Greek Canadian Studies

University of Guelph; Toronto; On-site; CAD 33,000 - 50,000; Part time

Job summary

The University of Guelph Humber campus in Toronto invites applications for a Sessional Lecturer for Winter 2027 to teach a course within Guelph Humber Programs. The appointment covers anticipated duties including orientation, office hours, preparation, student consultation, exam invigilation, and grading, with additional duties as specified by the department.

Qualifications include a PhD in the relevant field, proven teaching experience at college or university level, and expertise in migration

Qualifications

• Degree: PhD and expert in course content.
• Prior Teaching Experience: Successful teaching related to field at college or university level.
• Required competence, capability, skill and ability related to course content: Expertise in migration or diaspora studies.
• Prior Teaching Experience: Other Successful teaching related to the course content.
• Reading knowledge of Modern Greek.
• Public history or community experience.

Responsibilities

• Orientation-Training
• Office Hours
• Preparation
• Student Consultation
• Invigilating Exams
• Grading
• Other Duties (specified below)

Skills

Reading knowledge of Modern Greek

Public history or community experience

Education

PhD in course content

Job description

for Teaching Assistants, Graduates Service Assistants & Sessional Lecturers

Sessional Lecturer, Unit 2

Academic Unit:

Guelph Humber Programs

Semester(s) of Assignment(s):

Winter 2027

Number of Available Work Assignment(s) / Sections:

1

Level of Work Assignment(s):

1

Right of First Refusal (RoFR)

A Sessional Lecturer holds a RoFR (i.e., for a particular course) if they have successfully taught the course in the past six (6) semesters. A SL who holds a RoFR to this course is required to exercise their right by way of the online hiring system. Also see: What is Right of First Refusal (RoFR)?

A Sessional Lecturer Currently Holds a Right of First Refusal for this Course:

No

Course Description:

See Course Calendar

Other Course Description or Assignment Information:

- This course examines how immigrant communities construct collective memory and negotiate public narratives through cultural practice, commemoration, and institutional life, using Greek Canadians as the primary case study. Students analyze how family histories, religious and cultural traditions, media, and community organizations shape belonging across generations and determine which histories are preserved or marginalized. Comparative examples from other diasporic Greek communities deepen the analysis of racialization, identity, and public memory across national contexts. Through critical engagement with diverse sources, the course emphasizes how public narratives are produced and contested.- To view course outlines from previous offerings of this course (if available), please visit: https://www.guelphhumber.ca/academic-services/course-outlines- Classes held on University of Guelph-Humber campus (Toronto).

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Anticipated Duties and Responsibilities

• Orientation-Training
• Office Hours
• Preparation
• Student Consultation
• Invigilating Exams
• Grading
• Other Duties (specified below)

Other Duties (specified below)

Other Duties Described:

• Online instruction. Instructor may be required to participate in course website training.
• Reading knowledge of Modern Greek
• Public history or community experience

Qualifications

Required Qualifications

Degree: PhD and expert in course content

Prior Teaching Experience: Successful teaching related to field at college or university level

Required competence, capability, skill and ability related to course content: Expertise in migration or diaspora studies.

Preferred Qualifications

Prior Teaching Experience: Other Successful teaching related to the course content

Specific Preferred competence, capability, skill and ability related to course content

• Candidates should provide in their application evidence of prior teaching experience and teaching success/excellence related to course content, which may include a dossier, teaching philosophy, examples of teaching innovations, course developments, evaluations of previously taught courses (e.g., peer evaluations and/or student feedback), reference letters, and any other relevant information they wish to have evaluated by the selection committee (some documents on file in the department or program, such as UofGH Student Feedback Questionnaires of courses taught on UofG contracts, may also be used)
• Reading knowledge of Modern Greek
• Public history or community experience

Days Required and Wages

Period of the Work Agreement (Start Date and End Date): January 7, 2027 to April 30, 2027

Other Posting Information

Application Deadline (All postings will automatically expire at 11:59 pm on this day): Friday, November 13, 2026

Posting Email Contact:

[e-mail]

Hiring Contact Information:

[e-mail]

At the University of Guelph, fostering a culture of inclusion is an institutional imperative. The University invites and encourages applications from all qualified individuals, including from groups that are traditionally underrepresented in employment, who may contribute to further diversification of our Institution. For more information, the Office of Diversity and Human Rights (DHR) is a welcoming, safe and confidential one-stop shop for information, training and support on issues relating to diversity and human rights on our campus.

SL work assignments are unionized with CUPE3913 and their terms and conditions of work are covered by the Unit 2 Collective Agreement between the University and CUPE 3913 (email contact: [e-mail]).

All applicants must be eligible to work in Canada specifically at the University of Guelph before applying for an academic work assignment. All successful applicants must perform their work in Ontario and must be able to attend on-campus in-person meetings as required.