Date Posted: 07/15/2021
Req ID: 11543
Faculty/Division: UofT Mississauga
Department: UTM: CCIT
Campus: University of Toronto Mississauga (UTM)
Description:
Institute of Communication, Culture, Information and Technology
University of Toronto Mississauga
Job Postings for Sessional Lecturers
These jobs are posted in accordance with the CUPE 3902 Unit 3 Collective Agreement.
Posting Date for the below positions: July 15, 2021
Closing Date for the below positions: August 6, 2021
The following Sessional Lecturer positions for the 2021-22 academic session are currently available. The ICCIT program invites applications from qualified candidates who are not current University of Toronto students.
How to Apply:
A separate application package is required for each course applied to. The application package for each course must include a single file in PDF format, containing the following: 1. Completed Unit 3 application form available online here:https://www.utm.utoronto.ca/iccit/sites/files/iccit/public/shared/pdfs/Unit3ApplicationFormat.pdf 2. Cover Letter, 3. Curriculum Vitae.
Please submit your application package to: Dr. Tracey Bowen, Acting Director, E-mail at [email protected]
No late applications will be accepted.
Salary: Sessional Lecturer I = $8,489.67 inclusive of vacation pay (0.5 FCE)
Sessional Lecturer 1 Long Term = $8,869.25 inclusive of vacation pay (0.5 FCE)
Sessional Lecturer II = $9,085.58 inclusive of vacation pay (0.5 FCE)
Sessional Lecturer III = $9,301.90 inclusive of vacation pay (0.5 FCE)
“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."
“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.”
Duties: All normal duties related to the design and teaching of a university credit course, including preparation and delivery of course content, development, administration and marking of assignments, tests and exams, calculations and submission of grades, holding regular office hours, and supervision of teaching assistants assigned to course, if applicable.
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.
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CCT218H5S Foundations of Media and Technology Studies
This course provides an introduction to foundational theories for studying the relationship between media, technology and society. The course presents technology as a social practice and considers a wide variety of concepts and methods for studying its cultural and political significance.
January – April 2022 (actual work may extend into May 2022)
Fridays 9-11 am (day/time subject to change)
Estimate Enrolment: 180
Estimate of TA support = 225 hours
Qualifications: PhD is required. Experience teaching similar media theory-based course is required.
CCT222H5F Political Economy of Communication, Culture, and Technology
The course analyzes the relationship between media systems, communication technologies, and power. As an introduction to a political economy approach, this course surveys how media, culture, information and technologies are produced, circulated, and consumed, with attention to both historical developments and contemporary practices in the digital era. The course provides a basic understanding of media systems, technologies, and culture production in relation to the market, the state, and civil society. Students will develop a basic understanding of the political, economic, cultural, and regulatory environment in which media, culture, and technologies are produced, and pay particular attention to the implications of processes such as globalization, digitization, marketization, and commodification for social life.
September- December 2021 (actual work may extend into January 2022)
Fridays 11-1 pm (day/time subject to change)
Estimate Enrolment: 120
Estimate of TA support = 60 hours
Qualifications: PhD is preferred. Experience working in a relevant field is required.
CCT224H5F Organizational Studies I
This course provides a comprehensive overview of the activities and processes that take place in organizations. Major emphasis is placed on the investigation of the varied measures that can be developed to assess and subsequently improve the performance of the organization. The interpretation of measures in managerial decision-making will also be investigated in detail.
September- December 2021 (actual work may extend into January 2022)
Fridays 1-4 pm (day/time subject to change)
Estimate Enrolment: 170
Estimate of TA support = 70 hours
Qualifications: PhD is preferred. Experience working in a relevant field is required.
CCT285H5F Immersive Environment Design
Students will develop skills in the areas of bitmap/vector graphics, audio/visual production and editing, 2D/3D modeling and animation, and video game design. Students will produce immersive environments while addressing and engaging issues of remix culture and intellectual property.
September- December 2021 (actual work may extend into January 2022)
Mondays 1-3 pm (day/time subject to change)
Estimate Enrolment: 40
Estimate of TA support = 70 hours
Qualifications: PhD and/or demonstrated excellence teaching this course or similar University level courses related to this topic is required.
CCT300H5S Critical Analysis of Media
This course offers an overview of critical theoretical concepts and applies them to contemporary media. Students will use concepts from social theory, media studies and technology studies to critically analyze the many facets of the evolution and pervasiveness of digital media.
