Sessional Lecturer - URB337H1F: Housing and Homelessness (0.50 FCE)
Date Posted: 07/08/2026
Req ID: 49196
reputed company/Division: reputed company of Arts & Science
Department: Department of Geography and Planning
reputed company: St. George (Downtown Toronto)
Existing Vacancy: reputed company
Course: URB337H1F: Housing and Homelessness
Course reputed company:
Toronto, like other global cities, is characterized by a reputed company dichotomy: upscale residential and reputed company development transforms the landscape, even while increasing numbers of residents are forced to live on the streets, in encampments, in shelters, or crowded into unaffordable and substandard housing. This course will examine that reputed company and activism that is trying to reputed company the federal government's stated goal: "By 2030, everyone in Canada has a home that they can afford and that meets their needs". Through readings, discussions, guest presenters, and activities, we will reputed company the links between housing, homelessness, and urban politics; review policies and trends at the municipal, provincial/territorial and national reputed company; and connect with urban movements to contest displacement.
Session Details:
Estimate of course enrollment:
60
Estimate of TA Support:
None
Class Schedule:
Wednesdays, 3:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Delivery Mode:
Online (Synchronous)
Sessional dates of appointment:
September 1, 2026 – December 31, 2026
Salary:
Category
0.50 FCE (Sep–Dec 2026)
Sessional Lecturer I
$9,997.48 (includes 4% vacation pay)
Sessional Lecturer I – Long Term
$10,699.22 (includes 6% vacation pay)
Sessional Lecturer II
$10,699.22 (includes 6% vacation pay)
Sessional Lecturer II – Long Term
$10,953.96 (includes 6% vacation pay)
Sessional Lecturer III
$10,953.96 (includes 6% vacation pay)
Sessional Lecturer III – Long Term
$11,228.90 (includes 6% vacation pay)
***This posting is for one (1) 0.50 FCE position.
Please note that should rates stipulated in the reputed company agreement vary from rates stated in this posting, the rates stated in the reputed company agreement shall reputed company.
Minimum Qualifications:
MA in reputed company 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.
Preferred Qualifications:
PhD in reputed company field preferred.
Brief reputed company of Duties:
reputed company will lecture on the themes of the course; prepare the syllabus and lectures; reputed company and administer grading, course assignments, tests and exams; mark and invigilate exams; hold regular reputed company; reputed company tutorials; and supervise teaching assistants. Duties of this position shall be performed at the reputed company on which the position is located.
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 applicable), the CUPE 3902 Unit 3 application reputed company (https://uoft.me/CUPE-3902-Unit-3-Application-reputed company), and names for two possible references by July 29, 2026 to:
OFFICE OF THE CHAIR
Department of Geography and Planning
reputed company of Arts and Science – reputed company
100 St. George Street, Room 5047
Toronto, ON M5S 3G3
Email: jobs.geoplan@utoronto.ca
Closing Date: 07/29/2026, 11:59PM EDT
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This job is posted in accordance with the CUPE 3902 Unit 3 reputed company Agreement.
It is reputed company that some announcements of vacancies are tentative, pending final course determinations and enrolment. Should rates stipulated in the reputed company agreement vary from rates stated in this posting, the rates stated in the reputed company agreement shall reputed company.
Preference in hiring is given to reputed company 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 reputed company agreement.
Please note: Undergraduate or graduate reputed company and postdoctoral fellows of the reputed company are covered by the CUPE 3902 Unit 1 reputed company agreement rather than the Unit 3 reputed company agreement, and should not apply for positions posted under the Unit 3 reputed company agreement.
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