Sessional Lecturer Position
Posting Date: May 22, 2026
Program: MSc in Health Systems Leadership and Innovation (HSLI)
Sessional Dates of Appointment: Fall 2026, September to December
Existing Vacancy: Yes
Course Description:
This seminar course covers an introduction to concepts that can be used to understand and respond to critical strategy and performance measurement challenges in system change. Focus is on the application of tools including balanced scorecards and scenario planning. This course provides an overview of the central issues in the management of healthcare organizations and healthcare systems. This includes developing a working knowledge of the key facts about our healthcare system. Some of the issues we will examine are unique to the Canadian context (e.g., the role of government), and others transcend jurisdictional boundaries (e.g., stakeholder relations).
Objectives:
This course endeavors to show how these tools can be used to understand and respond to critical issues in Canadian health system management. Students taking this course explore a number of issues around the application of strategy and performance measurement frameworks to cases from the for-profit, government, and broader public sectors in health care. This is a survey course that touches on a number of issues and examples in the management of health system organizations.
Course Details:
Class schedule: Weekly sessions from 5:30 pm to 8:30 pm on Wednesdays between September 16 and December 16, 2026.
Delivery mode: In-person and Online Synchronous. (First and last sessions are delivered in-person)
Estimated enrolment: 40
Estimated TA support: None
Qualifications:
Duties:
Course Instructor- teaching, marking assignments and providing final grades
Salary:
$9,997.47 - Sessional Lecturer I
$10,699.21 - Sessional Lecturer I - Long Term
$10,699.21 - Sessional Lecturer II
$10,953.96 - Sessional Lecturer II - Long Term
$10,953.96 - Sessional Lecturer III
$11,228.90 - Sessional Lecturer III - Long Term
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.
Application: Please send your CV and cover letter via e-mail to ihpme.cupe.unit3@utoronto.ca
Closing Date: June 12, 2026
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
