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Explore exciting Online Faculty & Research Jobs at Athabasca University in Canada and find your next career opportunity today.
Athabasca University (AU) holds a unique and prestigious place in Canada’s higher education landscape as Canada's Open University. Pioneering a digital-first, fully online delivery model, AU breaks down traditional barriers to learning, serving over 40,000 students globally. For academic professionals, AU offers a distinct environment where your pedagogical focus shifts from the physical lecture hall to cutting-edge digital spaces, backed by a robust institutional commitment to flexible, high-impact research.
This page serves as a primary hub for active tenured, tenure-track, sessional, and postdoctoral vacancies across our four core faculties.
Explore the active listings below to find your place at the forefront of digital educational innovation.
Athabasca University Academic Careers: Online Faculty & Research Positions
Research assistants
- Supervisor: Dr. Norin Taj
- Faculty of Humanities and Social Science
- Start date: Sept. 1, 2026
- Posting date: July 20, 2026
Research assistant
- Supervisor: Dr. Norin Taj
- Faculty of Humanities and Social Science
- Start date: Aug. 24, 2026
- Posting date: July 20, 2026
Research assistant
- Supervisor: Dr. Kharah Ross
- Faculty of Humanities and Social Science
- Start date: As soon as possible
- Posting date: July 13, 2026
Research assistant
- Supervisor: Dr. Ali Dewan
- Faculty of Science and Technology
- Start date: As soon as possible
- Posting date: July 8, 2026
Research assistant
- Supervisor: Dr. Ali Dewan
- Faculty of Science and Technology
- Start date: September 2026
- Posting date: July 7, 2026
Research assistant
- Supervisor: Dr. Daniel Chang
- Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
- Start date: As soon as possible
- Posting date: June 9, 2026
Research assistant
- Supervisor: Dr. Navid Pourmokhtari
- Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
- Start date: As soon as possible
- Posting date: June 3, 2026
Research assistant
- Supervisor: Dr. Joanna Binch and Dr. Andrew McLellan
- Faculty of Graduate Studies
- Start date: May 30, 2026
- Posting date: April 24, 2026
Research assistant
- Supervisor: Dr. Jason Bernard
- Faculty of Graduate Studies
- Start date: April 6, 2026
- Posting date: March 30, 2026
Research assistant
- Supervisor: Dr. Katie MacDonald
- Faculty of Graduate Studies
- Start date: May 1, 2026
- Posting date: March 30, 2026
Strategic studentship opportunity
- Supervisor: Dr. Scott Ketcheson
- Faculty of Science and Technology
- Start date: May 2026
- Posting date: Jan. 26, 2026
Research assistant
- Supervisor: Dr. Maiga Chang
- Faculty of Science and Technology
- As soon as possible
Research assistant
- Supervisor: Dr. Maiga Chang
- Faculty of Science and Technology
- Start date: As soon as possible
The Digital Academic & Research Ecosystem at AU
Because of our unique structural model, careers at Athabasca University span specialized categories optimized for open, asynchronous, and collaborative digital learning:
- Tenured & Tenure-Track Faculty: Foundational professor appointments across the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Business, Faculty of Science and Technology, and Faculty of Health Disciplines. Scholars lead research from anywhere in Canada while structuring collaborative online graduate and undergraduate courses.
- Academic Coordinators & Tutorial Staff: Specialized academic leadership positions responsible for managing course curricula, guiding student learning trajectories, and mentoring a distributed network of online tutors.
- Postdoctoral Fellowships & Grant Research: Research-intensive roles embedded within AU's prominent hubs, focusing on digital learning innovations, artificial intelligence in education, data modeling, and environmental modeling.
The "Work from Anywhere in Canada" Advantage: The vast majority of academic, research, and faculty positions at Athabasca University are completely virtual and remote-first. This allows scholars to live and conduct their research from anywhere within Canada, supported by advanced version-control digital infrastructure and extensive online research library networks.
Key Requirements for Academic Applicants
When submitting an application package to an AU search committee, candidates are typically expected to provide digital-first evidence of their teaching and research proficiency:
- A comprehensive Curriculum Vitae (CV) highlighting online instruction experience.
- A Statement of Teaching Philosophy that explicitly details your approach to asynchronous, student-centered distance learning and digital accessibility.
- A Research Statement outlining your scholarly agenda and showing how your research can thrive within a distributed, digitally networked framework.