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About the Opportunity

ID: 26-1248 Location: Fort Smith, NWT

The Dean, School of Trades, Apprenticeship, and Industrial Training (Dean, TAIT) is responsible for the overall leadership and collaborative approach to management of the School, with emphasis on maintaining program excellence and integrity. As part of the Academic & Research Division, the School of TAIT delivers quality apprenticeship training and trades-related programming, and ensures the range of programs meets the needs of communities in the North.

The Dean reports to the Provost and VP Academic & Research (“VPAR”), and leads a team of 22+ faculty and staff and a $4M budget. They provide strategic leadership for the School and are accountable for all academic and administrative matters pertaining to the associated programs. The Dean oversees all TAIT programs, college-wide, throughout the NWT. Dean facilitates campus and community-based delivery (including distance education) in collaboration with the Provost and Vice President Academic and Research and other leaders in the Academic unit.

The Dean fosters a positive and inclusive environment that supports the mission, values, goals, and policies of Aurora College; is consistent with adult education principles; and is respectful of the many cultures of the peoples and communities of the NWT. The Dean often faces simultaneous, competing demands with limited resources and must be able to set priorities in an ever-changing environment.

There is tremendous excitement in the North in the wake of a range of federal funding commitments; the opportunities to grow trades programming to meet territorial needs during a generational investment in the NWT creates a critical and exciting time and space for the Dean, TAIT. The College is galvanizing a team which will work collaboratively and efficiently to build a system that supports faculty developing research programs, championing scholarship of teaching and learning, and the leading change management that comes from moving Aurora from a government-based college to a dynamic and responsive university.

First Resume Review: November 26, 2026