Date Posted: 08/27/2026Closing Date: 10/30/2026, 11:59PM ETReq ID: 49926Job Category: Faculty - ClinicalFaculty/Division: Temerty Faculty of MedicineDepartment: Dept of Family & Community MedicineHospital Affiliation: TBDCampus: St. George Downtown Toronto Existing Vacancy: Yes Description: The Department of Family and Community Medicine DFCM, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, invites applications for the Big-Canoe Chair in Indigenous Health, established to honour the legacy of Dr. John Big-Canoe. The appointment is for a five-year term and is renewable once following a successful review. The anticipated start date is January 1, 2027, but negotiable. The Big-Canoe Chair in Indigenous Health will honour the legacy of Dr. John Big-Canoe by advancing a thriving community of Indigenous health faculty, staff, trainees, and Indigenous community partners in Department of Family and Community Medicine DFCM at the University of Toronto and beyond. Upholding Indigenous community co-leadership requirements – “nothing about us without us” - the Big-Canoe Chair will partner and collaborate to make tangible and meaningful contributions to Indigenous peoples, Indigenous health systems and Indigenous reconciliation in areas prioritized by Indigenous communities and Indigenous health leaders. They will support the ongoing creation within DFCM of groundbreaking, culturally safe sites of excellence in Indigenous primary care clinical education, scholarship, and policy development. They will lead Indigenous specific program strategy, partnerships, and interdisciplinary collaboration across DFCM’s internal and external stakeholders. They will support DFCM in becoming a Department of Choice for Indigenous learning and scholarship – attracting outstanding Indigenous learners, faculty and staff. The role will also include understanding and addressing the mentorship needs of emerging Indigenous health leaders across the spectrum of potential and existing students, faculty, and staff. The Big-Canoe Chair in Indigenous Health is tied to the department’s existing Indigenous Health Lead position and will support an Indigenous family physician to oversee a wide range of activities and initiatives tied to Indigenous health, including but not limited to: leading and assessing the department’s continued adoption of Truth and Reconciliation Commission recommendations; developing and delivering new and expanded training programs in Indigenous health for all faculty members and learners; ensuring teaching and training sites are culturally-safe spaces for Indigenous-identifying practitioners and patients; and evaluation of the department’s movement towards reconciliation - including the impact of actions taken. The Chair will be supported by and provide advice to the department’s Indigenous Leadership Circle including the departmental Indigenous education lead, who is responsible for supporting and strengthening Indigenous health curriculum and clinical train
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