Date Posted: 06/23/2026

Req ID: 48946 Faculty/Division: Faculty of Architecture,Landscape&Design Department: Daniels Faculty of Arch., Land & Design Campus: St. George (Downtown Toronto)

Description: Course number and title: FOR3000HF – Current Issues in Forest Conservation Course description:  Major approaches and challenges facing effective conservation of the world’s forests are addressed through critical analysis of Canadian and international forest management and practices, including global land use conflicts within inhabited and pristine landscapes, aboriginal communities, and the forest industry. Guest lectures and professionally based assignments are used to investigate ENGO and governmental perspectives in topical areas including climate change, carbon sequestration, endangered species legislation, value-added wood product technology, and biomolecular advances. Estimated course enrolment: 50 Estimated TA support: N/A Class Schedule:                Lecture:     Mondays    2:00PM - 5:00PM    Number of positions: 1 Sessional dates of appointment:  1 September 2026 – 31 December 2026; Please note that this position includes the completion of any course work and grading not completed by 31 December 2026. Salary (per half-course, inclusive of vacation):  Sessional Lecturer I: $ 9,997.58Sessional Lecturer I Long Term: $ 10,699.22Sessional Lecturer II $ 10,699.22 Sessional Lecturer II Long Term: $ 10,953.96Sessional Lecturer III: $ 10,953.96Sessional Lecturer III Long Term: $ 11,228.90   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:   Preferably a Registered Professional Forester with a journalism and communications background with extensive experience in forest conservation; teaching experience an asset.   Description of duties:   Co-teach course with a Forestry professor. Prepare and deliver lectures, organize guest speakers, maintain course notes and readings, set and mark course assignments, which may include mid-term, essay and final examination or other assignments, with the support of a TA; compile, record and submit final marks. Be available to students through regular office hours. Ensure CFAB competency elements 2.1.2, 2.1.2, 2.1.5, 2.1.7, 2.2.1, 2.2.5, 2.2.6,7.1.1,7.1.3,7.2.48A.1.3 covered and evaluated within course.   Application Procedure:  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):  https://tracs.utoronto.ca/dept/arcla/app/sl You will be asked to upload a cover letter and CV for consideration. For questions, please contact: sessionals@daniels.utoronto.ca  Closing Date: 07/15/2026, 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.             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.