| Course | Campus | Enrollment (est.) | No. positions (est.) | No. hours (est.) | Dates | Times | Tutorials or laboratories/practicals | Duties and responsibilities | Qualifications | Relevant criterion |
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| ENV100H1F - Introduction to Environmental Studies - Regular TA | STG | 500 | 4 | 114 (2) + 145 (2) | September 1, 2025 - December 31, 2025 | TH 15:00-17:00 | MO 11:00-12:00; MO 12:00-13:00; MO 13:00-14:00; MO 14:00-15:00; TU 11:00-12:00; TU 12:00-13:00; TH 15:00-16:00; TU 16:00 | Duties include preparing for and leading tutorial sessions, grading assignments, tests and final assessments, responding to student email requests, and general assistance. Additional duties supported through the Writing Integrated Teaching program, which may include additional training, benchmarking sessions, and other activities. | Minimum Qualifications: A University of Toronto graduate student who has demonstrated scholarly expertise in Environmental Studies: drawing from the sciences, social sciences and the humanities to explore major social, cultural, economic, regulatory, ethical, ecological and technological aspects of environmental issues. Preferred Qualifications: An interdisciplinary environmental background is an asset. | The need to acquire experience is the more relevant criterion than previous experience in respect of this posted position. |
| ENV101H1S - Confronting the Climate Crisis - Regular TA | STG | 300 | 5 | 95 (5) | January 1, 2026 - May 7, 2026 | TU 15:00-17:00 | WE 15:00-16:00; WE 16:00-17:00; TH 15:00-16:00; TH 16:00-17:00; FR 11:00-12:00; FR 12:00-13:00 | Duties include delivering tutorials, responding to student emails, grading term tests, assignments and final exams, holding office hours, and general assistance. Additional duties supported through the Writing Integrated Teaching program, which may include additional training, benchmarking sessions, and other activities. | Minimum Qualifications: A University of Toronto graduate student with an interdisciplinary understanding of the climate crisis. Preferred Qualifications: Demonstrated the ability to communicate clearly with first-year students who have a wide level of understanding of the climate crisis. | The need to acquire experience is the more relevant criterion than previous experience in respect of this posted position. |
| ENV200H1S - Assessing Global Change: Science and the Environment - Regular TA | STG | 500 | 5 | 110 (5) | January 1, 2026 - May 7, 2026 | TU 11:00-13:00 | TU 13:00-14:00; TU 14:00-15:00; TU 16:00-17:00; WE 13:00-14:00; WE 14:00-15:00; WE 15:00-16:00; WE 16:00-17:00; TH 11:00 | Duties include delivering tutorials, responding to student emails, grading term tests, assignments and final exams, holding office hours, and general assistance. Additional duties supported through the Writing Integrated Teaching program, which may include additional training, benchmarking sessions, and other activities. | Minimum Qualifications: A University of Toronto graduate student who has completed one year of graduate study with emphasis placed on scientific training, particularly related to the environment. Preferred Qualifications: Demonstrated the ability to lead small group discussions, grading, and leading tutorials to diverse disciplinary groups of students. | The need to acquire experience is the more relevant criterion than previous experience in respect of this posted position. |
| ENV221H1F - Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Environment - Regular TA | STG | 300 | 3 | 106 (3) | September 1, 2025 - December 31, 2025 | TH 13:00-15:00 | MO 15:00-16:00; MO 16:00-17:00; TU 13:00-14:00; TU 14:00-15:00; WE 13:00-14:00; WE 14:00-15:00 | Duties include preparing for and leading tutorial sessions, grading assignments, tests and final assessments, responding to student email requests, and general assistance. Additional duties supported through the Writing Integrated Teaching program, which may include additional training, benchmarking sessions, and other activities. | Minimum Qualifications: A University of Toronto graduate student who has demonstrated scholarly expertise in Environmental Studies that includes one or more of the sciences, social sciences and the humanities, and the subject matter, assumptions, conceptualizations and methodologies of these disciplines. Preferred Qualifications: Demonstrated experiences in multidisciplinary approaches, grading, and leading tutorials to diverse disciplinary groups of students. | The need to acquire experience is the more relevant criterion than previous experience in respect of this posted position. |
