Continuing Education Instructor

**Closes: August 7, 2025**:
This job is posted in accordance with the CUPE 3902 Unit 4 Collective Agreement.

**Posting Date**: July 18, 2025

**Closing Date**: August 7, 2025

**Position**:Continuing Education Instructor (SMCE3000 Foundations of Interfaith Communication and Dialogue)

**Number of Positions Available**: One (1)

**Term when the course will be offered**: Winter 2026

**Course Title**: SMCE3000 W26 Foundations of Interfaith Communication and Dialogue

**About Us**

The University of St. Michael’s College, federated with the University of Toronto, is a Catholic institution of higher learning committed to the pursuit of knowledge, meaning and truth. USMC is a dynamic center on the St. George Campus of the University of Toronto and boasts a large and dynamic undergraduate division, an acclaimed Faculty of Theology, an expanding Continuing Education Division and one of the busiest and important libraries on the University of Toronto campus.

We currently offer professional programs in three areas: Social Responsibility & Sustainability, Interfaith Dialogue, Catholic Leadership, and Ontario certified teacher qualifications as well as a number of general interest courses in areas relevant to the academic and intellectual traditions of our institution, including Celtic studies, book arts and printmaking, poetry and creative expression, faith formation, and spirituality and sociology, and language and arts.

**Position Overview**

We are seeking a dynamic and passionate instructor to teach the SMCE3000 W25 Foundations of Interfaith Communication and Dialogue course in our Interfaith Dialogue Diploma program during the Winter 2025 semester. This course endows a micro credential for learners who successfully complete the requirements.

This course is the mandatory core course for learners in the Diploma in Interfaith Dialogue. The syllabus outline, curriculum and assessment tasks for this course will be provided, and includes the following modules:

- Introduction to Interfaith Dialogue
- Communication and Dialogue
- Dialogue of Deeds
- Dialogue of Life
- Dialogue of Religious Experience
- Dialogue of Theological Exchange

Instructors will deliver the course incorporating their own learning activities, readings, cases, etc. in conjunction with these materials.

The course will be scheduled on a weekday evening from 6:30pm -8:30pm online for six consecutive weeks in the Winter term (September to December 2025). Efforts will be made to accommodate the instructor’s own schedule.

**Qualifications**
- A graduate degree in religious studies, theology, interfaith studies, or a related field (PhD preferred).
- Experience teaching courses related to religious diversity, interfaith dialogue, or multiculturalism.
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to engage students from diverse backgrounds.
- Demonstrated commitment to fostering inclusive environments and promoting social justice.
- Successful experience teaching online.
- Educational background that includes the study of comparative theology, interfaith dialogue, or similar topics.
- Experience teaching Interfaith Dialogue in the North American context.

**Brief Description of Duties**
- Using core curriculum materials, develop and deliver engaging lectures and interactive sessions that explore different models for understanding religious diversity.
- Incorporate Diploma
- and Course-Level Learning Objectives set by the Division of Continuing Education.
- Incorporate opportunities to strengthen skills in dialogue and communication through assignments, activities and lecture content.
- Facilitate discussions and activities that encourage critical reflection on lived examples of interreligious dialogue and collaboration.
- Provide guidance and support to students as they cultivate greater personal openness to, and skills for, interreligious engagement.
- Assess student learning through a final reflection or assignment.

**Estimated TA Support**: N/A

**Class Schedule**: Evening from 6:30pm -8:30pm online for 6 consecutive weeks within the Winter Semester (January to April, 2026)

**Dates of the Appointment**: TBD

**Application Process**

Attention: Manager of Program Development & Delivery

To apply, please submit a cover letter, curriculum vitae, demonstrating your experience in teaching and facilitating interreligious dialogue. Additionally, please include a brief statement outlining your approach to teaching this course and your vision for fostering dialogue among students from diverse religious backgrounds.

Join us in shaping a learning community where diverse perspectives are valued, and meaningful dialogue transforms lives.

**Please note that this position is tentative, pending funding, final course determinations and enrolments.**

**We thank all applicants for their interest. Only those considered for an interview will be contacted.**- Department
- Continuing Education