January- April 2022 (actual work may extend into May 2022)
Thursdays 1-3 pm (day/time subject to change)
Estimate Enrolment: 60
Estimate of TA support = 70 hours
Qualifications: PhD and/or demonstrated excellence teaching this course or similar University level courses related to this topic is required.
CCT302H5F Developing and Managing Communication Campaigns and Projects
Communication campaigns and projects, whether they involve marketing, politics, or advertising require the establishment of objectives, tasks, and milestones. Furthermore, developing and managing campaigns requires the development of knowledge and skills relating to the management of teams. Students will acquire analytic skills allowing them to understand the development and management of communication campaigns and projects. Current theory and research will comprise an integral part of the course as will study of the appropriate software tools. A significant component of the assessment for this course will be a group project that will involve the design of a communication campaign or project which will be presented to a group of experts.
September – December 2021 (actual work may extend into January 2022)
Mondays 3-5 pm (day/time subject to change)
Estimate Enrolment: 100
Estimate of TA support = 65 hours
Qualifications: PhD and/or demonstrated excellence teaching this course or similar University level courses related to this topic is required.
CCT316H5S Communication and Advertising
A study of theories in communication and meaning with different reference to advertising, advertising messages, and advertising management.
January-April 2022 (actual work may extend into May 2022)
Wednesdays 6-8 pm (day/time subject to change)
Estimate Enrolment: 110
Estimate of TA support = 100 hours
Qualifications: PhD and/or demonstrated excellence teaching this course or similar University level courses related to this topic is required.
CCT335H5F Technology and the City
Technology continues to reshape the physical contours of our built environments as much as it redefines our conceptualization of how we inhabit and interact within them. This course investigates how urban form, space, infrastructure and communication are mediated by new and evolving technologies.
September – December 2021 (actual work may extend into January 2022)
Wednesdays 1-3 pm (day/time subject to change)
Estimate enrolment: 75
Estimate TA support = 80 hours
Qualifications: PhD and expertise in theories of urban technology is required.
CCT341H5S Introduction to IT Consulting
Information Technology (IT) Consulting is a growing profession that embodies the use of computer-supported collaborative tools in the execution of business functions. In this course students engage with the principles of Computer Supported Co-operative Work (CSCW) through an experiential opportunity to work with a real client. Students create an IT Consulting company and take on the role of consultants, learning core skills (soft and hard) necessary for this profession, including client management, communication, ideation, analysis and solution development, project management, presentation skills, and web design. Using case studies we discuss consulting lessons learned and problems to avoid within the context of industry best practices.
January-April 2022 (actual work may extend into May 2022)
Thursdays 1-3 pm (day/time subject to change)
Estimate Enrolment: 110
Estimate of TA support = 100 hours
Qualifications: PhD and/or demonstrated excellence teaching this course or similar University level courses related to this topic is required.
CCT355H5S Critical Approaches to Innovation
This course focuses on the foundational and emergent information technology systems used in organizations and the roles people, processes, and technology play in information ecologies. Managers of 21st century organizations must familiarize themselves with a variety of software and hardware systems that continually reshape business practices, organizational structures, and social relations. This course allows students to develop a greater understanding of the significance of these technologies in contemporary institutional contexts.
January - April 2022 (actual work may extend into May 2022)
Thursdays 1-3 pm (day/time subject to change)
Estimate Enrolment: 120
Estimate of TA support = 90 hours
Qualifications: PhD is preferred. Experience working in a relevant field is required.
CCT385H5S Conceptualizing Media Environments
Marshall McLuhan was one of the first theorists to conceptualize media as environments. Media were no longer conceptualized as instruments or tools but as systems that would capture their audience within. This course investigates the role of media in structuring and conditioning how we inhabit environments. From geology to ecology, from the umwelt to ecosystems, from urban to outer space, from bodies to biospheres, this class looks at media as modes of inhabitation. The intersections of media and environments will thus be problematized in their social, cultural, and political dimensions. Students will be introduced to these systems from a conceptual and a practical perspective through the study of scientific, artistic and design projects.
January - April 2022 (actual work may extend into May 2022)
Mondays 11-1 pm (day/time subject to change)
Estimate Enrolment: 60
Estimate of TA support = 90 hours
Qualifications: PhD is preferred. Experience working in a relevant field is required.
CCT417H5S Alternative Media
This course examines the history, politics and aesthetics of a range of alternative, underground and radical media, as well as their relation to mainstream media. Students will study and experiment with a range of alternative media, including zines, graffiti, hacking, and culture jamming, for example. Students will gain hands-on experience in the creation of alternative media.
