Higher education jobs in Canada can be split into two distinct sections: academic and administrative. However, many administrative positions have a background in academia. To advance to the position of lecturer, the individual must have taken a PhD in a particular discipline.
While lecturers tend to focus the majority of their time teaching about the aspects of a particular subject, professors balance their time between teaching or researching their chosen field and presenting their findings. The highest rank of professor is a distinguished professor who has tenure, while most lecturers do not.
On the administrative side, the highest honour is to be appointed a dean, who has ultimate responsibility for academic programs and to ensure student life runs smoothly. Working under the dean is the vice-dean and also directors of administrative departments and chairs of academic faculties who have a small team of administrators working for them.
A typical salary for administrative staff is between C
$30,000 and C
$180,000 while on the academic side, people working in higher education can earn between C
$25,000 and C
$150,000.