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 - 5.72 MB]
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 - 119 KB]
Also related:
- Guidelines for adjunct appointments [PDF - 221 KB]
- Senior adminstrative appointments policy [PDF - 186 KB]
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 - 487 KB]
- A teaching dossier is... [PDF - 123 KB]
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 - 19 KB]
- Career path profile form [PDF - 19 KB]
- Checklist - Tenure and/or Promotion (Continuing appointment stream) [PDF - 771 KB]
- Candidate's statement for promotion [PDF - 77 KB]
- Cover Sheet - Promotion application (Continuing appointment/Clinical stream) [PDF - 247 KB]
For members with Tenure-Stream Appointments, please refer to the following:
- Checklist - Reappointment to Tenure Track (Tenure stream) [PDF - 790 KB]
- Checklist - Tenure and Promotion (Tenure stream) [PDF - 979 KB]
- Cover Sheet - Tenure and Promotion (Tenure stream) [PDF - 252 KB]
For instructor members, please refer to the following:
- Guidelines and Criteria for Reappointment, Continuing Appointment as Senior Instructor, and Promotion to University Teaching Fellow [PDF - 203 KB]
- Checklist - Reappointment (Instructor stream) [PDF - 759 KB]
- Checklist - Reappointment to 2nd Probationary (Instructor stream) [PDF - 736 KB]
- Cover Sheet - Reappointment and Promotiion (Instructor stream) [PDF - 354 KB]