. Be registered or eligible for registration in Clinical Psychology with the College of Psychologists and Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario (CPRO).
3. Show commitment to the scientist-practitioner model.
4. Demonstrate educational leadership and a commitment to the pedagogical advancement of psychological training, including experience with clinical supervision;
5. Have demonstrated ability to teach undergraduate and graduate courses broadly related to their area of expertise and have evidence of an effective teaching record.
6. Be able to contribute to the service and administrative activities of the clinical program, the department, and the university; and,
7. Demonstrated commitments to equity, diversity, decolonization, inclusion, belonging, and social justice.

Lakehead is a comprehensive university with a reputation for innovative programs and cutting-edge research. Our campuses are located in Thunder Bay on the traditional lands of the Fort William First Nation, Signatory to the Robinson Superior Treaty of 1850 and in Orillia on the traditional territory of the Anishinaabeg, and Rama First Nation. Lakehead University acknowledges the history that many nations hold in the areas around our campuses and is committed to a relationship with Métis and Inuit and First Nations peoples. Lakehead has approximately 10,000 students and 2,160 faculty and staff. With an emphasis on collaborative learning and independent critical thinking and a multidisciplinary teaching approach, Lakehead offers a variety of degree and diploma programs at the undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral levels through its nine faculties, including Business Administration, Education, Engineering, Health and Behavioural Sciences, Natural Resources Management, Science and Environmental Studies, Social Sciences and Humanities, Graduate Studies, and Faculty of Law. For further information, please visit: www.lakeheadu.ca.

For further information, please contact Dr. Rupert Klein, Chair of the Department of Psychology at (807) 343-8535 or via email at rgklein@lakeheadu.ca. Detailed information on the Department of Psychology and our programs is available at: https://www.lakeheadu.ca/programs/departments/psychology. 

Review of applications will begin on July 11, 2025 and continue until the position is filled. The electronic application (in the form of one PDF document) quoting Reference # HBS-2025-26-01 should include: a letter of interest, curriculum vitae, evidence of teaching effectiveness (including a statement of teaching philosophy, course outlines and teaching evaluations for previously-taught courses), a statement of a research plan (current and future interests), copies of the three most significant publications, and the names and contact information of three references. A completed Confirmation of Eligibility to Work in Canada.pdf form must accompany your package. 

Applicants should submit their electronic application to:

Attn: Dr. Mirella Stroink, Dean
Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences
Lakehead University
955 Oliver Road, Thunder Bay ON P7B 5E1
e-mail: fhbs@lakeheadu.ca 

Lakehead University is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment and welcomes applications from all qualified individuals including women, racialized persons, Indigenous people, persons with disabilities and other equity-seeking groups. All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadian citizens and permanent residents will be given priority. This is in accordance with Canadian immigration requirements.

Lakehead University has an Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Action Plan 2019-2024 with a goal to recruit and retain a diverse workforce as measured by increasing representation of under-represented groups among applicants, candidates and hires. We encourage candidates to self-identify, if you are from an under-represented group, and prefer candidates with the knowledge, competencies and relationships derived from lived experience. Experience working with Indigenous or racialized communities, and/or members of other equity-deserving groups is a strong asset. A lived experience or worked experience of any of these issues is preferred.

We appreciate your interest; however, only those selected for an interview will be notified. Lakehead University is committed to supporting an accessible environment. Applicants requiring accommodation during the interview process should contact the Office of Human Resources at (807) 343.8010 ext. 8334 or human.resources@lakeheadu.ca to make appropriate arrangements.

This position is subject to budgetary approval.

Department of Psychology
t: (807) 343-8535
e: rgklein@lakeheadu.ca