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The base salary range for Contract Lectures hired August 16, 2026 through August 15, 2027 is $79,644.07 to $101,855.82 per annum. Salary will be commensurate with qualifications. Contract amounts are calculated based on the number of semester hours in the appointment.

Course Information

POG320: Social Identity and Citizenship
Weekly Contact: Lecture: 3 hrs.
Section ID: 01
Course Cap: 70 Students
Delivery (In-person/Virtual/Online): In-person
Schedule: Tuesdays, 12:00pm - 3:00pm
CUPE1 Contract hours: 3 hours

Despite the historical expansion of formal citizenship to previously excluded groups, several groups have found that social inequality, marginalization and exclusion have limited national belonging, rights and political participation. This course explores these various experiences thorough a theoretical focus on class, gender, race, immigrant, sexual, differently-abled, and Indigenous identities.

POG424: Human Rights and Global Politics
Weekly Contact: Lecture: 3 hrs.
Section ID: 01
Course Cap: 75 Students
Delivery (In-person/Virtual/Online): In-person
Schedule: Wednesdays, 3:00pm - 6:00pm
CUPE1 Contract hours: 3 hours

Should universal human rights be considered a global norm? Or should concerns of national sovereignty and cultural pluralism take precedence? Discourses of human rights are powerful and ubiquitous and are used in many varied and complex ways in the contemporary world. This course will examine the historical emergence of human rights discourses in the West, their institutionalization, and their deployment in the contexts of the Cold War and the war on terror. A range of theories, critiques, and contemporary debates about human rights will be explored. (Global)

a) A full workload half-sessional appointment is for 15 hours in any one semester.
b) A reduced workload half-sessional appointment is for at least 9 but less than 15 semester hours in any one semester.
c) A part-time hourly appointment / one semester is for less than 9 hours in any one semester.

Evidence may be requested for all categories.

Education
PhD. or equivalent in field related to target course
PhD (or equivalent)
MBA or equivalent
Terminal degree (PhD) in other discipline
Master degree.

Teaching Experience
Teaching target or similar course at TMU graduate program.
Teaching target or similar course at other university graduate programs.
Teaching target or similar course at TMU undergraduate program or another university undergraduate program.
Teaching target course at College.

Practice field experience
Current (past 3 years) practice in related fields 6-10 (depends on quality of experience, including relevance to course, level of responsibility, relevant professional accreditation, etc.)
Past (more than 3) years ago) practice in a related field.

Currency
Academic publications (refereed) in the past 5 years.
Academic publications more than 5 years ago or current (less than 5 years) professional profile (including professional or academic presentations).
Other demonstrated professional currency (practitioner writing, courses taken).

Interactive Skills
The following will be rated based on previous teaching ratings/evaluations:
Lecture presentation
Email Interaction
Follow through with assignments

Applicant Responsibilities
Candidates who wish to apply for these postings must provide an application with the following information defined in Article 14.9 of the current CUPE 3904 Unit 1 collective agreement https://www.torontomu.ca/faculty-affairs/documents-forms/collective-agreements/cupe-1-collective-agreement/

1. The type of appointment that is preferred.
2. The courses or number of sections of the same course and/or package they would like to teach
3. Attach an updated resume and any other relevant information concerning their candidacy.
4. Which courses of all those posted by the Department the candidates consider themselves qualified to teach. (If possible, include the number of times the course content of each of the applied -for courses has been taught).
5. The address or addresses to which the letter of appointment should be sent, and any periods when the candidates cannot be contacted.
6. Instructors with priority of consideration may include which of the Continuing Education credit courses they would prefer should the volume of teaching applied for not be available from the teaching functions available to discharge

Candidates will be evaluated using the following rating criteria and weightings:
Rating Criteria - Weighting%

Revised Politics and Public Administration CLAC Hiring Criteria

1. EDUCATION: (20%)
· 15-20 points for PhD in a field related to the course
· 10-15 points for a PhD in an unrelated field or PhD currently in progress in field related to the course
· 5-10 points for LLB or LLM in a field related to course
· 5-10 points for completed MA related to the course or PhD in progress unrelated to the course
· 0-5 points for completed MA unrelated to the course
· 0-5 points for significant post-secondary training directly related to the course

2. EXPERIENCE*: (30%)
· 25-30 points for five years or more of experience in a field related to the course
· 15-25 points for less than five years of experience in a field related to the course
· 0-15 points for experience in a field unrelated to the course

3. TEACHING SKILLS: (25%)
Applicants will be asked to submit peer and/or student teaching evaluations
· 20-25 points for evidence of excellent teaching success in a course or courses related to the course being applied to teach
· 15-20 points for evidence of very good teaching success in a course or courses related to the course being applied to teach or excellent evidence of teaching success in a course or courses unrelated to the course
· 10-15 points for evidence of satisfactory teaching success in a course or courses related to the course being applied to teach or very good evidence of teaching success in a course or courses unrelated to the course
· 0-10 points for evidence of training in post-secondary teaching methods and curriculum design
· 0-10 points if no evidence of teaching success is submitted with the application

