Sessional Instructional Assistant - CIN309H5S Colour and The Moving Image

University of Toronto; Mississauga; On-site; CAD 30,000 - 60,000; Part time

Job summary

A major educational institution is seeking a Teaching Assistant for the Colour and the Moving Image course. Responsibilities include conducting tutorials, grading, and maintaining office hours. A graduate degree in Cinema Studies is preferred, along with previous TA experience. The role offers a salary of $54.27 per hour plus vacation pay. The appointment will run from January 5 to April 6, 2026, with applications due by November 26, 2025.

Qualifications

• Previous TA experience in a CIN course is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Conduct tutorials and maintain scheduled office hours.
• Student contact, grading, invigilating, and clerical duties.

Education

Graduate degree in Cinema Studies

Job description

Job Information

• Date Posted: 11/24/2025
• Req ID: 46158
• Faculty/Division: UofT Mississauga
• Department: UTM: Visual Studies
• Campus: University of Toronto Mississauga (UTM)

Description

Course number and title: CIN309H5 Colour and the Moving Image

Topic description: Considering philosophical, scientific, and historical discourses about colour, this course explores a variety of ways of analyzing colour style in film and video art. As we begin to come to terms with the perceptual instability of colour as a positive phenomenon, we will consider how and why dominant histories of film style have been written, especially as the taming of colour has been central to an ongoing categorical distinction between narrative cinema and the avant‑garde, morality and hedonism.

Estimated course enrolment: 100

Estimated TA support: 50 hours (TA grader position)

Class schedule: Monday lecture 9:00–11:00, Screening, Tuesday 12:00–15:00

Sessional dates of appointment: January 5 – April 6, 2026

Salary: $54.27 per hour + 4% vacation pay

Minimum qualifications: Graduate degree in Cinema Studies is preferred. Previous TA experience in a CIN course will be preferred.

Description of duties: Conducting tutorials & maintaining scheduled office hours, student and course instructor contact, grading, invigilating, and other clerical duties.

Application Instructions

Please email your CV and a letter of application to Professor Brian Price, Chair, Department of Visual Studies at [e-mail]. An individual application is required for each job posting. Please do not apply for multiple positions in one email. Please include your last name and the course code in the email subject line.

No late applications will be accepted.

Selections for positions are made by the Chair. Questions regarding positions may be directed to Steph Sullivan via e‑mail at [e-mail].

Closing Date: 11/26/2025, 11:59PM EDT

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.

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.