Instructor Half Course BIOL 2P97 Fall D2

brocku; St. Catharines; On-site; CAD 7,900 - 32,000; Part time

Job summary

Brock University in St. Catharines, Ontario, invites applications for part-time Instructors in Biological Sciences. Appointments depend on course enrolments and budget approvals.

Compensation: per half course (195 hours nominal) and per full course (390 hours nominal). Note: instructors teaching a 2-hour/week lecture are responsible for the first hour of seminar/lab. Duties are governed by Article 22.01 of the Collective Agreement and include scheduled student contact time, preparation,

Qualifications

• PhD in Biological Sciences or related discipline. If there are no qualified applicants, we will consider senior doctoral candidates.
• Experience in teaching quantitative research methods.
• Prior teaching and/or research experience in the study of Biological Sciences
• Evidence of competent and effective teaching experience at the undergraduate university level (letters of reference and course/performance evaluations).

Responsibilities

• Duties and responsibilities will be in accordance with Article 22.01 of the Collective Agreement. These include scheduled contact time with students and non-classroom time (preparation of lectures, student consultation, marking and grading and course administration, including grade appeals and cases of academic dishonesty).
• Include grade appeals and handling cases of academic dishonesty.

Skills

Teaching experience

Quantitative methods teaching

Biological sciences knowledge

Education

PhD in Biological Sciences or related discipline

Senior doctoral candidates considered

Job description

Post End Date:

August 27, 2026 at 11:59 PM

Compensation

• Effective September 1, 2026 - $7,887.59 per half course (195 hours nominally)
• Effective September 1, 2026 - $15,775.20 per full course (390 hours nominally)

Please note: Instructors who are employed in a 2-hour/week lecture, or the equivalent of a 2-hour/week lecture, are responsible for the first hour of seminar/lab in each course.

Duties

Duties and responsibilities will be in accordance with Article 22.01 of the Collective Agreement. These include scheduled contact time with students and non-classroom time (preparation of lectures, student consultation, marking and grading and course administration, including grade appeals and cases of academic dishonesty).

Qualifications

• 1. PhD in Biological Sciences or related discipline. If there are no qualified applicants, we will consider senior doctoral candidates.
• 2. Experience in teaching quantitative research methods.
• 3. Prior teaching and/or research experience in the study of Biological Sciences
• 4. Evidence of competent and effective teaching experience at the undergraduate university level (letters of reference and course/performance evaluations).

Applications

Positions listed on this posting are subject to course enrolments and budgetary approval.

Please Note

As per Article 22.04 of the Collective Agreement:
Members shall not accept any appointment which, taken together with all other appointments at the University, would cause the member to exceed the maximum number of regular hours (i.e., not overtime hours) allowable in a work week under the Employment Standards Act, as amended from time to time.

Applicants that are in excess of the above noted workload limits will not have their applications considered unless they have received prior written approval from the appropriate Dean and the Human Resources Department.

Additional Comments

The Collective Agreement governs part-time Instructor, Teaching Assistant, Lab Demonstrator, Course Coordinator and Marker-Grader positions at Brock University. The Agreement can be accessed on the Human Resources Web Site - https://brocku.ca/human-resources/collective-agreements/

Course descriptions can be found on the Undergraduate course calendar website: http://www.brocku.ca/webcal/

Academic terms generally run from:

• Fall - September to December
• Winter - January to April
• Spring - May to July
• Summer - July to August

Actual dates can be found on the Timetables available on the Office of the Registrar web page: https://brocku.ca/registrar/toolkit/registration/

We are committed to offering flexible work arrangements where possible as outlined in our Flexible Work Arrangement Policy . As a student-centered organization, all employees are required to work on campus as needed.

Brock University is committed to creating a respectful and equitable workplace.

We strive to foster a culture of diversity and inclusion in our work and learning environments.

We welcome applications from all qualified individuals and actively encourage applications from women, people with disabilities, members of the 2SLGBTQIA+ community, Indigenous Peoples, people who identify as Black, African and/or Caribbean, as racialized and/or as from ethnic and cultural minority groups, and other underrepresented demographic groups at Brock and in the Niagara region.

Brock also recognizes intersectionality and the interconnected identities, histories, and experiences of these aforementioned groups.

We are committed to inclusive and barrier-free recruitment, and we accommodat e the needs of applicants throughout all stages of the recruitment process, as outlined in our Employment Accommodation Policy and consistent with the requirement