| ENV221H1F-LAT - Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Environment – Lead Administrative TA | STG | 300 | 1 | 131 | September 1, 2025 - December 31, 2025 | TH 13:00-15:00 | MO 15:00-16:00; MO 16:00-17:00; TU 13:00-14:00; TU 14:00-15:00; WE 13:00-14:00; WE 14:00-15:00 | Duties include preparing for and leading tutorial sessions, grading assignments, tests and final assessments, supporting course TA's, responding to student email requests, and general assistance. Additional duties supported through the Writing Integrated Teaching program, which may include additional training, benchmarking sessions, and other activities. | Minimum Qualifications: A University of Toronto graduate student who has completed one year of graduate study and demonstrated scholarly expertise in Environmental Studies that includes one or more of the sciences, social sciences and the humanities, and the subject matter, assumptions, conceptualizations and methodologies of these disciplines. Preferred Qualifications: Previous experience as a Lead Administrative TA, and/or previous experience in this or a similar course. | Previous experience is the more relevant criterion than the need to acquire experience in respect of this posted position. |
| ENV222H1F - Pathways to Sustainability: An Interdisciplinary Approach - Regular TA | STG | 325 | 2 | 130 + 95 | September 1, 2025 - December 31, 2025 | WE 11:00-13:00 | WE 15:00-16:00; WE 16:00-17:00; FR 12:00-13:00; FR 13:00-14:00; FR 15:00-16:00 | Duties include preparing for and leading tutorial sessions, grading assignments, tests and final assessments, responding to student email requests, and general assistance. Additional duties supported through the Writing Integrated Teaching program, which may include additional training, benchmarking sessions, and other activities. | Minimum Qualifications: A University of Toronto graduate student who has demonstrated scholarly expertise in Environment and Sustainability. Preferred Qualifications: An interdisciplinary environmental background across natural and social sciences is an asset. | The need to acquire experience is the more relevant criterion than previous experience in respect of this posted position. |
| ENV222H1F-LAT - Pathways to Sustainability: An Interdisciplinary Approach - Lead Administrative | STG | 325 | 1 | 120 | September 1, 2025 - December 31, 2025 | WE 11:00-13:00 | WE 15:00-16:00; WE 16:00-17:00; FR 12:00-13:00; FR 13:00-14:00; FR 15:00-16:00 | Duties include preparing for and leading tutorial sessions, grading assignments, tests and final assessments, supporting course TA's, responding to student email requests, and general assistance. Additional duties supported through the Writing Integrated Teaching program, which may include additional training, benchmarking sessions, and other activities. | Minimum Qualifications: A University of Toronto graduate student who has completed one year of graduate study and demonstrated scholarly expertise in Environment and Sustainability, that includes the topics listed in the course description. Preferred Qualifications: Previous experience in this course or a similar course. | Previous experience is the more relevant criterion than the need to acquire experience in respect of this posted position. |
| ENV222H1S - Pathways to Sustainability: An Interdisiplinary Approach - Regular TA | STG | 325 | 4 | 130 (3) + 95 | January 1, 2026 - May 7, 2026 | TU 13:00-15:00 | TU 15:00-16:00; TU 16:00-17:00; WE 13:00-14:00; WE 14:00-15:00; TH 13:00-14:00; TH 14:00-15:00 | Duties include preparing for and leading tutorial sessions, grading assignments, tests and final assessments, responding to student email requests, and general assistance. Additional duties supported through the Writing Integrated Teaching program, which may include additional training, benchmarking sessions, and other activities. | Minimum Qualifications: A University of Toronto graduate student who has demonstrated scholarly expertise in Environment and Sustainability. Preferred Qualifications: An interdisciplinary environmental background across natural and social sciences is an asset. | The need to acquire experience is the more relevant criterion than previous experience in respect of this posted position. |
