APTPUO - WINTER 2026 - PSY6148 - B00

Posting Reason:

New Position

Location:

Main Campus

Session:

2026 Winter Semester | Trimestre d'hiver

Faculty:

Faculté des sciences sociales / Faculty of Social Sciences

Unit:

School of Psychology_PT

Course Title:

Fieldwork in Indigenous and Cultural Healing Practices

Course Code:

PSY6148

Section:

B00

Course Description:

This course advances Indigenous and other cultural ways of knowing by introducing students to traditional holistic systems of healing that include sacred plant medicines. This includes short term fieldwork opportunities (typically 8-10 days) among traditional healers and/ or entheogenic religious communities where the spiritual and communal dimensions of healing are centre stage. Students will have the opportunity to learn from traditional healers (shamans, curanderos, madrihnas, etc.), observe the ritual and ceremonial bases of healing, and examine the uses of non-ordinary states of consciousness (NOSC) for addressing mental health concerns, personal growth, and improved wellbeing. Emphasis will be placed on understanding the cultural context of the healing practice, neuropharmacology of serotonergic plant medicines, psychological mechanisms of change, and cultural approaches for self-care.
This course will be offered virtually

Posting Limited To:

Professeur à temps-partiel régulier / Regular Part-Time Professor

Date Posted (Yyyy/Mm/Dd):

2025/09/30

Applications must be received BEFORE (YYYY/MM/DD):

2025/10/31

Expected Enrolment:

20

Approval Date:

2025/09/30

Number Of Credits:

3

Work Hours:

39

Hourly Rate:

The academic year starts on September 1 and ends on August 31.

These rates do not included vacation pay nor statutory pay.

These rates will be applied until a new collective agreement is ratified. Retro will be paid after the ratification.

Course Type:

D

Posting Type:

Régulier / Regular

Language Of Instruction:

Anglais | English

Competence In Second Language:

Passive

Course Schedule:

Jeudi | Thursday 13:00-14:30 - -

Requirements:

Ph.D. in Psychology or related discipline / Advanced knowledge of the course content area

Additional Information And/Or Comments:

An acceptable level of education and/or experience could be viewed as being equivalent to the educational required and/or demonstrated experience. If you are invited to continue the selection process, please notify us of any adaptive measures you might require. Information you send us will be handled respectfully and in complete confidence. Employees are required under provincial law to successfully complete all mandatory legislated training. The list of training may be modified by provincial law.

The hiring process will be governed by the current APTPUO collective agreements; you can click here for the main unit, here for the OLBI unit, or here for the Toronto/Windsor unit to find out more.

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