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Sessional Lecturer - URD2013YF: Urban Design Option Studio

Date Posted: 05/20/2025
Req ID: 43011
Faculty/Division: Faculty of Architecture, Landscape&Design
Department: Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape and Design
Campus: St. George (Downtown Toronto)

 

Description:

Course number and title: URD2013YF: Urban Design Option Studio

 

Course description:  Open to second year post-professional graduate urban design students, and third year architecture and landscape architecture graduate students this Option Studio is an opportunity to work on design projects at the scale of the urban district. In this Option Studio students will engage in projects that will attempt to understand and represent structures in the public and private realms that constitute the urban fabric of contemporary cities. Studios with a travel component are encouraged, however, funding support for students should be covered to a minimum of 50% of their travel costs.

 

Estimated enrolment: 20 students

 

TA support: N/A

 

Class schedule: Wednesday 9:00am - 1:00pm | Wednesday 2:00pm - 6:00pm 

 

Sessional dates of appointment: September 1, 2025 to December 31, 2025

 

Salary:  

  • Sessional Lecturer I $9,820.70
    Sessional Lecturer I Long Term $10,510.03 
  • Sessional Lecturer II $10,510.03         
    Sessional Lecturer II Long Term $10,760.27 
  • Sessional Lecturer III $10,760.27         
    Sessional Lecturer III Long Term $11,030.35

*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: 

  • M.Arch or MLA with an MUD degree or professional urban design experience preferred. We are seeking applicants with a proven record of teaching urban design studios at the graduate level. A Knowledge of contemporary urban design pedagogy and the current state of the discipline is desirable.

 

Description of duties: 

  • Preparation and delivery of course material; managing digital teaching materials; preparation teaching materials, supervision of teaching assistants; preparation and delivery of assignments, tests, final examinations and deferred final examinations; marking of student work, submission of grades, dealing with student enquiries, appeals and petitions and student contact hours.

 

Application instructions:  

Applicants must submit an updated curriculum vitae, evidence of teaching in the relevant area (including student evaluations, if available), and the CUPE 3902 Unit 3 application form located here: https://uoft.me/CUPE-3902-Unit-3-Application-Form to daniels.academichr@utoronto.ca. 

 

Application deadline: Monday, June 9, 2025 at 11:59PM EDT

 

Closing Date: 06/09/2025, 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.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority.

Diversity Statement

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