SOFAM Print Study Collection

University of Guelph; Guelph; Hybrid; CAD 25,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

The University of Guelph seeks Teaching Assistants and Sessional Lecturers for the SOFAM Print Study Collection under the School of Fine Art and Music. Fall 2026 appointments include orientation, preparation, meetings, and other duties related to the Print Study Collection.

Applicants should have graduate training and knowledge of Studio art or Art History and Visual Culture; MFA.SART registration is preferred for Fall 2026. Wages and exact hours to be discussed with supervisor.

Qualifications

• Graduate training and a working knowledge of Studio art or Art History and Visual Culture.
• Registration in the MFA.SART program during the Fall 2026 Semester.

Responsibilities

• Orientation-Training
• Preparation
• Meetings
• Other Duties Described: as specified for the SOFAM Print Study Collection duties.

Skills

Graduate training

Studio art knowledge

Art History and Visual Culture

Education

MFA.SART program registration

Job description

for Teaching Assistants, Graduates Service Assistants & Sessional Lecturers

TA387291- Fall 2026-GSA SOFAM Print Study Collection

Teaching Assistant Work Assignment

Type of Work Assignment and Bargaining Unit:

GSA-1, Unit 1

Academic Unit:

School of Fine Art and Music

Semester(s) of Assignment(s):

Fall 2026

This Work Assignment(s) may be assigned to fulfill the terms and conditions of a guaranteed Job Security Period:

Yes

Course Number:

GSA

Course Name:

SOFAM Print Study Collection

Course Format:

N/A

Course Description:

Other

Other Course Description or Assignment Information:

The following is an estimate of number and levels of available appointments at the time of posting. This may change (increase or decrease) at the time of assignment contingent on departmental needs.The University of Guelph promotes a healthy campus. To guide you with questions you may have around vaccinations (including COVID-19), masking policies (which are currently paused), and other healthier choices to promote health on campus, please refer to the tips on the Healthy Campus webpage. Please also refer to the COVID-19 Vaccination Policy, which is currently paused but may be un-paused should conditions warrant.

N/A

Level of Appointment for GTA, GSA-1 UTA(s)

The following is an estimate of number and levels of available appointments at the time of posting. This may change (increase or decrease) at the time of assignment contingent on departmental needs.

This Posting includes Multiple Work Assignments:

Yes

Number of Available 0.25 (35 hour) Work Assignments:

0

Number of Available 0.5 (70 hour) Work Assignments:

0

Number of Available 0.75 (105 hour) Work Assignments:

0

Number of Available Full 1.0 (140 hour) Work Assignments:

1

Total Number (Load) of Assignment(s) Available:

1

Duties and Responsibilities

Anticipated Duties and Responsibilities:

Orientation-Training

Preparation

Meetings

Other Duties (specify below)

Other Duties Described:

The School of Fine Art and Music (SOFAM) has a remarkable resource in the Print Study Collection, which contains over 2,200 works spanning the technological and aesthetic developments of printmaking from the sixteenth century to today. The artists and master printmakers represented in the Collection provide a material history of fine art printing that enables students of the University of Guelph to engage with the medium's formal and technical traditions and innovations through works that invite critical analysis and reflection. the collection has, furthermore, become a laboratory for curatorial practice, providing opportunities for students to acquire training object handling and management and in mounting exhibitions, which is a collaborative intellectual practice that drives research in the histories of art and visual culture.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

Applicants are required to have graduate training and a working knowledge of Studio art or Art History and Visual Culture

Preferred Qualifications:

Registration in the MFA.SART program during the Fall 2026 Semester

Days Required and Wages

Days and Times Required:

To be discussed with your supervisor

Period of the Work Assignment (Start Date and End Date):

September 8, 2026 to January 7, 2027

Wage Rate (per hour, per semester, per Full-load 1.0 Work Assignment):

Other Posting Information

Application Deadline (All postings will automatically expire at 11:59 pm on this day):

Thursday, August 13, 2026

Posting Email Contact:

Hiring Contact Information:

Kate Artuso, on behalf of John Kissick, MFA Graduate Coordinator: [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.

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.

Teaching Assistant work assignments are unionized with CUPE 3913 and their terms and conditions of work are covered by the Unit 1 Collective Agreement between the University and CUPE 3913 (email contact: [e-mail]).

The use of AI to perform job responsibilities must be directed by or approved beforehand in writing by the supervisor or course instructor.