Canada Research Chair (Tier 2) in Network Science (Assistant/Associate Professor) Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Faculty of Science Application Deadline: November 1, 2026 The Department of Mathematics and Statistics in the Faculty of Science at York University invites highly qualified applicants for a Tier 2 Canada Research Chair (CRC) at the rank of Assistant or Associate Professor in Network Science. This is an open tenure-track appointment to the Professorial Stream to commence July 1, 2027. The Department of Mathematics and Statistics views this position as a key step towards establishing York University as a Canadian leader in Network Science research and in post-doctoral, graduate, and undergraduate training. The successful candidate will also contribute to teaching and curriculum development, including to the existing BSc/BA program in Data Science. Our vision is for Network Science to bring together researchers across the university, graduate and undergraduate students, and industrial partners, to advance interdisciplinary and applied research. This position will strengthen student training in methods for understanding complex networks and further enhance York University’s research reputation. The Canada Research Chairs (CRC) program seeks to attract outstanding researchers for careers at Canadian universities. Tier 2 Chairs are intended for exceptional emerging scholars (i.e.,10years from their first independent academic research-related appointment at the time of nomination,with consideration for career breaks) who have the acknowledged potential to lead their field of research. Appointment to a Tier 2 Chair is for five years, is renewable once, and comes with enhanced research support from the program.



Applicants who are more than 10 years from theirfirst independent academic research-relate appointment(and where career breaks exist, including maternity leave, extended sick leave, etc.) may have their eligibility for a Tier 2 Canada Research Chair assessed through the program’s Tier 2 justification process. Please see the CRC website for further eligibility details. Recognizing the underrepresentation of women and gender minorities among CRCs, this position is open only to qualified researchers who indicate on the Affir... ...self-identification form (see below) that they identify as women or gendernon-conforming(e.g., genderfluid, nonbinary, Two-Spirit, trans man, trans woman).
The appointment is part of the University’s Affir... ...tion program, which is based on the special program provisions of the Ontario Human Rights Code. In alignment with the Tri-Agency Policy on Indigenous Citizenship and Membership Affir... ...ment, York University requires that Indigenous applicants provide supporting documentation to affirm their citizenship or membership toan Indigenous collective. This policy ensures that positions and funding intended for the Indigenous chairs in the program benefit First Nations, Inuit, and Métis applicants. For more information regarding accepted supporting documentation, please consult the Directive on the Tri-Agency Policy on Indigenous Citizenship and Membership Affir... ...ment. York acknowledges the potential impact of various life circumstances (e.g., illness, disability, caregiving,



family commitments) on a candidate’s record of research and other achievements.
Candidates are encouraged to describe such circumstances and their impactin their application. This information will be taken into careful consideration during the assessment process. This position is intended to recruit external candidates to add to the University’s research strength in the areas identified in this ad. This is a research-enhanced faculty position partially funded by the Connected Minds program, funded in part by the Canada First Research Excellence Fund. The successful candidate will be eligible for enhanced start-up funds. In addition, the successful candidate will engage with, and benefit from, the Connected Minds program, which focuses onscholarshiptoward three main research goals: 1) to understand how the interplay of humans and intelligent technologies produces unexpected, emergent properties at the community/whole society levels, 2) predict how new technologies will disrupt the techno-social collective and 3) use these predictions to drive current research and technology development.
The Connected Minds program is supported by a total of $318 million in funding over seven years(2023 – 2030). Candidate

Qualifications:
- Degree: PhD or PhD near completion by the appointment’s start in a field closely related to Network Science, is required. Scholarship:
- A coherent and well-articulated program of research and specialization in any area of Network Science which may include but is not limited to the study of complex networks such as telecommunication networks, computer networks, biological networks, cognitive and semantic networks, and social networks, using theories and method

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