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Ranks, Descriptors, and Designations

Rank Description
Assistant Professor (Special Category) An academic staff member appointed to a pre-tenure-track position for a non-renewable definite term of one year. On the fulfillment of the condition(s) specified in the letter of appointment, will be appointed as a tenure-track Assistant Professor.
Assistant Professor An academic staff member appointed to a definite term (3-year) tenure-track position.

Associate Professor

An academic staff member appointed:

  1. upon the granting of tenure (from a tenure-track Assistant Professor position); or
  2. to a definite term tenure-track appointment; or
  3. to a new appointment with tenure

Full Professor

An academic staff member appointed upon the recommendation of either a Statutory Selection Committee or the University Tenure Committee for Recruitment (UTCR):

  1. promotion from Associate Professor, or
  2. a definite term tenure-track appointment of maximum duration (five years); or
  3. new appointment with tenure

Designation that may be applied to a Full Professor appointment

Emeritus

Honorific that is accorded to all retired Full Professors and Librarians who, prior to their retirement from the University have held the rank for a minimum of five years and are deemed to have satisfactorily maintained the standard for which they were appointed to that rank.
Rank Description

Assistant Librarian

A librarian staff member appointed to a definite term (3-year) tenure-track position.

Associate Librarian

A librarian staff member appointed:

  1. upon the granting of tenure (from a tenure-track Assistant Librarian position); or
  2. to a definite term tenure-track appointment; or
  3. to a new appointment with tenure

Full Librarian

A librarian staff member appointed upon the recommendation of either a Statutory Selection Committee or the University Tenure Committee for Recruitment (UTCR):

  1. promotion from Associate Librarian; or
  2. a definite term tenure-track appointment of maximum duration (five years); or
  3. new appointment with tenure

Descriptors that may be applied to the above

Emeritus

Honorific that is accorded to all retired Full Professors and Librarians who, prior to their retirement from the University have held the rank for a minimum of five years and are deemed to have satisfactorily maintained the standard for which they were appointed to that rank.
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