Sessional Lecturer - PLA1516H1F - Planning and Designing for Community Power

University of Toronto; Toronto; On-site; CAD 60,000 - 80,000; Part time

Job summary

The University of Toronto is seeking qualified individuals for two Sessional Lecturer positions in the Department of Geography. The role involves teaching a course on planning and urban design, focusing on community control and anti-capitalist perspectives in relation to land use. Candidates are expected to hold a graduate degree and have previous teaching experience at the university level.

Qualifications

• Experience teaching planning courses at the university level preferred.
• Knowledge of public and private sector planning processes is essential.

Responsibilities

• Preparing materials for lectures and course syllabi.
• Developing and administering course assignments, tests, and exams.
• Holding regular office hours.

Skills

Teaching

Curriculum Development

Education

Graduate degree in Planning

Job description

Date Posted: 06/18/2025
Req ID: 43685
Faculty/Division: Faculty of Arts & Science
Department: Dept of Geography
Campus:St. George (Downtown Toronto)

Description:

Course Description: This course examines how planning and urban design can help create alternative futures that centre community control and power. We begin with an introduction to how settler colonialism and colonial knowledge systems have established our present-day understandings of land, private property and ownership. And in turn, how this has tangibly affected planning and design outcomes and processes. Students will be invited to deconstruct this history to understand what anti-capitalist planning and design could be in relation to land and property.

Estimate of course enrollment: 15 (with 5 planning, 5 from Daniel’s and 5 from School of Cities)

Estimate of TA Support: None

Class Schedule: Tuesdays, 12 noon – 3pm

Sessional dates of appointment: September 1, 2025 – December 31, 2025

Sessional Lecturer I - $4,910.35

Sessional Lecturer I Long-term - $5,255.02

Sessional Lecturer II - $5,255.02

Sessional Lecturer II Long-term - $5,380.14

Sessional Lecturer III - $5,380.14

Sessional Lecturer III Long-term - $5,515.18

This posting is for two 0.25 FCE positions to co-teach this course.

Please note that should rates stipulated in the collective agreement vary from rates stated in this posting, the rates stated in the collective agreement shall prevail.

Minimum Qualifications: A graduate degree in Planning or a related field.

Preferred Qualifications: Previous experience teaching this or a similar course for planning students at the graduate University level, covering the full spectrum of planning processes in affordable housing development, is preferred, as well as knowledge of and experience in the private and public sectors of planning.

Brief description of duties: Preparing materials for lectures and class discussions; preparing course syllabi and selecting relevant readings; developing, administering, and marking course assignments, tests and exams; test/exam invigilation; holding regular office hours.

Closing Date and Procedure for a pool member to indicate interest in being considered for the position: To apply, please submit a covering letter, curriculum vitae, evidence of teaching effectiveness (if had previous teaching assignments), the CUPE 3902 Unit 3 application form and names for two possible references by July 11, 2025 to:

Professor Matthew Farish, Interim-Chair
Department of Geography and Planning
Faculty of Arts and Science – University of Toronto
100 St. George Street, Room 5047
Toronto, ON M5S 3G3
Email: [e-mail]

Closing Date:07/11/2025, 11:59PM EDT
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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.

Preference in hiring is given to qualified individuals advanced to the rank of Sessional Lecturer II or Sessional Lecturer III in accordance with Article 14:12 of the CUPE 3902 Unit 3 collective agreement.

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.