Gender and Violence
Posting Date 21/Mar/2025Closing Date 11/Apr/2025
Duties
Online course 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; calculation and submission of grades; holding regularly scheduled office hours for academic counselling of students; Supervising and mentoring Teaching Assistant(s), including providing guidance on grading, student accommodations, and tutorial management, if applicable.
Minimum Qualifications
An interdisciplinary study of gendered violence in both historical and contemporary contexts including topics such as textual and visual representations; legal and theoretical analyses; structural violence; war and militarization; sexual violence; and resistance and community mobilization. Candidates will have a completed, or nearly completed, Ph.D. with a scholarly background in women and gender studies.
Preferred Qualifications
An academic background in Women and Gender Studies at the graduate level is preferred.
Relevant Criterion
Past teaching experience is the more relevant criterion than the need to acquire experience in respect of this posted position.
Details
Department
Women & Gender Studies Institute (WGSI)
Course ID
WGS373H1F
Campus
St. George
Salary
9276.01
Course Enrollment
50
Dates of Appointment
May 5, 2025-June 30, 2025
Number of Positions
1
Class Schedule
Monday 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM Wednesday 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
TA Support
120 hours
How to Apply
Applicants should submit a cover letter, CV, evidence of teaching similar courses (if applicable), and names of two referees by Friday, April 11, 2025. Applications should be sent to: Undergraduate Coordinator c/o Paul Tsang Women and Gender Studies Institute New College, University of Toronto 40 Willcocks Street, Toronto, ON M5S 1C6 Email: wgsi.bo@utoronto.ca Applications and CVs be submitted by e-mail.
Policies

All jobs are posted in accordance with the CUPE 3902 Unit 1 Collective Agreement. It is understood that some announcements of vacancies are tentative, pending final course determinations and enrollment.


Duties of this position shall be performed at the campus on which the position is located. Where the duties are intended to be performed at another location, such other location will be specified in the posting.


Positions posted here are open to Graduate Students in the School of Graduate Studies, Postdoctoral Fellows and Undergraduate Students in the University of Toronto.


Preference in hiring shall be given to Graduate Students enrolled in the School of Graduate Studies of the University of Toronto or those who have made application to be enrolled in the School of Graduate Studies of the University of Toronto.


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Candidates who are members of Indigenous, Black, racialized and 2SLGBTQ+ communities, persons with disabilities, and other equity seeking groups are encouraged to apply, and their lived experience shall be taken into consideration as applicable to the position.


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