Sessional Lecturer

2 weeks ago


Toronto, Canada University of Toronto Full time

**Date Posted**:07/14/2023
**Req ID**: 32784
**Faculty/Division**: Faculty of Arts & Science
**Department**: Munk Sch Global Affairs & Public Policy
**Campus**:St. George (Downtown Toronto)

**Description**:
**Course number and title: GLA2029H The Sustainability Imperative: Climate Change**

**Course description**:This course initially explores the latest science of climate change followed by the international legal and policy framework to address climate change developed over time including the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the Paris Agreement highlighting the key points for the post-2020 climate change regime. Students will then be given an understanding of the international and domestic legal, economic and financial dimensions of climate change. They will be provided with some of the strategies national governments can use to bring down greenhouse gas emissions as well as to adapt to climate change including the process for developing and updating Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs). In addition to reviewing the obligations of national governments as parties to the Paris Agreement as a legally binding international treaty on climate change, the course will also discuss the roles of: subnational governments including cities, states, provinces as well as the partnerships that exist among these groups; civil society (non-state actors) including Indigenous peoples and non-governmental (NGOs) organizations; and business in the net-zero transition.

**Estimated course enrolment: 70**

**Estimated TA support: N/A**

**Class schedule: Thursday 2-5 pm**
- The delivery method for this course is currently in-person. Please note that, in keeping with current circumstances, the course delivery method may change as determined by the Faculty or the Department.

**Sessional dates of appointment**: January 1, 2024 - April 30, 2024

**Salary**:
Sessional Lecturer I: $9,457.90

Sessional Lecturer I Long Term: $9,930.80

Sessional Lecturer II $10,121.77

Sessional Lecturer II Long Term: $10,326.62

Sessional Lecturer III: $10,362.76

Sessional Lecturer III Long Term: $10,570.02

Please note that should rates stipulated in the collective agreement vary from rates stated in this posting, the rates stated in the collective agreement shall prevail.

**Minimum Qualifications**: Masters of Science (M.S.)

**Preferred Qualifications**: Professional experience in the field of sustainability.

**Description of duties**: Developing the syllabus, teaching one 2-hour lecture per week at the graduate level, providing weekly office hours for academic counseling of students, preparing and delivering course material; preparing and delivering assignments and tests; marking student work and submitting grades.

**Closing Date**: 08/15/2023, 11:59PM EDT
**- This job is posted in accordance with the CUPE 3902 Unit 3 Collective Agreement._
- It is understood that some announcements of vacancies are tentative, pending final course determinations and enrolment. Should rates stipulated in the collective agreement vary from rates stated in this posting, the rates stated in the collective agreement shall prevail._
- Preference in hiring is given to qualified individuals advanced to the rank of Sessional Lecturer II or Sessional Lecturer III in accordance with Article 14:12 of the CUPE 3902 Unit 3 collective agreement._


  • Sessional Lecturer

    1 day ago


    Toronto, Canada University of Toronto Full time

    **Date Posted**:03/14/2023 **Req ID**: 30270 **Faculty/Division**: Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering **Department**: Institute of Biomedical Engineering **Campus**:St. George (Downtown Toronto) **Description**: **Course # & Title**: BME205H1 - Fundamentals of Biomedical Engineering **Please note, this is a 0.5 FCE appointment. **Course...


  • Toronto, Canada University of Toronto Full time

    Sessional Instructor for WDW152H1S Woodsworth One: Order and Disorder II **Course number and title**: WDW152H1S Woodsworth One: Order and Disorder II **Course description**: This interdisciplinary seminar introduces students to some of the methods used by scholars and researchers in sociology, political science, philosophy, and history to develop, test,...


  • Toronto, Canada University of Toronto Full time

    **Date Posted**:06/30/2023 **Closing Date**: 07/31/2023, 11:59PM EDT **Req ID**: 32473 **Job Category**:Sessional Instruction **Faculty/Division**: Temerty Faculty of Medicine **Department**: Dept of Lab. Medicine & Pathobiology **Campus**: St. George (Downtown Toronto) **Description**: As part of a teaching team the incumbent will be the instructor on the...

  • Sessional Lecturer

    4 days ago


    Toronto, Canada University of Toronto Full time

    **Date Posted: June 2, 2023** **Req ID**: 31645 **Faculty/Division**: Faculty of Music **Department**: Performance **Campus**:St. George (downtown) **Description**: **Course Number and Name**:PMU407H1 The 21st Century Creative Performer **Course Description**:How can performers be creators? This course will explore design, group creation, and...

  • Sessional Lecturer

    7 days ago


    Toronto, Canada University of Toronto Full time

    **Date Posted**:04/04/2023 **Req ID**: 30565 **Faculty/Division**: Faculty of Arts & Science **Department**: Human Biology **Campus**:St. George (Downtown Toronto) **Description**: **Course number and title**:HMB204H1F- Introduction to Human Biology - co-teaching, 0.25FCE - emergency posting **Course description**: An introduction to the biological,...

  • Sessional Lecturer

    4 days ago


    Toronto, Canada University of Toronto Full time

    **Date Posted**:02/10/2023 **Req ID**: 29682 **Faculty/Division**: Faculty of Arts & Science **Department**: Dept of Anthropology **Campus**:St. George (Downtown Toronto) **Description**: **Course number and title**: ARH306Y1F Archaeological Field Methods **Course is co-taught.** **Course description**:Intensive instruction in archaeological field methods...

  • Sessional Lecturer

    1 day ago


    Toronto, Canada University of Toronto Full time

    **Date Posted**:03/13/2023 **Req ID**: 30211 **Faculty/Division**: Faculty of Arts & Science **Department**: Human Biology **Campus**:St. George (Downtown Toronto) **Description**: **Course number and title**: CJH332H1F - Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology of the Synapse - Emergency Posting **Course Description**: Examination of all aspects of the synapse...


