Sessional Lecturer - URB438H1S - Advanced Urban Research Project - Health & Food Justice in Toronto

Date Posted: 06/19/2025
Req ID: 43745
Faculty/Division: Faculty of Arts & Science
Department: Dept of Geography
Campus: St. George (Downtown Toronto)

Description:

Course Description: The Course Instructor will develop a detailed syllabus, teach the full course, conduct all grading and prepare and submit all final marks. In addition, the Course Instructor will hold office hours each week and answer student questions by email and/or appointment. | Course description: This course is an opportunity to be directly involved with an ongoing, multidisciplinary research project (funded by the Trans-Atlantic Partnership) examining community-based actions related to the COVID-19 pandemic. The COVID-19 pandemic has deepened existing social, health and nutritional inequities and highlighted common challenges facing marginalized and racialized communities in cities across the Global North and South. It has also driven new social innovations and cross-sector collaborations, some of which may have the potential to transform the longstanding inequities that undermine global health, food systems and governance processes. Through this course, you will learn from the Toronto team of researchers from Urban Studies, Public Health and International Development Studies as well as our community partners. You will gain training in qualitative case study and community-based research methodologies, and you will contribute to the research through the development of a case study using the methods taught in the course. We hope to provide the opportunity for some students to present their course projects to the international research team after the course concludes.

Estimate of course enrollment:       24

Estimate of TA Support:               None

Class Schedule:                       Mondays, 11:00am to 1:00pm

Sessional dates of appointment:     January 1, 2026 – April 30, 2026

Salary:                                                  Sessional Lecturer I - $9,997.47.

                                                                         Sessional Lecturer I Long-term - $10,699.21.

                                                                         Sessional Lecturer II - $10,699.21.

                                                                         Sessional Lecturer II Long-term - $10,953.96;
Sessional Lecturer III - $10,953.96.

                                                                          Sessional Lecturer III Long-term - $11,228.90

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.

Qualifications:

PhD in related field preferred

MA in related field

At least 5 years of experience teaching at the university level

At least 5 years of experience marking undergraduate essays

Evidence of recent teaching effectiveness

Ability to teach online if required

Brief description of duties: Preparing course outline and syllabus. Delivering lectures; developing and administering grading, course assignments. Holding office hours. Grading of assignments and providing student feedback.

Closing Date and Procedure for a pool member to indicate interest in being considered for the position: To apply, please submit a covering letter, curriculum vitae, evidence of teaching effectiveness (if had previous teaching assignments), the CUPE 3902 Unit 3 application form and names for two possible references by July 14, 2025 to: 

Professor Matthew Farish, Interim-Chair

Department of Geography and Planning

Faculty of Arts and Science – University of Toronto

100 St. George Street, Room 5047

Toronto, ON M5S 3G3

Email: jobs@geog.utoronto.ca

Posted on the CUPE 3902 (Unit 3) Opportunities site at: https://jobs.utoronto.ca/go/CUPE-3902-%28Unit-3%29-Opportunities/2607317/.

This job is posted in accordance with the CUPE 3902 Unit 3 Collective Agreement. The University of Toronto is strongly committed to diversity within its community and especially welcomes applications from racialized persons / persons of colour, women, Indigenous / Aboriginal People of North America, persons with disabilities, LGBTQ persons, and others who may contribute to the further diversification of ideas. 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. 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.

Reference 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.

Closing Date: 07/14/2025, 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.