January – April 2022 (actual work may extend into May 2022)
Wednesdays 3-5 pm (day/time subject to change)
Estimate Enrolment: 35
Estimate of TA support = no TA support
Qualifications: PhD in Media Studies, Information, Communication Studies or related field required. Experience in media production is an asset.
CCT473H5F Career Strategies
In this course students will learn about various challenges that new graduates, future managers, and future executives will face in the workplace. Students will learn the theoretical as well as practical techniques that will help them succeed after graduating from their undergraduate programs.
September – December 2021 (actual work may extend into January 2022)
Wednesdays 5-7 pm (day/time subject to change)
Estimate Enrolment: 55
Estimate of TA support = 50 hours
Qualifications: PhD and experience in career counselling is required.
MGD415H5S E-Business Strategies
Electronic business, the extensive use of the Web and the Internet, is radically changing existing businesses. New Internet businesses are also being created at an unprecedented rate. New business models, e-business technologies, payment mechanisms, legal and regulatory issues (e.g., intellectual property rights, privacy and security) and the economics of e-business will be investigated from a research and practical perspective.
January – April 2022 (actual work may extend into May 2022)
Tuesdays 3-5 pm (day/time subject to change)
Estimate Enrolment: 60
Estimate TA support = 55 hours
Qualifications: Information Systems PhD is preferred, demonstrated excellence in teaching e-business strategy at the undergraduate level.
MGD421H5 F&S Technological Entrepreneurship
This course explores the methods and frameworks of entrepreneurship through an experiential learning model (learning by doing). Students will begin the process of developing a new business venture, exploring their own
business ideas and developing a business plan and pitch while working in teams. Topics include the business model, customers and markets, financial models, competition, intellectual property, funding and investment and characteristics of entrepreneurial teams.
September – December 2021 (actual work may extend into January 2022)
Two sections: Thursdays 1-4 pm and Mondays 1-4 pm (day/time subject to change)
January – April 2022 (actual work may extend into May 2022)
Wednesdays 9-12 (day/time subject to change)
Estimated Enrolment: 60 each section
Estimate of TA support = 55 hours per section
Qualifications: PhD and demonstrated excellence teaching this course or similar entrepreneurship courses at the University level is required. Experience supervising teaching assistants is preferred.
MGD426H5 F&S Enterprise Risk Management
This course will address the identification and management of risks that are specific to digital industries such as network penetration, transaction processing interruption and flow disruption, provision of audit and backup facilities. The course will also integrate technical security issues along with managerial and legal considerations.
September - December 2021 (actual work may extend into January 2022)
Fridays 1-3 pm (day/time subject to change)
January – April 2022 (actual work may extend into May 2022)
Fridays 9-11 am (day/time subject to change)
Estimate Enrolment: 60 each section
Estimate TA Support = 55 hours per section
Qualifications: Relevant PhD is preferred, demonstrated excellence in teaching Enterprise Risk Management at the undergraduate level.
WRI173H5 F&S Creative Non-Fiction
This course examines theory and offers practice in expressive narrative, the most basic prose mode and the foundation for other prose modes. Students explore ideas about product and process, form and meaning. Students will experiment with syntactic structures to explore how the form of language serves, or fails to serve, intention and the expression of meaning that may be understood and interpreted by others. The course draws on theorists including Aristotle, Chomsky, Elbow, Kinneavy, Britton, Bakhtin.
September – December 2021 (actual work may extend into January 2022)
Five sections: Mondays 5-7pm, Tuesdays 9-11am, Wednesdays 9-11am, Wednesdays 3-5pm, Thursdays 1-3pm (day/time subject to change)
January – April 2022 (actual work may extend into May 2022)
Seven sections: Mondays 1-3pm, Tuesdays 1-3pm, Tuesdays 7-9pm, Wednesdays 9-11am, Wednesdays 7-9pm, Thursdays 9-11am, Fridays 9-11am (day/time subject to change)
Estimate Enrolment: 35 each section
No TA support
Qualifications: Candidates will have a PhD or at least a Master’s Degree in a course of study relevant to language and writing pedagogy in multi-cultural settings. Experience with expressivist pedagogy is an asset. Candidates must present evidence of demonstrated excellence in the writing of English prose narrative and in teaching.
