Sessional Lecturer - VPACHs and Copyright

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Arts Management
Winter 2027
Emergency Posting

POSTING DATE:
November 2, 2026

CLOSING DATE:
November 16, 2026

The following Sessional Lecturer positions are available in the Department of Arts, Culture and Media for the Winter 2027 academic session. In accordance with the Collective Agreement, this posting is being sent as an email notification to all applicants in the Department’s Applicant Pool: all Sessional Lecturers who are teaching for the Department during the current academic year or who have taught for the Department since September 1, 2005, and all persons who have submitted an application within the past twenty-four months.

Preference in hiring is given to qualified individuals advanced to the rank of Sessional Lecturer II or Sessional Lecturer III in accordance with 14:12.

In accordance with the current CUPE 3902 Unit 3 Collective Agreement, the stipend rate for a half course (Y, F or S), inclusive of vacation pay, will be:

Sessional Lecturer I – Long Term (Six or more years as SL I): $10,699.22

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.

Sessional Dates (excluding Exam period): S courses:
Jan. 11 – Apr. 12, 2027

Note : all positions involve completion of any course grading not finished by April 30, 2027 for S courses.

Course Number/Title/Description

Section/

Time

Dates of Appointment

T.A. Hours

Duties

Qualifications

VPAC
16H3S Contracts and Copyright

A study of essential legal and practical issues relevant to the arts and media workplace, with a particular focus on contracts, contract negotiation, and copyright.

LEC 01

In-person

TU 2-5PM

January 1 - April 30, 2027

90

Up to 128 hrs

All normal duties related to the design and teaching of a university credit course, including preparation and delivery of course content; development, administration and marking of assignments and final portfolios; calculation and submission of grades; holding regular office hours.

Teaching experience in at least one course at the postsecondary level as TA or preferably instructor of record, direct expertise in the field and relevant experience working within the not-for-profit arts and/or media arts sector; advanced university degree preferred.

VPAC
16H3S Contracts and Copyright

LEC 02

In-Person

TU 5-8PM

January 1 - April 30, 2027

60

Up to 68 hrs

All normal duties related to the design and teaching of a university credit course, including preparation and delivery of course content; development, administration and marking of assignments and final portfolios; calculation and submission of grades; holding regular office hours.

Teaching experience in at least one course at the postsecondary level as TA or preferably instructor of record, direct expertise in the field and relevant experience working within the not-for-profit arts and/or media arts sector; advanced university degree preferred.

The jobs are posted in accordance with the CUPE 3902 Unit 3 Collective Agreement.

The position(s) posted above is (are) tentative, pending final course determinations and enrolments.

Courses must meet a minimum enrolment of more than 50 in order to qualify for TA hours.

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