Sessional Instructor Assistant Eng263h5f Play and Games

3 days ago

Mississauga, Canada University of Toronto Full time

**Date Posted**:09/02/2025
**Req ID**: 45037
**Faculty/Division**: UofT Mississauga
**Department**: UTM: English & Drama
**Campus**:University of Toronto Mississauga (UTM)

**Description**:Why do we play? Game designers, philosophers, sociologists, and performance theorists have long argued that play can tell us about our development as children and adults, our search for freedom, our relationship to animals, and the values and problems of our societies. This course introduces students to Play Studies and Game Studies in the humanities by considering the reasons we play in relationship to the objects we play with, including things that are more normally thought of as games—card and board games, sports, toys, video games—as well as other sites of playful thought and action, like paintings, films, and short stories. Students in this course will encounter major scholars of play and games and key terms and concepts in the analysis of play and games. We will play and design story-rich games and we will discuss effective narrative design primarily in digital games. Students will also consider problems in play and games like cheating, addiction, and gamification.

Section: LEC0101
Lecture Day(s): Tuesday 1-3
Tutorials: Thursday either 1-2, or 2-3
Estimated Enrolment: 84
Est of TA hours: 150

Sessional dates of appointment: September 2, 2025 - December 31, 2025

Salary Sessional Instructor Assistant:

- $54.27 per hour plus 4% vacation pay

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.

**Duties**:

- Holding up to 2 one-hour tutorials each week
- Preparation for tutorials and grading
- Grading
- Attending training sessions/meetings with the course instructor
- Organizing and submitting grades
- Holding office hours
- Lecture attendance (as required)
- General teaching-related duties

Application Instructions:

- Current CV.

**Closing Date**: 09/04/2025, 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._

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