4. CURRENCY^: (20%)
Internal (Toronto Metropolitan University) applicants will be asked to submit Currency Reports
· 15-20 points for scholarly or professional activities in the last 5 years that are directly related to the course
· 10-15 points for scholarly or professional activities in the last 5-10 years that are directly related to the course
0-10 points for employment experience in the public sector that is directly related to the course
· 0-10 points for scholarly professional activities indirectly related to the course with the following

INTERACTIVE SKILLS: (5%)
· 0-5 points for demonstrated ability to effectively interact with colleagues and students

A MINIMUM of 60 points is required for an applicant to be hired.

*According to the CUPE Collective Agreement ‘Selection Criteria’ Experience is understood as:
· The extent and variety of relevant work and/or community experience in the professional field or discipline
· The extent of University teaching experience
· Previous experience teaching the same or equivalent courses at Ryerson or an equivalent course at another University.
^According to the CUPE Collective Agreement ‘Selection Criteria’ Currency is understood as:
· Demonstrated evidence of having maintained up-to-date knowledge (including practice skills, where appropriate) in their specific/discipline
AND/OR
· Demonstrated evidence of having maintained academic currency in the specific field/discipline relevant to the course (s) for which the candidate has applied which may include publication in a peer reviewed journal, presentation, attendance at relevant academic conferences; Attendance/participation in teaching related conferences (e.g., Toronto Metropolitan University Faculty Conference), workshops, seminars etc.; employment in a field that is directly related to the course.

Application Deadline
Please Submit a letter of application, updated curriculum vitae and currency report (if applicable) by Thursday, 23rd July 2026.

Toronto Metropolitan University Undergraduate CalenToronto Metropolitan University Undergraduate Calendar
https://www.torontomu.ca/calendar/

CUPE Local 3904, Unit 1 – Collective Agreement
https://www.torontomu.ca/faculty-affairs/documents-forms/collective-agreements/cupe-1-collective-agreement/

IMPORTANT DETAILS:

The School/Department will provide upon request to any applicant with CUPE experience a current relative seniority list, with instructors who have taught in the department within the last three academic years ranked according to seniority.

Toronto Metropolitan University - Department of Politics and Public Administration
CUPE Unit 1 Contract Lecturer Seniority List* as of May 2026

Name	Seniority points
Barnes, John	1.00
Bukan, Yasar	2.48
Cheng, Siu Mee	1.98
D’Onofrio, Frank	4.95
Efremkin, Evgeny	4.79
Gnamo, Abbas	24.66
Karimi, Maral	1.00
Lim, Sandra	5.29
Marshall, Robert	24.16
Moura, Hudson	6.83
Rain, Justin	1.65
Rebick, Judy	1.65
Rinkoff, Paul	2.97
Schatz, Donna	6.62
Shaheen, Faisal	7.8
Trick, David	9.26
Virdo, Guytano	6.11

Contract lecturers who have not had an employment relationship with the department for the past six (6) semesters (last taught Spring-Summer 2024 and before) have lost their seniority points and have been removed from this list.

All interested applicants are required to familiarize themselves with Toronto Metropolitan University’s Course Management policy, https://www.torontomu.ca/senate/course-outline-policies/course-management-policy-166/. Detailed course outlines for each course are available in the School/Department and the successful applicants are required to follow them. Calendar course descriptions can be found at https://www.torontomu.ca/calendar/.

Toronto Metropolitan University is strongly committed to fostering diversity within our community. We welcome those who would contribute to the further diversification of our staff, our faculty and its scholarship including, but not limited to First Nations, Métis and Inuit peoples, Indigenous peoples of North America, Black-identified persons, other racialized persons, persons with disabilities, and those who identify as women and/or 2SLGBTQ+. Please note that all qualified candidates are encouraged to apply but applications from Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority. Course delivery may be online, in-person, or hybrid at the sole discretion of the hiring unit. Candidates hired to support in-person courses will be required to carry out their teaching and/or other duties on campus. Candidates are required to have access to appropriate technology (i.e. computer with camera, microphone and high-speed internet).

While applicants may submit Faculty/Course Survey results from Winter 2020 through to Winter 2023, these results will not be used as evidence of teaching effectiveness by the Contract Lecturer Appointment Committee due to the impact of COVID-19 on these semesters. A negative inference will not be drawn if FCS results are not submitted for these semesters. Alternate evidence of teaching effectiveness may be provided by the candidate for consideration by the CLAC.