| ENV223H1F - Fundamental Environmental Skills - Regular TA | STG | 125 | 1 | 125 | September 1, 2025 - December 31, 2025 | TH 15:00-17:00 | N/A | Duties include grading assignments and tests, holding office hours, and general assistance. | Minimum Qualifications: A University of Toronto graduate student who has completed one year of graduate study and demonstrated scholarly expertise in Environmental Studies that includes the fundamental research, analysis and presentation skills required for effective environmental work. An interdisciplinary environmental background is an asset. Preferred Qualifications: Previous experience in this course or a similar course. | Previous experience is the more relevant criterion than the need to acquire experience in respect of this posted position. |
| ENV316H1F-CTA - Laboratory and Field Methods in Environmental Science - Chemistry TA | STG | 40 | 1 | 40 | September 1, 2025 - December 31, 2025 | FR 13:00-17:00 | FR 13:00-17:00 | Duties include leading 1 laboratory session per week, participating in field trips*, grading lab and research reports, holding office hours, and general assistance. (*field trips will only occur if conditions permit) | Minimum Qualifications: A University of Toronto graduate student in Chemistry who has demonstrated scholarly expertise in environmental analytical chemistry, including the analysis of environmental chemicals by chromatography, mass spectrometry or other instruments. Preferred Qualifications: Previous experience in this course or a similar course. | Previous experience is the more relevant criterion than the need to acquire experience in respect of this posted position. |
| ENV330H1F - Waste Not: Faith-based Environmentalism - Regular TA | STG | 40 | 1 | 60 | September 1, 2025 - December 31, 2025 | MO 11:00-13:00 | N/A | Duties include grading assignments tests and final assessments, holding office hours, and general assistance. | Minimum Qualifications: A University of Toronto graduate student who has demonstrated scholarly expertise in Environmental Studies, particularly in religious environmentalism. Preferred Qualifications: An interdisciplinary environmental background is an asset. | Previous experience is the more relevant criterion than the need to acquire experience in respect of this posted position. |
| ENV333H1S - Ecological Worldviews | STG | 175 | 2 | 119 (2) | January 1, 2026 - May 7, 2026 | MO 15:00-17:00 | MO 17:00-18:00; TU 11:00-12:00; TU 12:00-13:00 | Duties include preparing and delivering tutorials, grading assignments tests and final assessments, holding office hours, and general assistance. | Minimum Qualifications: A University of Toronto graduate student who has demonstrated scholarly expertise in Environmental Studies, including an understanding of the worldviews pertaining to the environment as listed in the course description. An interdisciplinary environmental background is an asset. Preferred Qualifications: An interdisciplinary environmental background is an asset. | The need to acquire experience is the more relevant criterion than previous experience in respect of this posted position. |
| ENV335H1F - Environmental Design - Regular TA | STG | 90 | 1 | 120 | September 1, 2025 - December 31, 2025 | MO 13:00-16:00 | MO 13:00-16:00 | Duties include grading assignments, tests and final exams, providing support in practicals, holding office hours, and general assistance. | Minimum Qualifications: A University of Toronto graduate student who has completed one year of graduate study and has demonstrated broad scholarly expertise in environmental design. Familiarity with some of the rudiments of building physics and architectural representation is an asset. Preferred Qualifications: Previous experience in this course or a similar course. | Previous experience is the more relevant criterion than the need to acquire experience in respect of this posted position. |
| ENV338H1F - Environmental Research Data & Decision Making | STG | 60 | 1 | 90 | September 1, 2025 - December 31, 2025 | TU 11:00-13:00 | TU 13:00-14:00; TU 14:00-15:00 | Duties include delivering tutorial sessions, grading assignments, tests and final exams, holding office hours, and general assistance. | Minimum Qualifications: A University of Toronto graduate student who has completed one year of graduate study and demonstrated scholarly expertise in statistical sciences, which could include research in the physical, social sciences, or digital humanities. An understanding of the use of data for decision-making is an asset. Preferred Qualifications: Previous experience in this course or a similar course. | Previous experience is the more relevant criterion than the need to acquire experience in respect of this posted position. |
| ENV342H1F - Ecology of the Mind | STG | 50 | 1 | 55 | September 1, 2025 - December 31, 2025 | WE 15:00-17:00 | N/A | Duties include grading assignments tests and final exams, holding office hours, and general assistance. Additional duties supported through the Writing Integrated Teaching program, which may include additional training, benchmarking sessions, and other activities. | Minimum Qualifications: A University of Toronto graduate student who has completed one year of graduate study and demonstrated scholarly expertise relevant to the course content. An interdisciplinary background in environment and/or psychology is an asset. Preferred Qualifications: Previous experience in a similar course. | Previous experience is the more relevant criterion than the need to acquire experience in respect of this posted position. |
| ENV350H1F - Energy Policy & Environment - Regular TA | STG | 150 | 2 | 75 (2) | September 1, 2025 - December 31, 2025 | MO 18:00-20:00 | N/A | Duties include grading assignments tests and final exams, holding office hours, and general assistance. | Minimum Qualifications: A University of Toronto graduate student who has completed one year of graduate study and demonstrated scholarly expertise in Environmental Studies, particularly about the environmental issues associated with energy use and how these can be addressed. An interdisciplinary environmental background is an asset. Preferred Qualifications: Previous experience in this course or a similar course. | Previous experience is the more relevant criterion than the need to acquire experience in respect of this posted position. |
| ENV361H1S - Social Media & Environmentalism - Regular TA | STG | 100 | 2 | 80 | January 1, 2026 - May 7, 2026 | WE 11:00-13:00 | TH 12:00-13:00; TH 13:00-14:00 | Duties include leading tutorials, grading assignments, tests and final exams, holding office hours, and general assistance. | Minimum Qualifications: A University of Toronto graduate student in the social sciences/humanities with an interdisciplinary background in environmental studies, communication, sociology, political science, cultural studies, or a related field of study. Preferred Qualifications: An interdisciplinary environmental background is an asset. | The need to acquire experience is the more relevant criterion than previous experience in respect of this posted position. |
| ENV411H1F - Sustainability Thinking | STG | 60 | 1 | 78 | September 1, 2025 - December 31, 2025 | MO 13:00-15:00 | MO 15:00-16:00; MO 16:00-17:00 | Duties include leading tutorials, providing support for course colloquium, grading assignments, tests, and final exams, holding office hours, and general assistance. | Minimum Qualifications: A University of Toronto graduate student who has demonstrated scholarly capacity in one or more of the following areas: sustainability; human-environment dynamics; interdisciplinarity. An interdisciplinary environmental background is an asset. Preferred Qualifications: Previous experience in this course or a similar course. | Previous experience is the more relevant criterion than the need to acquire experience in respect of this posted position. |
| ENV421Y1Y - Community Research for Social & Environmental Change | STG | 40 | 1 | 60 | September 1, 2025 - December 31, 2025 | MO 11:00-13:00 | N/A | Duties include assisting in seminar sessions as needed, grading assignments, holding office hours, and general assistance. | Minimum Qualifications: A University of Toronto graduate student who has demonstrated interest in community-based research, sustainability and/or social justice. Preferred Qualifications: An interdisciplinary environmental studies or science background is an asset. | The need to acquire experience is the more relevant criterion than previous experience in respect of this posted position. |
| ENV422H1F-1701HF - Environmental Law - Regular TA | STG | 60 | 1 | 60 | September 1, 2025 - December 31, 2025 | TU 18:00-21:00 | N/A | Duties include grading assignments tests and final exams, holding office hours, and general assistance. | Minimum Qualifications: A University of Toronto graduate student who has completed one year of doctoral study and demonstrated scholarly expertise in Environmental Studies, particularly as it relates to environmental law. An interdisciplinary environmental background is an asset. Preferred Qualifications: Previous experience in this course or a similar course. | Previous experience is the more relevant criterion than the need to acquire experience in respect of this posted position. |