WRI225H5F Community and Writing
This course examines writing/communication as a social act that both shapes and is shaped by the discourse community where it takes place. Students will explore genre as part of a social system with reference to theories by Fairclough, Kuhn, Lemke, Rorty, Geertz, Swales, Bakhtin. Students will design and carry out primary research that explores the social character of communication.
September – December 2021 (actual work may extend into January 2022)
Wednesdays 1-3 pm (day/time subject to change)
Estimate Enrolment: 35
No TA support
Qualifications: Candidates will have a PhD or at least a Master’s Degree in Writing, Journalism, English or other relevant disciplines. Experience with and knowledge of creative non-fiction is an asset. Demonstrated teaching experience is required.
WRI227H5 F & S Social Media and Content Creation
This course examines theory and offers practice in creating content for Social Media. The course explores the growth of the Web, from information gathering to interactive and cooperative information/opinion dissemination. Students will critically examine the rhetorical practices of Social Media users and how these practices currently shape communications. Students will create and maintain individual blogs. The course draws on a range of theorists and social media and web experts, including Marshall McLuhan, Tim Berners-Lee, Darren Barefoot and Julie Szabo, Seth Godin, Guy Kawasaki, Chris Brogan and Julien Smith.
September – December 2021 (actual work may extend into January 2022)
Tuesdays 5-7 pm (day/time subject to change)
Estimate Enrolment: 35
January – April 2022 (actual work may extend into May 2022)
Tuesdays 5-7 pm (day/time subject to change)
Estimate Enrolment: 35
No TA support
Qualifications: Candidates will have a PhD or at least a Master’s Degree in Writing or fields relevant to Social Media. Experience with and knowledge of social media theory and practice is required. Demonstrated teaching experience is required.
WRI273H5F Specialized Prose
This course examines theory and offers practice in nonfiction prose with a range of specialized purposes. Students will explore conceptions of genre and the way genre shapes, and is shaped by, the social context of communications. The course considers rhetorical devices and figures of speech, such as metaphor and irony, and the way these formal elements influence meaning and the way their application depends on a community of understanding. The course draws from a range of theorists from Aristotle to Rorty, Bazerman, and Fish.
September – December 2021 (actual work may extend into January 2022)
Tuesdays 1-3 pm (day/time subject to change)
Estimate Enrolment: 35
No TA support
Qualifications: Candidates will have a PhD or at least a Master’s Degree in Writing, English or related fields. Experience with and knowledge of techniques and practices of creative nonfiction is an asset. Demonstrated teaching experience is required.
WRI292H5S Narrative Inquiry
In this course, students design and carry out writing through a series of research techniques. Students learn to select and evaluate expert and scientific information from primary sources and produce content for an array of different media. A critical reading program exposes students to research-based writing. Assignments are aimed at developing professional skills across different forms and topics.
January – April 2022 (actual work may extend into May 2022)
Tuesdays 11-1 pm (day/time subject to change)
Estimate Enrolment: 35
No TA support
Qualifications: Candidates will have a PhD or at least a Master’s Degree in Writing, English, or related fields. Experience with and knowledge of narrative and/or creative nonfiction is required. Demonstrated teaching experience is required.
WRI320H5S History and Writing
Examines written history as rhetoric and considers various conceptions of history and procedures for historical research and writing with reference to a range for models from Thucydides to contemporary writers of specialized and local histories. Students will conceptualize, design, and carry out primary source historical research to produce original history using locally available sources and materials.
January – April 2022 (actual work may extend into May 2022)
Wednesdays 1-3 pm (day/time subject to change)
Estimate Enrolment: 35
No TA support
Qualifications: Candidates will have a PhD or at least a Master’s Degree in Journalism. Journalistic experience is an asset. Demonstrated teaching experience is required.
WRI378H5F Introduction to Journalism
This course provides an introduction to journalism and examines journalism’s role in a democratic society. Students learn the fundamentals of journalistic writing, with a focus on news and reporting. The course examines news formats and styles, sources, interviews, research, structure, and other fundamentals. The course functions as a newsroom, with students producing several reported articles throughout the term, and includes guest talks and workshops with practicing journalists.
September – December 2021 (actual work may extend into January 2022)
Tuesdays 11-1 pm (day/time subject to change)
Estimate Enrolment: 35
No TA support
Qualifications: Candidates will have a PhD or at least a Master’s Degree in Journalism. Journalistic experience is an asset. Demonstrated teaching experience is required.
*Note that not all courses will necessarily be offered.
Closing Date: 08/06/2021, 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.
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