Appointments, Promotion and Tenure
Guidelines for faculty members
Appointments, promotion and tenure as well as other terms and conditions for Dalhousie University faculty members are governed by:
- University Regulations Concerning Appointments, Tenure and Promotion (1987) [PDF 124.6 kB]
- Collective Agreement between the Board of Governors of Dalhousie University and the Dalhousie Faculty Association [PDF - 5.72MB]
Furthermore, the university policy regarding academic appointments is intended to establish a single reference point for all academic appointments made at Dalhousie University. It is intended to clarify the process required by Dalhousie for valid academic appointments.
- University policy regarding academic appointments [PDF - 149kB]
Also related:
- Guidelines for adjunct appointments [PDF - 220kB]
- Senior adminstrative appointments policy [PDF - 440kB]
Faculty of Medicine promotion and tenure guidelines
Faculty of Medicine promotion and tenure guidelines are intended as a useful aid to the interpretation of regulations as set out in the Dalhousie University Senate document "University Regulations Concerning Appointments, Tenure and Promotion (1987)" and the "Collective Agreement between the Board of Governors of Dalhousie University and the Dalhousie Faculty Association", but do not supersede these documents.
- Faculty of Medicine promotion and tenure guidelines [PDF - 487kB]
- A teaching dossier is... [PDF - 123kB]
For members with Continuing Appointments, please refer to the following:
- Regulations Concerning Continuing Appointment with Annual Academic Career Development (CAAACD, revised 2019) [PDF - 1 MB]
- Career path profile form [PDF - 19kB]
- Career path profile form [PDF - 19kB]
- Checklist [PDF - 134kB]
- Candidate's statement for promotion [PDF - 77kB]
- Candidate's cover sheet [PDF - 72kB]
For members with Tenure-Stream Appointments, please refer to the following:
- Criteria and standards for promotion (2002) [PDF - 74kB]
- Criteria and standards for tenure (2002) [PDF - 29kB]
- Checklist [PDF - 134kB]
- Candidate's statement for promotion/tenure [PDF - 96kB]
- Candidate's cover sheet [PDF - 104kB]
- Inventory sheet [PDF - 70kB]
For Instructor members, please refer to the following: