Sessional Lecturer - URDHS:Selected Topics in Urban Design

Date Posted: 10/19/2026
Req : 50616
Faculty/Division: Faculty of Architecture,Landscape&Design
Department: Daniels Faculty of Arch., Land & Design
Campus: St. George (Downtown Toronto)

Description:

Course number and title: URD
1504HS - Selected Topics in Urban Design

Course description: This course will provide students with opportunities to study and carry out research on a contemporary subject within urban design. Instructor is encouraged to foreground forms of representation as a medium and/or tools of engagement in assignments.

Estimated course enrollment: 20

Estimated TA support: N/A

Class schedule: FR 12:00-15:00

Sessional Dates of Appointment: January 1, 2027 - April 30, 2027

Salary:

Sessional Lecturer I: $9,997.47

Sessional Lecturer I Long Term: $10,699.21

Sessional Lecturer II: $10,699.21

Sessional Lecturer II Long Term: $10,953.96

Sessional Lecturer III: $10,953.96

Sessional Lecturer III Long Term: $11,228.9

* 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: MArc with a MUD or MSc in Urban Planning degree and professional urban design experience preferred.

Preferred Qualifications: Applicants with a proven record of scholarship and/or teaching urban design and at the graduate level and knowledge of contemporary urban design issues.

Duties: Preparation and delivery of course material; managing digital teaching materials; preparation and delivery of assignments, tests, final examinations and deferred final examinations; marking of student work, submission of grades, dealing with student enquiries, appeals and petitions and student contact hours.

Application Instructions: The Daniels Faculty uses a centralized application system for all CUPE 3902 hiring. If you have a currently active UTORid, please login via the link below and complete your profile. If your UTORid is not active, or you do not yet have a UTORid, please register and complete your applicant profile before applying. Applications must be submitted at the following URL, selecting the appropriate course(s):

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Closing Date: 11/06/2026, 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.

Candidates who are members of Indigenous. Black, racialized and 2

SLGBTQ+ communities, persons with disabilities, and other equity-deserving groups are encouraged to apply, and their lived experience shall be taken into consideration as applicable to the position.

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.