  • Toronto, Canada University of Toronto Full time

    **Date Posted**:04/29/2024 **Closing Date**: 05/21/2024, 11:59PM EDT **Req ID**: 37160 **Job Category**:Sessional Instruction **Faculty/Division**: Temerty Faculty of Medicine **Department**: Dept of Lab. Medicine & Pathobiology **Campus**: St. George (Downtown Toronto) **Description**: **Estimated course enrollment**: ~ 30 students **Estimated TA...


  • Toronto, Canada University of Toronto Full time

    **Date Posted**:06/30/2023 **Closing Date**: 07/21/2023, 11:59PM EDT **Req ID**: 32476 **Job Category**:Sessional Instruction **Faculty/Division**: Temerty Faculty of Medicine **Department**: Dept of Lab. Medicine & Pathobiology **Campus**: St. George (Downtown Toronto) **Description**: This module introduces professionalism in experiential learning,...

  • Sessional Lecturer

    6 days ago


    Toronto, Canada University of Toronto Full time

    **Course Code and Title**: STAB23H3 Introduction to Statistics for the Social Sciences **Course Description**: This course covers the basic concepts of statistics and the statistical methods most commonly used in the social sciences. The first half of the course introduces descriptive statistics, contingency tables, normal probability distribution, and...


  • Toronto, Canada University of Toronto Full time

    **Date Posted**:06/30/2023 **Closing Date**: 07/31/2023, 11:59PM EDT **Req ID**: 32474 **Job Category**:Sessional Instruction **Faculty/Division**: Temerty Faculty of Medicine **Department**: Dept of Lab. Medicine & Pathobiology **Campus**: St. George (Downtown Toronto) **Description**: Over the last two decades, translation in health sciences, medicine and...


  • Toronto, Canada University of Toronto Full time

    **Date Posted**:07/26/2023 **Req ID**: 33110 **Faculty/Division**: Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering **Department**: APSC: Ofc of the Dean - Faculty General **Campus**:St. George (Downtown Toronto) **Description**: **Position**: Sessional Lecturer I (1 position available) **Course title and code**: Infrastructure Planning - APS1031H **Estimated...


  • Toronto, Canada University of Toronto Full time

    **Date Posted**:07/26/2023 **Req ID**: 33108 **Faculty/Division**: Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering **Department**: APSC: Ofc of the Dean - Faculty General **Campus**:St. George (Downtown Toronto) **Description**: **Position**: Sessional Lecturer I (1 position available) **Course title and code**: APS1024H - Infrastructure Resilience...

  • Sessional Lecturer

    6 days ago


    Toronto, Canada University of Toronto Full time

    **Date Posted**:06/29/2023 **Req ID**: 32346 **Faculty/Division**: UofT Scarborough **Department**: UTSC:Dept-Management **Campus**:University of Toronto Scarborough (UTSC) **Description**: **Course Code **and Title**: **MGTA01H3 Introduction to Business** **Course Description**: This course serves as an introduction to the organizations called businesses....


  • Toronto, Canada University of Toronto Full time

    **Date Posted**:07/27/2023 **Req ID**: 33124 **Faculty/Division**: Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering **Department**: APSC: Ofc of the Dean - Faculty General **Campus**:St. George (Downtown Toronto) **Description**: **Position**: Sessional Lecturer I (1 position available) **Course title and code**: Renewal of Waterpower Facilities -...

  • Sessional Lecturer

    6 days ago


    Toronto, Canada University of Toronto Full time

    **Course Description**: The Levant (modern day Israel, the West Bank, Jordan, Lebanon, and Syria) is one of the most intensively explored archaeological regions in the world. While substantial regionalism exists, the entire area nevertheless constitutes a distinct cultural region with (broadly speaking) more similarities than differences. In addition to...


  • Toronto, Canada University of Toronto Full time

    **Date Posted**:04/04/2023 **Req ID**: 30589 **Faculty/Division**: Faculty of Arts & Science **Department**: Cinema Studies **Campus**:St. George (Downtown Toronto) **Description**: **Course number and title**: CIN212H1F - Cinema and Sensation I: Action/Spectacle **Course description**: This course is the study of action films as a global genre in their...

  • Sessional Lecturer

    6 days ago


    Toronto, Canada University of Toronto Full time

    **Date Posted**:06/29/2023 **Req ID**: 32347 **Faculty/Division**: UofT Scarborough **Department**: UTSC:Dept-Management **Campus**:University of Toronto Scarborough (UTSC) **Description**: **Course Code **and Title**: **MGEC62H3 International Economics: Trade Theory** **Course Description**: An outline of the theories of international trade that explain...

  • Sessional Lecturer

    6 days ago


    Toronto, Canada University of Toronto Full time

    **Date Posted**:06/29/2023 **Req ID**: 32348 **Faculty/Division**: UofT Scarborough **Department**: UTSC:Dept-Management **Campus**:University of Toronto Scarborough (UTSC) **Description**: **Course Code **and Title**: **MGED02H3 Advanced Microeconomic Theory** **Course Description**: An upper-level extension of the ideas studied in MGEC02H3. The course...


  • Toronto, Canada University of Toronto Full time

    **Date Posted**:07/26/2023 **Req ID**: 33112 **Faculty/Division**: Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering **Department**: APSC: Ofc of the Dean - Faculty General **Campus**:St. George (Downtown Toronto) **Description**: **Position**: Sessional Lecturer I (1 position available) **Course title and code**:Technology Sales for Entrepreneurs -...