The following 6 positions are available through:

Sociology and Equity Studies in Education

Ontario Institute for Studies in Education of the University of Toronto

(Posted in accordance with the CUPE 3902 Unit 3 Collective Agreement)

Posting Date: May 23, 2007

Closing Date: June 20, 2007

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1. Position: Sessional Lecturer for SES2999, Learning to address conflict in workplaces
2. Course Description: This course is an introduction to systemic thinking around how people learn to address personal and social conflict in work settings. It will probe the structural sources of increasing stress and conflict in workplaces and consider a range of informal learning practices that people adopt in response. It will provide exposure to various approaches to addressing and resolving conflicts. The course will assess the potential and limits of collective action by unions and associations. Using equity lenses (class, gender, race, disability, age) the course explores the experience and stances of course participants, and engage in role plays of situations in order to develop skills and insight for intervening. Links will be made with relevant research in the Learning and Work focus of the Department.
3. Estimated course enrolment: 15
4. TA support: none
5. Class schedule: Wednesdays, 5:30 to 8:30pm
6. Sessional dates of appointment: September - December 2007
7. Salary: minimum of Sessional Lecturer I base rate for half course of $6,275 (inclusive of vacation pay)
8. Qualifications: Candidates must have a doctorate and some evidence of published scholarship demonstrating expertise in the area of education and work studies. Preference will be given to individuals with prior graduate teaching experience in this area. The Department is committed to equity, diversity, democracy, and respect among its members and candidates must be willing to work in that environment.
9. Duties: Prepare, organize and lead this half-course graduate seminar; be available to students seeking assistance between classes; evaluate and provide students with feedback on their work.
10. Applications: All applications must be received by June 20, 2007. Please indicate in a letter of application why you believe your experience qualifies you to teach this particular course. Include a CV and the names and contact addresses/telephone numbers/emails of three referees.

Applications should be sent to:

Professor Kari Dehli, Associate Chair, Department of Sociology and Equity Studies in Education OISE/UT, 252 Bloor St West, Toronto, ON M5S 1V6

tel: 416.923.6641 ext 2271

fax: 416.926.4751

email: karidehli@oise.utoronto.ca

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1. Position: Sessional Lecturer to teach SES1927H: Global Economic Restructuring, International Migration and Immigration Policies
2. Course Description: This course will analyze different aspects of globalization, particularly migratory movements of people from the South to the North, on the one hand, and the subsequent processes of their re-socialization and re-settlement in new societies under state immigration policy, on the other. The course will take an intersectional approach to explore the differentiated ways in which migration and immigration are structured and experienced; it will explore how race structures migration; and it will situate migration in a broader historical analysis of processes of globalization and the regulation of national borders.
3. Estimated course enrolment: 15-20
4. TA support: none
5. Class schedule: Mondays 5:30 to 8:30pm
6. Sessional dates of appointment: September 1, 2007 to December 31, 2007
7. Salary: minimum of Sessional Lecturer I base rate for half course of $6,275 (inclusive of vacation pay)
8. Qualifications: Candidates must have a doctorate completed or nearly completed and some evidence of published scholarship demonstrating expertise in migration studies and globalization. The Department is committed to equity, diversity, democracy, and respect among its members and candidates must be willing to work in that environment.
9. Duties: Prepare, organize, and lead this half-course; be available to students seeking assistance between classes; evaluate and provide students with feedback on their work.
10. Applications: All applications must be received by June 20, 2007. Please indicate in a letter of application why you believe your experience qualifies you to teach this particular course. Include a CV and the names and contact addresses/telephone numbers/emails of three referees.

Applications should be sent to:

Professor Kari Dehli, Associate Chair, Department of Sociology and Equity Studies in Education OISE/UT, 252 Bloor St West, Toronto, ON M5S 1V6

tel: 416.923.6641 ext 2271

fax: 416.926.4751

email: karidehli@oise.utoronto.ca

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1. Position: Sessional Lecturer for SES1915, Education and Popular Culture
2. Course Description: Learning not only takes place within the institutions of formal education, but through a myriad of practices of popular culture. Considering popular culture as inherently pedagogical, this course will address the learning that takes place through various everyday cultural practices and consider its implications for the work of educators. Practices to be considered include television, film, radio, digital media, musical performance, as well as aspects of material culture such as forms of dress, games, and toys.
3. Estimated course enrolment: 15 to 20
4. TA support: none
5. Class schedule: Tuesdays, 5:30 to 8:30pm
6. Sessional dates of appointment: September to December 2007
7. Salary: minimum of Sessional Lecturer I base rate for half course of $6,275 (inclusive of vacation pay)
8. Qualifications: Candidates must have a doctorate and some evidence of published scholarship demonstrating expertise in the areas of cultural studies, critical media studies and communication. Preference will be given to individuals with prior graduate teaching experience in the area. The Department is committed to equity, diversity, democracy, and respect among its members and candidates must be willing to work in that environment.
9. Duties: Prepare, organize, and lead this half-course graduate seminar; be available to students seeking assistance between classes; evaluate and provide students with feedback on their work.
10. Applications: All applications must be received by June 20, 2007. Please indicate in a letter of application why you believe your experience qualifies you to teach this particular course. Include a CV and the names and contact addresses/telephone numbers/emails of three referees.

