University of Toronto
Faculty of Information
Sessional Lecturer
Fall Term 2026 (September – December)
INF401H1 - From Classroom to Workplace
Course Description:
While a university is student-centred and explicitly focused on facilitating structured student learning, a workplace is focused on its own strategic goals, stakeholders, and clients. Unstructured employee learning is peripheral to the purpose of the organization. Yet high-achieving professionals are actively engaged in continuous learning throughout their careers. A commitment to reflective practice, and to conscious articulation of career goals and professional identity, are crucial skills for lifelong career learning.
While there is an ostensible focus in this course to assist students in preparing to integrate their summer practicum experience with their academic studies, there is also a broader agenda in creating life-long learners who are able to articulate their own distinctive narrative, necessary to proactively grow and manage their careers beyond undergraduate studies. This is the overarching purpose of this course: to create independent, autonomous and self-directed learning professionals.
Prerequisites: INF301H1 and INF302H1, or permission from the instructor.
Note: Previous course title prior to September 2022 is “Practicum Prep”.
Estimate of the course enrolment: 70
Estimate of TA Support: Estimate of 75 hours with enrollment of 36 or greater. Allocation of TA hours, if any, will be based on enrolment numbers.
Class Schedule: TBD. You are required to be located in geographical proximity to the applicable University premises in order to attend and perform your duties on University premises as of the Starting Date.
Sessional dates of appointment: September 1, 2026 – Desember 31, 2026
Salary:
Sessional Lecturer I: $10,889
Sessional Lecturer I Long Term: $11,652
Sessional Lecturer II $11,652
Sessional Lecturer II Long Term: $11,924
Sessional Lecturer III: $11,924
Sessional Lecturer III Long Term: $12,202
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.
Qualifications: Preferably candidates will have a completed, or nearly completed, PhD degree in an area related to the course or a Master’s degree plus extensive professional experience in an area related to the course. Teaching experience is preferred.
Brief description of duties: Preparing course materials; delivering course content (e.g., seminars, lectures, and labs); developing and administering course assignments, tests & exams; grading; holding regular office hours.
Application Deadline: May. 28, 2026
Application Process: Applicants must submit a CV and a completed CUPE 3902 Unit 3 application form in one pdf file to the attention of:
Nafiseh Yazdian, Administrative Coordinator
Faculty of Information, 140 St. George Street University of Toronto
sessional.ischool@utoronto.ca
This job is posted in accordance with the CUPE 3902 Unit 3 Collective Agreement. Preference in hiring is given to qualified individuals advanced to the rank of Sessional Lecturer II and Sessional Lecturer III in accordance with Article 14:12.
