Sessional Lecturer - GLAHF Illicit Trade in Drugs

Sessional Lecturer – GLA
2067HF Illicit Trade in Drugs

Date Posted: 05/25/2026
Req : 47829
Faculty/Division: Faculty of Arts & Science
Department: Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy
Campus: St. George (Downtown Toronto)

Course number and title: GLA
2067HF Illicit Trade in Drugs

Course description: This course focuses on the illicit trade in legal and illegal drugs (e.g. opioids, cannabis, tobacco). After an overview of key characteristics, trends, factors, and impacts of illicit trade worldwide, students will learn methods to research illicit trade and estimate the size of illicit markets, and explore challenges associated with illicit trade data overall. Following this introduction, the course will assess to what extent illicit markets are inherently violent, and explore the links between illicit trade and terrorism.

Case studies will include the impact of legalization/regulation on the illicit cannabis trade, the complicity of the tobacco industry in the illicit tobacco trade, and the opioid crisis in the U.S. and Canada. Finally, the course will tackle policy options against the illicit trade, in particular the international drug control regime and the WHO FCTC Protocol to Eliminate Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products, as well as their implementations at country-level.

Estimated course enrolment: 25

Estimated TA support: N/A

Class schedule: Thursday 10am-Noon (delivery method: in‑person; may change as determined by Faculty or Department)

Sessional dates of appointment: September 1, 2026-December 31, 2026

• Sessional Lecturer I: $9,997.48
• Sessional Lecturer I Long Term: $10,699.22
• Sessional Lecturer II: $10,699.22
• Sessional Lecturer II Long Term: $10,953.96
• Sessional Lecturer III: $10,953.96
• Sessional Lecturer III Long Term: $11,228.90

All inclusive of vacation pay. In case of discrepancy with collective agreement rates, the latter shall prevail.

PhD in Political Science, International Relations, or Law.

Previous teaching experience in this field.

• Develop the syllabus.
• Teach one 2‑hour lecture per week at the graduate level.
• Provide weekly office hours for academic counseling of students.
• Prepare and deliver course material, assignments, and tests.
• Mark student work and submit grades.

Political Science, Public Policy, Government, Legal, Social Sciences, Research

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