| ENV440H1F - Professional Experience Course - Regular TA | STG | 50 | 1 | 50 | September 1, 2025 - December 31, 2025 | TH 17:00-21:00 | N/A | Duties include grading assignments, meetings with the course instructor, holding office hours, and general assistance. | Minimum Qualifications: A University of Toronto graduate student who has completed one year of graduate study and demonstrated scholarly expertise in Environmental Studies, and its application to the world of work. Previous work experience in the environmental field with different types of organizations is an asset. Preferred Qualifications: Previous experience in this course or a similar course. | Previous experience is the more relevant criterion than the need to acquire experience in respect of this posted position. |
| ENV461H1F - The U of T Campus as a Living Lab of Sustainability - Regular TA | STG | 24 | 1 | 36 | September 1, 2025 - December 31, 2025 | TU 13:00-15:00 | N/A | Duties include grading assignments, meetings with the course instructor, preparation for and supporting student group meetings in class, holding office hours, and general assistance. | Minimum Qualifications: A University of Toronto graduate student who has demonstrated scholarly expertise in sustainability and its application. Preferred Qualifications: Previous work experience in the sustainability field with different types of organizations. | Previous experience is the more relevant criterion than the need to acquire experience in respect of this posted position. |
| ENV464H1F - Communicating Climate Change | STG | 30 | 1 | 30 | September 1, 2025 - December 31, 2025 | TH 11:00-13:00 | N/A | Duties include grading assignments, tests and final exams, holding office hours, and general assistance. | Minimum Qualifications: A University of Toronto graduate student who has demonstrated scholarly expertise in Environmental Studies or Communications methodology. Preferred Qualifications: An interdisciplinary environmental background and experience in communication are an asset. | The need to acquire experience is the more relevant criterion than previous experience in respect of this posted position. |
Notes:
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The University of Toronto is strongly committed to diversity within its community and especially welcomes applications from racialized persons / persons of colour, women, Indigenous / Aboriginal People of North America, persons with disabilities, 2SLGBTQ+ persons, and others who may contribute to the further diversification of ideas.
Candidates who are members of Indigenous, Black, racialized and 2SLGBTQ+ communities, persons with disabilities, and other equity seeking groups are encouraged to apply, and their lived experience shall be taken into consideration as applicable to the position.
This job is posted in accordance with the CUPE 3902 Unit 1 Collective Agreement. The Departmental Hiring Policy is available in the Department Office and in the CUPE, local 3902 office. The position(s) posted above is (are) tentative, pending final course determinations and enrolments.
Duties of this position shall be performed at the campus on which the position is located. Where the duties are intended to be performed at another location, such other location will be specified in the posting.
Although a graduate student’s preference as to the campus location of his/her TA appointment will be taken into account, both the initial TA appointment (CI appointment) and the subsequent appointment obligation related to that appointment may be met through position(s) on any one of the three University of Toronto campuses (UTM, UTSC or St George) in courses in the same discipline as the initial appointment. TAs will only be assigned to courses in fields in which they are or should be qualified to assist.
Positions posted here are open to Graduate Students in the School of Graduate Studies, Postdoctoral Fellows and Undergraduate Students in the University of Toronto.
Preference in hiring shall be given to Graduate Students enrolled in the School of Graduate Studies of the University of Toronto or those who have made application to be enrolled in the School of Graduate Studies of the University of Toronto.
The hiring criteria for Teaching Assistant positions are academic qualifications, the need to acquire experience, previous experience and previous satisfactory employment under the provisions of this Collective Agreement.
The rates of pay correspond with the current CUPE Agreement and are as follows:
Effective January 1, 2024: UG $51.93 per hour (+ vacation pay) / SGSI 51.93 per hour (+ vacation pay) / SGSII $51.93 per hour (+ vacation pay)
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.