Job Description

Date Posted: 09/18/2023
Req ID: 33994
Faculty/Division: Faculty of Architecture,Landscape&Design
Department: Daniels Faculty of Arch., Land & Design
Campus: St. George (Downtown Toronto)

Description:

The Urban Forest Conservation Field Camp will consist of five days examining urban forestry issues in the GTA and 5-7 additional days visiting municipalities in eastern Ontario (Ottawa area), and western Quebec (Montreal). Topics will include urban forest inventories, nursery production, arboricultural techniques, urban woodland management, urban forest health, urban forest administration, urban dendrology and urban forestry research. Note: Summer session course/activity.

Class Schedule:

TBD- Late April to Mid-May

Sessional dates of appointment: April 1, 2024 -May 31, 2024; please note that this position includes the completion of any course work and grading not completed by May 31, 2024

Estimate of the course enrolment: Approximately 20-30 students

Salary: Sessional Lecturer I - $9,457.90; Sessional Lecturer I Long Term - $9,930.79; Sessional Lecturer II - $10,121.77; Sessional Lecturer II Long Term - $10,326.62; Sessional Lecturer III - $10,362.76; Sessional Lecturer III Long Term - $10,570.02 (inclusive of vacation pay)

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.

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: Extensive professional experience in urban forestry and preferably a Ph.D. degree; teaching and field camp experience an asset.

Description of Duties: Prepare and deliver lectures, maintain course notes and readings on Quercus, set and mark course assignments, including analysis of an urban tree inventory dataset. Evaluate student presentations, reports, possible final exam or other assignments. Compile, record and submit final marks. Be available to students via email prior to the formal course start and daily during the intensive two weeks in the field.

Application Submission: To apply, please complete the Daniels and submit a curriculum vitae to the Daniels Selection Committee at .

Closing Date: 10/09/2023, 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.

All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority.

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