Women and Gender Studies Institute TAship Applications

TAship postings

Summer 2023 - Main Round

Posted on: 2023-03-14

Applications due: 2023-04-05

Submit applications on-line to: https://taships.iit.artsci.utoronto.ca/wgs.

Course Campus Enrollment (est.) No. positions (est.) No. hours (est.) Dates Times Tutorials or laboratories/practicals Duties and responsibilities Qualifications Relevant criterion
WGS271Y1Y - Gender in Popular Culture STG 50 2 130 May 1, 2023 - August 31, 2023 Tuesday and Thursday, 2pm - 4pm Online • Marking student assignments • Holding office hours • Holding tutorial or study group sessions, if applicable • Attending lectures 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.
WGS275H1F - Men and Masculinities STG 50 1 140 May 1, 2023 - June 30, 2023 Tuesday and Thursday, 6pm - 8pm Tuesday and Thursday, 7pm - 8pm In person • Marking student assignments • Holding office hours • Holding tutorial or study group sessions, if applicable • Attending lectures 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.
WGS373H1F - Gender and Violence STG 50 1 120 May 1, 2023 - June 30, 2023 Monday and Wednesday, 2pm - 4pm In person • Marking student assignments • Holding office hours • Holding tutorial or study group sessions, if applicable • Attending lectures 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.
WGS397H1F - The Politics of Girlhood STG 50 1 120 May 1, 2023 - June 30, 2023 Tuesday and Thursday, 10am - 12pm In person • Marking student assignments • Holding office hours • Holding tutorial or study group sessions, if applicable • Attending lectures 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.
WGS435H1S - Advanced Topics in Women and Gender Studies: Prisons and Abolition STG 30 1 60 July 1, 2023 - August 31, 2023 Monday and Wednesday, 10am - 12pm In person • Marking student assignments • Holding office hours • Holding tutorial or study group sessions, if applicable • Attending lectures 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:

  1. The University strives to be an equitable and inclusive community, and proactively seeks to increase diversity among its community members. Our values regarding equity and diversity are linked with our unwavering commitment to excellence in the pursuit of our academic mission. The University is committed to the principles of the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA). As such, we strive to make our recruitment, assessment and selection processes as accessible as possible and provide accommodations as required for applicants with disabilities. If you require any accommodations at any point during the application and hiring process, please contact uoft.careers@utoronto.ca. During employment, to request accommodation from the University, contact the supervisor or department chair and/or Health & Wellbeing Programs & Services at hwb@utoronto.ca. For more information about accommodations at U of T, please visit our Accommodation webpage.

  2. 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, LGBTQ2S+ persons, and others who may contribute to the further diversification of ideas.

  3. Candidates who are members of Indigenous, Black, racialized and LGBTQ2S+ 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.

  4. 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.

  5. 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.

  6. 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.

  7. Positions posted here are open to Graduate Students in the School of Graduate Studies, Postdoctoral Fellows and Undergraduate Students in the University of Toronto.

  8. 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.

  9. 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.

  10. The rates of pay correspond with the current CUPE Agreement and are as follows:

    • Effective January 1, 2023: UG/SGSI/SGSII $47.64 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.