| Course | Campus | Enrollment (est.) | No. positions (est.) | No. hours (est.) | Dates | Times | Tutorials or laboratories/practicals | Duties and responsibilities | Qualifications | Relevant criterion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WGS160Y1Y - Introduction to Women and Gender Studies | STG | 300 | 9 | 180 | September 1, 2025 - April 30, 2026 | WE: 18-20 | Fridays from 10-11 or 11-12 | • Marking student assignments • Holding office hours • Holding tutorial or study group sessions • Participation in writing instruction for TAs • Attending lectures Duties of this position shall be performed at the campus on which the position is located. | WGS160Y – Introduction to Women and Gender Studies An integrated and historical approach to social relations of gender, race, class, sexuality and disability, particularly as they relate to women’s lives and struggles across different locales, including Canada. Qualifications An academic background in Women and Gender Studies at the graduate level is preferred. | The need to acquire experience is the more relevant criterion than previous experience in respect of this posted position. |
| WGS271Y1Y - Gender in Popular Culture | STG | 114 | 1 | 180 | September 1, 2025 - April 30, 2026 | Thursdays from 17-19 | Thursdays 19-20 | • Marking student assignments • Holding office hours • Holding tutorial or study group sessions • Participation in writing instruction for TAs • May also include attending lectures Duties of this position shall be performed at the campus on which the position is located. | WGS271Y1Y – Gender in Popular Culture A critical examination of institutions, representations and practices associated with contemporary popular culture, mass-produced, local and alternative. Qualifications An academic background in Women and Gender Studies at the graduate level is preferred. | The need to acquire experience is the more relevant criterion than previous experience in respect of this posted position. |
| WGS273H1F - Gender & Environmental (In)Justice | STG | 3 | September 1, 2025 - December 31, 2025 | Wednesdays from 11-13 | Wednesdays from 13-14 or 14-15 | Marking student assignments; Holding office hours; Holding tutorial or study group sessions; Attending lectures. Duties of this position shall be performed at the campus on which the position is located. | WGS273H1 - Gender & Environmental (In)Justice Using a transnational, feminist framework, this course examines material and conceptual interrelations between gendered human and non-human nature, ecological crises, political economies and environmental movements in a variety of geographical, historical and cultural contexts. Does environmental justice include social justice, or are they in conflict? What might environmental justice and activism involve? An academic background in Women and Gender Studies at the graduate level is preferred. | The need to acquire experience is the more relevant criterion than previous experience in respect of this posted position. | ||
| WGS280H1S - Special Topics in Women and Gender Studies: Kinstillations and Other Radical Rel | STG | 80 | 2 | 180 | January 1, 2026 - April 30, 2026 | Tuesdays 11-13 | Tuesdays 13-14 or 14-15 | Marking student assignments; Holding office hours; Holding tutorial or study group sessions; Participation in writing instruction for TAs; May also include attending lectures. Duties of this position shall be performed at the campus on which the position is located. | An academic background in Women and Gender Studies at the graduate level is preferred. | Previous experience is the more relevant criterion than the need to acquire experience in respect of this posted position. |
| WGS332H1F - Special Topic in Women and Gender Studies: Pleasure, Pleasure, Pleasure | STG | 80 | 2 | 120 | September 1, 2025 - December 31, 2025 | MO: 15-17 | N/A | This posting is for a grader position. Marking student assignments; Holding office hours; Holding tutorial or study group sessions; Participation in writing instruction for TAs; May also include attending lectures. Duties of this position shall be performed at the campus on which the position is located. | WGS332H1F - Special Topic in Women and Gender Studies: Pleasure, Pleasure, Pleasure What is pleasure? How do we experience and understand pleasure in a world structured by neoliberal capitalism? Is access to pleasure evenly afforded to everyone? How are our pleasures tied up in larger systems of power? What about ‘bad’ or ‘guilty’ pleasures? How can we reimagine pleasure? Pleasure is a complicated topic – one that can be tied to oppressive structures like capitalism, neoliberalism, and colonialism. However, pleasure can also be a method of individual and collective resistance and a path to alternate forms of relationality and world-making. This courses takes an expansive view of the concept of pleasure – we will be looking at all kinds of facets of pleasure – guilty pleasures, sexual pleasures, unconventional pleasures, queer pleasures, embodied pleasures, etc. We will read a variety of theories and conceptualizations of pleasure and analyze different forms of media (reality tv, pornography, short stories, fanfiction TikTok) that either deal with pleasure or are considered ‘guilty pleasures.’ We’ll also be looking into what queer theory, youth studies, porn studies, psychoanalysis, and critical race studies all tell us about pleasure and how we might reimagine it more equitably and expansively. An academic background in Women and Gender Studies at the graduate level is preferred. | Previous experience is the more relevant criterion than the need to acquire experience in respect of this posted position. |
| WGS340H1S - Women and Revolution in the Middle East | STG | 40 | 1 | 120 | January 1, 2026 - April 30, 2026 | WE: 18-20 | N/A | This posting is for a grader position. • Marking student assignments • Holding office hours • Holding tutorial or study group sessions, if applicable • Attending lectures Duties of this position shall be performed at the campus on which the position is located. | WGS340H1S: women and Revolution in the Middle East This course examines the complex and conflictual relations between women and revolutionary struggles and focuses on a number of theoretical and empirical issues relevant to the Middle East and North Africa context. Qualifications: An academic background in Women and Gender Studies at the graduate level is preferred. | Previous experience is the more relevant criterion than the need to acquire experience in respect of this posted position. |
