NIKLA-ANCLA
National Indigenous Knowledge & Language Alliance / Alliance nationale des connaissances et des langues autochtones

Position Title: Focused Hire – Black or Indigenous Librarian, Full-Time, Continuing Appointment Organization: Acadia University Application Deadline: May 24, 2026 Location: Mtaban, Mi'kma'ki, (Wolfville, Nova Scotia) The Vaughan Memorial Library at Acadia University welcomes applications from Indigenous librarians for a full-time, continuing (permanent) appointment beginning July 1st, 2026. For full details on the position and instructions on how to apply, please consult the job advertisement on Acadia's website: https://www2.acadiau.ca/files/files/Files%20~%20Academic%20Job%20Postings/2026/ContinuingAppointment_Librarian_JobAd_2026_Final.pdf The application deadline is May 24th, 2026. Email for Applicants faculty.careers@acadiau.ca

Position Title: Two (2) Medical Librarians [Career Librarian Positions] Organization: Toronto Metropolitan University Application Deadline: March 17, 2026 Location: Toronto, Ontario Located in downtown Toronto, the largest and most culturally diverse city in Canada and on the territory of the Anishinaabeg, Haudenosaunee, Mississaugas of the Credit and the Wendat Peoples, Toronto Metropolitan University Libraries invites applications for two full-time career stream positions of Medical Librarian at the rank of Librarian I or II, effective as soon as possible, subject to final budgetary approval. TMU Libraries seeks highly motivated and creative Medical Librarians with strong instruction and research support skills, demonstrated commitment to service and relationship building, to be part of the Bikram S. Dhillon and Family Medical Library located at the TMU Brampton Campus. Reporting to the Dean of Libraries, working closely with the Head Librarian at the Bikram S. Dhillon .and Family Medical Library, this position will collaborate with other liaison librarians, partner medical libraries in the region, and expert staff. The Medical Librarians will work as a team sharing responsibility for supporting Undergraduate Medical and Postgraduate Medical Learners, clinical faculty and staff. Working as a team of medical liaison librarians, they will provide expertise including discipline-specific reference, research consultation, and library instruction. The position also includes responsibility for collection development and promoting the use of a range of medical and health information sources. Each team member will need to be highly collaborative, flexible, able to communicate effectively and openly with the Medical Librarian team. All Medical Librarians including the head will have assigned committees within TMU Libraries and the School of Medicine and will be responsible for learning and sharing information about trends and needs in these areas, service development, new programs, curriculum or research changes, and working with accreditation reviews. For more information, please see the full job posting below or visit: https://hr.cf.torontomu.ca/ams/faculty/

Position Title: Assistant Librarian, Research and Scholarly Communications Organization: York University Libraries Application Deadline: May 15, 2026 Location: Toronto, Ontario York University Libraries (YUL) seeks a collaborative-oriented individual for the position of Research and Scholarly Communications Librarian to advance YUL’s open scholarship portfolio in support of the research community across York’s campuses. This position is based at the Keele Campus. The Research and Scholarly Communications Librarian will be a part of the Open Scholarship department (OS), within the Research and Open Scholarship Division. OS consists of librarians specializing in RDM, open access, scholarly publishing, research visibility, open education, and data services. The successful candidate will work with departmental colleagues on a team-based approach to promote and deliver open research services and will have teaching and consultation responsibilities. They will also work closely with colleagues in YUL and research support partners in the university, to advance the priority areas of the University Academic Plan (UAP) 2020-2025 and YUL’s Strategic Plan 2021-2026. Website for Applicants: https://www.yorku.ca/vpepc/faculty-affairs/wp-content/uploads/sites/698/2026/04/LIB_RSCL.pdf Email for Applicants: yulapps@yorku.ca

Position Title: Community Partner Liaison and Project Manager Organization: Respectful Terminology Platform Project - NIKLA Application Deadline: Beginning review April 13, 2026 - will be reviewed on a rolling basis.   Location: Remote/Virtual About the Research  The Respectful Terminologies Platform Project (RTPP) is a key project of the National Indigenous Knowledge Language Alliance (NIKLA-ANCLA). The project builds on the efforts of generations of Indigenous people and allies working to create an Indigenous-centered platform featuring terminology that more accurately represents Indigenous cultural heritage and lived experience. The goal is to build an open, online platform providing multilingual terminologies and vocabularies (or metadata) that reflect Indigenous knowledge systems, histories, cultures, places, and people from our perspectives. Research is focused on working with Indigenous communities and allies to develop Indigenous protocols and community-driven solutions for controlled vocabularies. It will be used by museums, archives, libraries, cultural centres, and other knowledge organizations to enrich the information they share. Most importantly, it enables Indigenous communities to be known by the names and terms we determine for ourselves. The project has received a 1.8 million dollar grant to create and test prototypes of the project.    Position Overview  Guided by Indigenous protocols, the RTPP Community Partner Liaison and Project Manager will be a critical member of the RTPP Project Team. Working in coordination with the Project Manager Dalhousie and reporting to the RTPP Project Co-Directors, The RTPP Community Partner Liaison and Project Manager will provide administrative leadership and project co-management during the RTPP lifecycle, particularly emphasizing Indigenous community relationships.  For more information, please visit: https://respectfulterminology.ca/job-posting/rtpp-community-partner-liaison-and-project-manager/

Position Title: Indigenous Librarian Organization: Toronto Metropolitan University Application Deadline: March 15, 2026 Location: Toronto, Ontario Located in downtown Toronto, the largest and most culturally diverse city in Canada and on the territory of the Anishinaabeg, Haudenosaunee and the Wendat Peoples, Toronto Metropolitan University Libraries invites applications for a full-time career stream (i.e. continuing) position of Indigenous Librarian at the rank of Librarian I or II, effective July 1, 2026, subject to final budgetary approval. This position is restricted to candidates who self-identify in the Applicant Diversity Self-ID questionnaire in the recruitment portal as First Nations, Métis, Inuit peoples, or Indigenous peoples of North America. Indigenous hires for librarian positions at TMU are required to successfully complete an affirmation process. This process involves candidates providing relevant documentation to support the claim of Indigenous identity and participating in discussions with the University’s Indigenous Human Resources Lead in order to share relevant information about their lived experience. Prioritizing Indigenous approaches to librarianship, the successful candidate will work in close collaboration with campus and community partners in advancing the Libraries’ strategic plan, and the University’s commitments to Indigenous teaching, learning, research and community. The successful candidate will help advance Indigenous Knowledge within library services and functions, including research methodologies, Indigenous data sovereignty, teaching and learning activities, information services, and collection development. This role will include subject liaison work; also, the role will be customized to an area or areas of library functional specialization as necessary, based on the incumbent’s knowledge, experience, and interest. Librarians actively contribute to providing research assistance through both in-person and virtual service points, and may occasionally be required to work non-standard hours, including weekends and evenings. Career Librarians are also expected to participate in library and university committees and engage in professional development and/or scholarly research and creative activities. Please see the full job description below, or visit: https://hr.cf.torontomu.ca/ams/faculty/