Department of Psychology | Lakehead University

Application Deadline: March 6, 2026

Faculty of Health & Behavioral Sciences/Psychology/Lakehead University, Thunder Bay Campus, invites applications for a Contract Lecturer in the Department of Psychology. Applications are requested to teach:

PSY 1111-SDE – Foundations of Psychology: Biological & Cognitive

Introduces the core principles of psychology, emphasizing the research-based methods essential to the discipline. The biological approach to behavior, sensation and perception, consciousness, learning, memory, and language. Students will gain an understanding of how these processes shape human experience and behavior, establishing a basis for further study in psychology’s core areas and sub-specialties.

Starts: 05/01/2026 Ends: 06/30/2026

PSYC 3511-SDE – Animal Behaviour

An historic, methodological and substantive introduction to animal behaviour is presented from the perspectives of comparative psychology, ethology, sociobiology and ecology.

Starts: 05/01/2026 Ends: 06/30/2026

PSYC 3017-SDE – Foundations of Mental Health

Critically examines concepts related to the understanding of mental health (including mental wellness and mental illness). Focuses on a multidimensional understanding of mental health and examines the factors which influence our conceptualizations: historical, biological, psychological, interpersonal, cultural, and political. Provides a foundation for understanding mental health and mental illness.

Starts: 05/01/2026 Ends: 06/30/2026

PSYC 1112-ADE – Foundation of Psychology: Social & Individual Differences

Introduces the core principles of psychology, emphasizing individual differences, social factors and mental health and how these shape human behaviour and experience. Intelligence, development across the lifespan, and the roles of emotion and motivation in behaviour. Students will learn the foundational principles in social and personality psychology and, using the biopsychosocial approach, gain insight into factors shaping mental health, stress and disorder.

Starts: 07/01/2026 Ends: 08/31/2026

PSYC 2013-ADE – Foundations of Neuroscience

Behavioural neuroscience examines the properties of the brain, the peripheral nervous system, and the endocrine system, and examines the integration of these systems to produce our perceptions, cognitions, and controlled motor behaviours. Provides foundational knowledge of neuroscience, including the organ, cellular, and biochemical processes involved with behaviour. Topics will include an introduction to brain anatomy, cytology, neurophysiology, genetics, and neuroendocrinology.

Starts: 07/01/2026 Ends: 08/31/2026

PSYC 2014- ADE – Foundations of Cognitions 1

Cognitive Psychology is used throughout the entire range of human knowledge, perception, activity, speech processing, problem solving, learning, and memory. Provides students knowledge of the basic processes in, and neuroscience associated with, human cognition, including perception, learning, attention, working memory, and semantic, episodic, and procedural memory foundations of long-term memory.

Starts: 07/01/2026 Ends: 08/31/2026

PSYC 2015-ADE – Social Psychology

Review of theories, methods, and research in the scientific study of how a person’s thoughts, feelings, and behaviours are influenced by the social situation. Topics will include social cognition, social perception, attitudes, and group processes. Applications to interpersonal rela

tionships, prejudice, and discrimination will be covered.

Starts: 07/01/2026 Ends: 08/31/2026

PSYC 3016 – ADE - Personality Psychology

Examines topics in traditional and contemporary personality psychology. Focuses on personality assessment, motivation, biological and genetic influences, sex and gender, traits, the self-concept, and the evolutionary function of personality. Additionally, the association between personality and relationships, health outcomes, morality, and beliefs will be covered.

Starts: 07/01/2026 Ends: 08/31/2026

Please note: This schedule is tentative and subject to change. Instructors should refer to the online timetable prior to the start of classes.

Qualifications Preferred: PhD Psychology

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 rgklein@lakeheaduca. Detailed information on the Faculty of Health & Behavioral Sciences/Psychology/Lakehead Universityand our programs is available at Psychology | Lakehead University

Review of applications will begin on March 7th and will continue until the position is filled. The electronic application (in the form of one PDF document) should include: a curriculum vitae, and statement of teaching interests. Experience with experiential learning and online or alternative modes of delivery is highly desired. A completed Confirmation of Eligibility to Work in Canada.pdf form must accompany your package. We encourage applicants with the Right of First Refusal (as outlined in article 19.03.02 of the LUFA/LU Collective Agreement) to indicate their status in their application.

Applicants should submit their electronic application to:

Department of Psychology
Lakehead University
955 Oliver Road
Thunder Bay, ON P7B 5E1
Attn: Dr. Rupert Klein, Chair
E-mail: rgklein@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.cato make appropriate arrangements.

This position is subject to budgetary approval.