Job Description

Date Posted: 11/25/2025
Req ID: 46190
Faculty/Division: Faculty of Arts & Science
Department: Cinema Studies
Campus: St. George (Downtown Toronto)
Description:
Course code and title: CIN380H1S - Indigenous Cinema
Course description: Indigenous Cinema has been creating Visual Sovereignty, resisting colonialism, revealing strategies for survival, and carving out a space in global cinema to speak to other Indigenous viewers and find the similarities between us. In this course we will reflect on Indigenous representations from outsiders, and the subsequent development of Indigenous Cinema by Indigenous people around the world. Through screenings, readings, discussions, and writing assignments, the students will gain an understanding of the unique histories and films of Indigenous people from North and South America, Australia, New Zealand, and Northern Europe. By the end of this course students will be able to articulate the similar ways colonization has affected Indigenous people, and the unique ways Indigenous filmmakers represent resistance, resurgence and resillience.
Estimated course enrolment: 40 students
Estimated TA support: N/A
Class schedule: Monday and Tuesday 17:00 - 19:00
Sessional dates of appointment: January 1 - April 30, 2026.
Salary:
Sessional Lecturer I: $9,820.70
Sessional Lecturer I, Long Term: $10,510.04
Sessional Lecturer II: $10,510.04
Sessional Lecturer III: $10,760.28
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:

• MA in Cinema/Film/Media required.
• Experience teaching Indigenous Cinema at the university level.

Preferred qualifications:

• Strong track record of work on Indigenous Cinema.

Description of duties: The Sessional Lecturer will follow the broad outline of the syllabus that has been established for the course, using any textbooks/films that may have been ordered. Revisions and/or updates to the curriculum should be discussed with the Director. They will lecture, grade assignments, hold office hours each week, and answer queries by email or appointment.
Application instructions: Those interested should email a curriculum vitae (PDF) and to: .
Closing Date: 12/02/2025, 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.
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