Job Description

Date Posted: 08/13/2024
Req ID: 38523
Faculty/Division: Faculty of Arts & Science
Department: Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy
Campus: St. George (Downtown Toronto)Description:Course number and title: PPG2003H1S \xe2\x80\x93 Capstone Integrating Seminar: Issues In Public PolicyCourse description: This course is intended to draw on the skills, analytic approaches, and policy knowledge that students have acquired over the course of the MPP program and to bring them to bear on the development of a coherent policy agenda for the current Canadian context. The course is modelled after the Institute for Research and Public Policy\xe2\x80\x99s Canadian Priorities Agenda (CPA) project, updated to account for the dramatic shifts in the policy environment since the original CPA exercise in 2007. The CPA brought together a group of \xe2\x80\x9cagenda-setters\xe2\x80\x9d to set priority areas for action, researchers who made proposals for particular policies within each priority area, and a panel of \xe2\x80\x9cjudges\xe2\x80\x9d who recommended new policy agendas for Canada by choosing from among the proposals presented. In this course, the student will act as all three\xe2\x80\x94agenda setters, proponents and judges\xe2\x80\x94in developing and defending an agenda of three policies for their final course assignment.Estimated course enrolment: 95 studentsEstimated TA support: TBAClass schedule: Lecture: Fridays 9.30am-12.30pm (in-person)*The delivery method for this course is expected to be in-person. Please note that, in keeping with current circumstances, the course delivery method may change as determined by the Faculty or the DepartmentSessional dates of appointment: January 1, 2025 \xe2\x80\x93 April 30, 2025Salary: 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 Lecturers III (Long Term) - $10,570.02Please 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: Graduate degree in public policy or economics required, with specialization in finance. Extensive and senior professional policy practitioner experience required. Teaching experience at the graduate level required.Preferred Qualifications: Completed PhD preferred.Description of duties: Teaching at the graduate level, developing the syllabus, teaching three-hour classes, providing bi-weekly break-out group leadership and office hours for academic counselling of students, preparing and delivering course material, preparing and delivering assignments and tests, marking student work and submitting grades, and supervising TA.Application procedure: All individuals interested in this position must submit an updated Curriculum Vitae and the CUPE 3902 Unit 3 application form available at to .Closing Date: 08/30/2024, 11:59PM EDT
**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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