Sessional Lecturer - GLA2082H Solving Innovation Policy Problems: Experiential Course

Date Posted: 06/10/2025
Req ID: 42851
Faculty/Division: Faculty of Arts & Science
Department: Munk Sch Global Affairs & Public Policy
Campus: St. George (Downtown Toronto)

Description:

Course number and title: GLA2082H: Topics in Innovation III: Solving Innovation Policy Problems: Experiential Course on Canada's Growth Question

Course Description: 

In this experiential seminar, students will be given real world problems and would liaise with the executive responsible for those files in the federal government to devise policy solution. In the course of this seminar the students will learn both formal analytical skills and be coached in more tacit and practical skills of how to move ideas into real policy action.  

This year working in small teams in three sessions over eleven weeks, participants will identify a specific opportunity to encourage higher value-added activity in Canadian resource industries to develop a policy proposal for consideration of federal ministers designed to result in a measurable gain in economic value from a resource sector.

Estimated course enrolment: 20

Estimated TA support: N/A

Class schedule: 

The course is organized in three extensive sections 9am to 12noon on the Tuesdays and Wednesdays of:

• September 16-17
• October 14-15
• November 11-12

*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: September 1, 2025- December 31, 2025

Salary:

Sessional Lecturer I - $9,820.70

Sessional Lecturer I – Long Term -$10,510.04 

Sessional Lecturer II - $10,510.04 

Sessional Lecturer II – Long Term - $10,760.28 

Sessional Lecturer III - $10,760.28 

Sessional Lecturer III – Long Term - $11,030.36 

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: Graduate degree in Public Administration or Public Policy. 

Preferred Qualifications: Previous teaching and professional experience in this field. 

Description of duties: Developing the syllabus, teaching 6 three-hour lectures 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.

Application Procedure: All individuals interested in this position must submit an updated Curriculum Vitae and the CUPE 3902 Unit 3 application form to mga@utoronto.ca. 

Closing Date: 07/10/2025, 11:59PM EDT
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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.

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.