Applications should be sent to:

Professor Kari Dehli, Associate Chair, Department of Sociology and Equity Studies in Education OISE/UT, 252 Bloor St West, Toronto, ON M5S 1V6

tel: 416.923.6641 ext 2271

fax: 416.926.4751

email: karidehli@oise.utoronto.ca

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1. Position: Sessional Lecturer to teach SES1905H: Qualitative Approaches to Sociological Research in Education
2. Course Description: This course will provide an introduction to qualitative sociological research in education. Readings will explore the relationship between research methods, methodology and critical theoretical perspectives. It will be appropriate for students who wish to explore the implications of a variety of theoretical approaches for ethnographic research, among other qualitative research methods. Stages of qualitative research (such as identifying a topic, organizing projects and writing proposals, gaining access, collecting data by in-depth interviews and participant observation, using documents, analyzing data, and writing reports) will be covered. Issues such as ethics, feminist and anti-racist research will also be covered.
3. Estimated course enrolment: 20
4. TA support: none
5. Class schedule: Mondays 5:30 to 8:30pm
6. Sessional dates of appointment: September 1, 2007 to December 31, 2007
7. Salary: minimum of Sessional Lecturer I base rate for half course of $6,275 (inclusive of vacation pay)
8. Qualifications: Candidates must have a doctorate and some evidence of published scholarship demonstrating expertise in qualitative approaches to research, and knowledge of critical debates in sociology and related areas about the political and ethical questions in qualitative research. Preference will be given to individuals with prior graduate teaching experience in these areas. The Department is committed to equity, diversity, democracy, and respect among its members and candidates must be willing to work in that environment.
9. Duties: Prepare, organize, and lead this half course; be available to students seeking assistance between classes; evaluate and provide students with feedback on their work.
10. Applications: All applications must be received by June 20, 2007. Please indicate in a letter of application why you believe your experience qualifies you to teach this particular course. Include a CV and the names and contact addresses/telephone numbers/emails of three referees.

Applications should be sent to:

Professor Kari Dehli, Associate Chair, Department of Sociology and Equity Studies in Education OISE/UT, 252 Bloor St West, Toronto, ON M5S 1V6

tel: 416.923.6641 ext 2271

fax: 416.926.4751

email: karidehli@oise.utoronto.ca

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1. Position: Sessional Lecturer to co-teach Approaches to Urban Education: Curriculum, Policy and Sociology
2. Course Description: We are seeking a sessional lecturer to co-teach the core course in a new Masters of Education cohort in Urban Education. This course will be co-taught by a team of instructors from 3 OISE departments. Students enrolled in the course are teachers in Toronto area schools. The course will provide an introduction to urban education as an interdisciplinary field of study; provide students with analytical and conceptual frames that can be used to understand issues and questions in urban education at the societal, community, and school level; and support the development of critical perspectives on power, privilege and participation in inner city schools.
3. Estimated course enrolment: 25
4. TA support: none
5. Class schedule: Wednesdays, 5:30 to 8:30pm
6. Sessional dates of appointment: September 2007 to April 2008
7. Salary: minimum of Sessional Lecturer I base rate for half course of $6,275 (inclusive of vacation pay)
8. Qualifications: Candidates must have a doctorate and some evidence of published scholarship demonstrating expertise in sociology of urban education across multiple dimensions of equity (class, gender, sexual orientation, race, disability). Preference will be given to individuals with prior graduate teaching experience in these areas. The Department is committed to equity, diversity, democracy, and respect among its members and candidates must be willing to work in that environment.
9. Duties: In collaboration with two co-instructors, prepare, organize, and lead this graduate seminar; be available to students seeking assistance between course sessions; evaluateand provide students with feedback on their work. Because this course is co-taught (by three instructors) the scheduling of sessions for which the stipendary instructor will be responsible will be negotiated with the remaining team members.
10. Applications: All applications must be received by June 20, 2007. Please indicate in a letter of application why you believe your experience qualifies you to teach this particular course. Include a CV and the names and contact addresses/telephone numbers/emails of three referees.

Applications should be sent to:

Professor Kari Dehli, Associate Chair, Department of Sociology and Equity Studies in Education OISE/UT, 252 Bloor St West, Toronto, ON M5S 1V6

tel: 416.923.6641 ext 2271

fax: 416.926.4751

email: karidehli@oise.utoronto.ca

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1. Position: Sessional Lecturer to teach SES 1992H: Feminism and Poststructuralism in Education
2. Course Description: This course introduces students to key questions in feminist, poststructuralist research and theory, including the nature of power and the subject; the workings of discourse; and the status and effects of knowledge. Detailed consideration is given to feminist poststructuralist accounts of education practice and feminist pedagogy.
3. Estimated course enrolment: 15-20
4. TA support: none
5. Class schedule: Tuesdays from 10am to 1pm
6. Sessional dates of appointment: January 1, 2008 to April 30, 2008
7. Salary: minimum of Sessional Lecturer I base rate for half course of $6,275 (inclusive of vacation pay)
8. Qualifications: Candidates must have a doctorate and some evidence of published scholarship demonstrating expertise in feminist and post-structural theory and research. Preference will be given to individuals with prior graduate teaching experience in these areas. The Department is committed to equity, diversity, democracy, and respect among its members and candidates must be willing to work in that environment.
9. Duties: Prepare, organize, and lead this half course; be available to students seeking assistance between classes; evaluate and provide students with feedback on their work.
10. Applications: All applications must be received by June 20, 2007. Please indicate in a letter of application why you believe your experience qualifies you to teach this particular course. Include a CV and the names and contact addresses/telephone numbers/emails of three referees.

Applications should be sent to:

Professor Kari Dehli, Associate Chair, Department of Sociology and Equity Studies in Education OISE/UT, 252 Bloor St West, Toronto, ON M5S 1V6

tel: 416.923.6641 ext 2271

fax: 416.926.4751

email: karidehli@oise.utoronto.ca