Sessional Lecturer - GGRHF - Environmental Impact Assessment; FCE

Course

GGR
416H1F:
Environmental Impact Assessment

Environmental impact assessment (EIA) has emerged as a key component of environmental planning and management. EIAs are planning tools used to predict and assess the potential costs and benefits of proposed projects, policies, and plans, and to avoid or mitigate their adverse impacts. This course focuses on the origins, principles, scope, and purpose of EIA from both theoretical and practical perspectives, with an emphasis on the Canadian context.

Students will examine the various components of environmental impact assessments and critically evaluate techniques used to assess, predict, and mitigate environmental and social impacts. Through course readings, in‑class activities, assignments, and case studies, students will engage with critiques of EIA, particularly as they relate to climate change, sustainability, long‑term monitoring, meaningful public engagement, Indigenous Peoples' rights, dispossession and resettlement, and environmental justice.

Case studies will provide students with an understanding of current EIA practice and develop their ability to critically examine and improve environmental assessment processes.

• Estimated course enrollment: 30
• Estimated TA support:
  None
• Class schedule:
  Thursdays, 2:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
• Delivery mode:
  In‑Person
• Sessional dates of appointment:
  September 1, 2026 – December 31, 2026

• Sessional Lecturer I (0.50 FCE Sep–Dec 2026): $9,820.70
• Sessional Lecturer I – Long Term: $10,510.04
• Sessional Lecturer II: $10,510.04
• Sessional Lecturer II – Long Term: $10,760.28
• Sessional Lecturer III: $10,760.28
• Sessional Lecturer III – Long Term: $11,030.36

• A Ph.D. or a Ph.D. in progress is required.
• Knowledge of the course topics is required.

• Completion of a professional development course on teaching is preferred.

• The instructor will lecture on the themes of the course.
• Prepare the course syllabus and lectures.
• Develop and administer grading, course assignments, tests, and examinations.
• Mark and invigilate examinations.
• Hold regular office hours.
• Respond to student inquiries.
• Perform other instructional duties associated with the delivery of the course.
• Perform all duties at the campus on which the position is located.

*** This posting is for one (1) 0.50 FCE position.

• 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.