University of Toronto Mississauga

Institute of Communication and Culture

 Centre for Visual and Media Culture

“EMERGENCY” Job Posting for Sessional Instructional Assistant

This job is posted in accordance with the CUPE 3902 Unit 3 Collective Agreement.

Effective Date for the below position: September 6, 2007

Closing Date for the below position: September 10, 2007

The following Sessional Instructional Assistant position for the Fall 2007 academic session is currently available. The Art History and Art and Art History programs invite applications from qualified candidates who are not current University of Toronto students.

How to submit an application:

Please submit a CV and a letter of application to:

Professor Louis Kaplan, Director

Centre for Visual & Media Culture

University of Toronto at Mississauga

3359 Mississauga Rd. N.

Mississauga,  ON  L5L 1C6   

Or preferably, by e-mail at cvmcjobs@utm.utoronto.ca  

No late applications will be accepted

The salary rate (+ 4% vacation), in accordance with the CUPE 3902, Unit 3 Collective Agreement effective September 1, 2007 is $36.17 per hour

Notices and job ads are located here on this site as well as:

1.  CVMC Bulletin Board

2.  CUPE 3902, Unit 3 

Course Description:

FAH391H5S History of Photography

Examines the history of photography in Euro-American visual culture and explores how this medium of mass communication has transformed our perceptions and conceptions of art, society, and culture over the past two centuries. Reviews key imagemakers and areas of production concluding with impact of digital imaging.

Estimated number of positions: 1

Estimated enrolment: 75

Hours of work: 75 hours

Class schedule: Wednesday 4.00pm-6.00pm

Date of appointment: September - December 2007, (actual work may extend into January 2007)

Qualifications: The successful candidate will have completed a PhD in Art History; non University of

Toronto graduate students who are close to completion and/or have demonstrated excellence in

teaching a similar course will also be considered.

Duties:  Marking of student work and submission of grades to university officials.