Public Policy: Challenges and Prospects

University of Guelph; Toronto; On-site; CAD 55,000 - 83,000; Part time

Job summary

University of Guelph Humber invites applications for a Sessional Lecturer assignment in the Winter 2027 term for AHSS*4100 Public Policy: Challenges and Prospects. The course is taught in-person on the Guelph Humber campus in Toronto, with two sections and a Right of First Refusal for eligible candidates.

Responsibilities include orientation, office hours, preparation, student consultation, invigilating exams, and grading.

Qualifications

• Masters or PhD in a related field is required or strongly preferred.
• Successful teaching experience at college or university level.
• Substantive knowledge of the course content area (Public Policy).
• Professional experience or project work in Canadian public policy.

Responsibilities

• Orientation-Training
• Office Hours
• Preparation
• Student Consultation
• Invigilating Exams
• Grading
• Other Duties (specified below)
• Instructor may be required to participate in course website training.

Job description

for Teaching Assistants, Graduates Service Assistants & Sessional Lecturers

SL402740-Winter 2027-AHSS*4100 (Justice Studies Program) Public Policy: Challenges and Prospects

Sessional Lecturer, Unit 2

Academic Unit:

Guelph Humber Programs

Semester(s) of Assignment(s):

Winter 2027

Number of Available Work Assignment(s) / Sections:

2

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:

Yes

Number of Assignments that Carry the Right of First Refusal:

2

Course Name:

Public Policy: Challenges and Prospects

Course Format:

In-Person

Course Description:

See Course Calendar

Other Course Description or Assignment Information:

This course covers dominant theories of policy making in Canada, including governmental and non-governmental actors. Fiscal and monetary policy, Indigenous policy, and criminal justice policy are examined. The course offers a balance between gaining an awareness of the "real world" of public policy and the policy-making process and acquiring theoretical and analytical tools to understand public policy and the policy process.-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).

40/section

Anticipated Duties and Responsibilities

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

Other Duties Described

Instructor may be required to participate in course website training.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications

Degree:

Masters related to field

Prior Teaching Experience:

Successful teaching related to field at college or university level

Required competence, capability, skill and ability related to course content:

Substantive knowledge of the course content area.

Preferred Qualifications

Degree:

PhD related to field

Prior Teaching Experience:

Other

Many years of successful teaching experience related to the objectives and learning outcomes of the course.

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).Professional experience or project work in Canadian public policy, with applied knowledge of fiscal, monetary, Indigenous, and criminal justice policy.Research background in Canadian public policy, with scholarly expertise in areas such as fiscal, monetary, Indigenous, or criminal justice policy.

Days Required and Wages

Days and Times Required:

Section 01: Friday 11:40 AM - 2:20 PMSection 02: Friday 8:00 AM - 10:40 AM

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]

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.