| WGS355H1S - Gendered Labour Around the World | STG | 60 | 1 | 90 | January 1, 2026 - April 30, 2026 | WE: 13-15 | N/A | • Marking student assignments • Holding office hours • Holding tutorial or study group sessions, if applicable • Attending lectures Duties of this position shall be performed at the campus on which the position is located. | WGS355H1S: Gendered Labour Around the World This course will focus on masculinities and femininities in workplace settings, with an emphasis on service work around the world. We will discuss workers' lived experiences of gender regimes which are embedded within the dynamics of class, race and nation. The relationships between gender processes and workplace hierarchies will be explored. Qualifications: Candidates will be graduate students with a scholarly background in WGS. | Previous experience is the more relevant criterion than the need to acquire experience in respect of this posted position. |
| WGS360H1S - Making Knowledge in a World that Matters | STG | 80 | 2 | 180 | January 1, 2026 - April 30, 2026 | MO: 11-13 | MO: 13-14 or 14-15 | • Marking student assignments • Holding office hours • Holding tutorial or study group sessions • Participation in writing instruction for TAs • Attending lectures Duties of this position shall be performed at the campus on which the position is located. | WGS360H1S – Making Knowledge in a World that Matters Teaches skills in feminist approaches to making knowledge. Introduces feminist practices for doing research and navigating the politics of production and exchange. Develops skills for conveying knowledge to the wider world, such as through papers, reports, performances, new media, art. Qualifications An academic background in Women and Gender Studies at the graduate level is preferred. | Previous experience is the more relevant criterion than the need to acquire experience in respect of this posted position. |
| WGS365H1F - Gender Issues in the Law | STG | 95 | 1 | 155 | September 1, 2025 - December 31, 2025 | TU: 15-17 | N/A | This posting is for a grader position. Marking student assignments; Holding office hours; Holding tutorial or study group sessions; Participation in writing instruction for TAs; May also include attending lectures. Duties of this position shall be performed at the campus on which the position is located. | WGS365H1: Gender Issues in the Law Examines the operation of the law as it affects women, the construction and representation of women within the legal system, and the scope for feminist and intersectional analyses of law. Includes an analysis of specific legal issues such as sexuality and reproduction, equality, employment, violence and immigration. Qualifications: An academic background in Women and Gender Studies at the graduate level is preferred. | Previous experience is the more relevant criterion than the need to acquire experience in respect of this posted position. |
| WGS380H1S - Feminist Graphic Novels | STG | 70 | 1 | 90 | January 1, 2026 - April 30, 2026 | WE: 11-13 | n/a | This posting is for a grader position. Marking student assignments; Holding office hours; Holding tutorial or study group sessions; Participation in writing instruction for TAs; May also include attending lectures. Duties of this position shall be performed at the campus on which the position is located. | WGS380H1: Feminist Graphic Novels Comics aren't new, and graphic novels aren't either, but feminists have built a rich array of stories about consciousness, resistance, and coming of age in this genre that warrant scholarly attention. In this case, we will read graphic novels for their subtleties, thinking about what picture and text make possible in the exploration of emotion, interconnection, and identity. Reading about resistance to marriage in Aya of Yop City, a child's view of revolution in Persepolis, parent child reckoning in Fun Home, and loneliness in Skim will advance students' understandings of the of the power of narrative and the pictorial displacement of innocence. An academic background in Women and Gender Studies at the graduate level is preferred. | Previous experience is the more relevant criterion than the need to acquire experience in respect of this posted position. |
| WGS390H1F - Land-ing: Indigenous and Black Futurist Spaces | STG | 40 | 1 | 120 | September 1, 2025 - December 31, 2025 | Thursday 11-13 | N/A | This posting is for a grader position. • Marking student assignments • Holding office hours • Holding tutorial or study group sessions, if applicable • Attending lectures Duties of this position shall be performed at the campus on which the position is located. | WGS390H1F - Land-ing: Indigenous and Black Futurist Spaces Students are invited to think through the relationships between Indigenous and Afro-futurist concepts of land. This class will engage Indigenous feminist and Black queer and feminist theories of land and space, linking them to Afrofuturist and Indigenous futurist thought. We explore various texts in relation to emergent methodologies, decolonial desires, and love and radical relationalities. Candidates will be graduate students with an academic background in WGS. | Previous experience is the more relevant criterion than the need to acquire experience in respect of this posted position. |
| WGS396H1S - Writing the Body | STG | 80 | 2 | 105 | January 1, 2026 - April 30, 2026 | MO: 17-19 | N/A | This posting is for a grader position. • Marking student assignments • Holding office hours • May also include attending lectures Duties of this position shall be performed at the campus on which the position is located. | WGS396H1: Writing the Body Examines the ways in which bodies are lived and inscribed and represented through a variety of genres. Students will work through issues of corporeality and materiality in the production and reception of texts and will practice embodied writing on a personal level through in-class workshops and written assignments. Qualifications An academic background in Women and Gender Studies at the graduate level is preferred. | Previous experience is the more relevant criterion than the need to acquire 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.