SL First Year Foundations Program, Engineering Design & Fabrication Course

First Year Foundations Program, Engineering Design & Fabrication Course

Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering

Summer 2025

Job Posting: CUPE 3902 Unit 3

Engineering Design & Fabrication is a two-week course that is delivered to newly admitted engineering students prior to the beginning of their fall term. This highly interactive program introduces engineering design as a central aspect of first-year engineering education at UofT.  The course instructor will design and deliver content designed for students with little or no previous experience with these concepts. This course will center activities in the Myhal Fabrication Lab.  The course is inspired by the first-year engineering design programs in Core-8 (Engineering Strategies and Practice) and Engineering Science (Praxis) and is supports students as they become more familiar with the UofT St. George campus and resources. 

One Sessional Lecturer position is available for this course, which will be offered twice in the month of August 2025. 

Compensation: 1 HCE plus vacation pay

Qualifications: The candidate will be a graduate, with at least a Master’s degree (M.Eng or MASc), from Engineering at the University of Toronto.  They will be very familiar with the Engineering Strategies and Practice AND/OR the Engineering Science Praxis courses.  They will have experience with fabrication laboratory equipment and the integration of hands-on fabrication with an engineering design process. Experience teaching an engineering design course and teaching in an active learning environment is considered an asset. 

Duties:  Duties will include designing delivering instructional content for this course.  Will be required to collaborate with Myhal Fabrication Lab Staff to deliver safety training and to support fabrication lab experiences.  Instructor may be provided with TA support.  Each offering of the course will have approximately 30 students.

How to Apply:

Candidates are asked to submit, as ONE PDF document, the following:

1.CUPE 3902 Unit 3 Application Form

2. 1‐page Cover letter;

3. Curriculum Vitae;

4. A summary that demonstrates your experience, interest and/or excellence in teaching

(maximum 1 page).

5.Subject line to Indicate the course you are applying for

The Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering and First Year Office thanks all applicants for their interest; however, only those candidates considered for the position will be contacted.

Submit application as one PDF document, by email to: fyjobs@engineering.utoronto.ca

The application deadline is March 23, 11:59 pm EST, 2025.

Posting Date: March 03, 2025

If during the application and/or selection process you require accommodation due to a disability, please Contact : fyjobs@engineering.utoronto.ca

The University strives to be an equitable and inclusive community, and proactively seeks to increase diversity among its community members. Our values regarding equity and diversity are linked with our unwavering commitment to excellence in the pursuit of our academic mission. The University is committed to the principles of the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA). As such, we strive to make our recruitment, assessment and selection processes as accessible as possible and provide accommodations as required for applicants with disabilities. If you require any accommodations at any point during the application and hiring process, please contact uoft.careers@utoronto.ca. During employment, to request accommodation from the University, contact the supervisor or department chair and/or Health & Wellbeing Programs & Services at hwb@utoronto.ca. For more information about accommodations at U of T, please visit our Accommodation webpage.

This job is posted in accordance with the CUPE 3902 Unit 3 Collective Agreement.

Final availability of the position is contingent upon final course determination, enrolment, budgetary considerations, and the final determination of assignments flowing from Article 14:03 of the 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. Please note: Undergraduate or graduate students and postdoctoral fellows of the University of Toronto are covered by the CUPE 3902 Unit 1 collective agreement rather than the Unit 3 collective agreement and should not apply for positions posted under the Unit 3 collective agreement.