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The Sessional Lecturer will co-instruct a professional graduate course, focusing on competency-based learning and assessment methods. They are responsible for course design, student outcome assessment, and maintaining accessibility to students outside of classroom hours.

Job details

CUPE Local 3902 (Unit 3) Job Posting Sessional Lecturer Position Posting Date: September 21, 2026 Program: Masters of Health Informatics (MHI) Sessional Dates of Appointment: Winter 2027, January – AprilExisting Vacancy: Yes Course Title: eMHI2007H – Quantitative Skills in Health Informatics Course Description: This course is designed to give students a working knowledge of different types of data in healthcare, health data governance, data privacy, data standards, data quality, and selected applied statistical techniques relevant to healthcare settings. Through this course, students will review common statistical methods used in health research and get familiarized with using SAS to implement these methods for data analysis. In addition, students will learn about clinical data sciences. The emphasis will be placed on the fundamental of clinical data sciences, related skills and conceptual understanding of data analytics techniques (Regex, SQL, RapidMiner). The goal is for students to gain experience in practical statistical and data analytics techniques to handle and manage their daily professional tasks. Objectives: The goal is for students to gain experience in practical statistical and data analytics techniques to handle and manage their daily professional tasks. Course Details: Class schedule: Weekly sessions from 5:10 pm to 7 pm on Tuesdays between January 12 and April 20, 2027. Delivery mode: In-person Estimated enrolment: 35 Estimated TA support: None Qualifications: PhD or Masters level education in Measurement and Evaluation, Statistics or related field; Demonstrated experience conducting research projects requiring quantitative, qualitative and mixed research methodology; Experience in design and implementation of data collection instruments and effective methods for communicating research results; Experience teaching graduate-level courses, preferably in research methodology and/or statistics related field; Demonstrated ability to relate to mature students and facilitate group learning processes; Comfortable with electronic teaching tools such as Learning Management Systems (e.g., Quercus), PowerPoint, as well as on-line collaboration tools (Blogs, Wikkis, Discussion Boards, Webinars, or Video-conferencing). Duties: Course co-instructor for a professional graduate course using competency-based learning and assessment methods. Responsible for course design and assessment of student outcomes. Must be accessible to students outside of classroom hours. 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, outlining additional value you will bring to teaching the course via e-mail to ihpme.cupe.unit3@utoronto.ca . Closing Date: October 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.

What you’ll do

The Sessional Lecturer will co-instruct a professional graduate course, focusing on competency-based learning and assessment methods. They are responsible for course design, student outcome assessment, and maintaining accessibility to students outside of classroom hours.

Requirements

Candidates must hold a PhD or Master's degree in Statistics, Measurement and Evaluation, or a related field. They should have demonstrated experience in research methodology, data analysis, and teaching at the graduate level.

Listed skills

• SQL · Preferred

Other relevant skills

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• Health informatics
• Data governance
• Data privacy
• Data standards
• Data quality
• Statistical techniques
• SAS
• Clinical data sciences
• Regex
• SQL
• RapidMiner
• Research methodology
• Competency-based learning
• Course design
• Data analytics
• SQL (Programming Language)
• Data Analysis
• Communication
• Microsoft PowerPoint
• Data Privacy
• Learning Management Systems
• Data Quality
• Research
• Data Governance
• Video Conferencing
• SAS (Software)
• Statistical Methods
• Statistics
• Blogs
• Data Collection
• Teaching
• Web Conferencing
• Health Research
• Educational Assessment
• Research Methodologies
• Collaborative Software
• Health Informatics
• Regular Expressions

Job areas

• Education
• Data & Analytics
• Healthcare
• Science & Research
• Functional Skills Lecturer
• Statistics Professor
• University and Higher Education Teachers
• Mathematical Science Teachers, Postsecondary
• Postsecondary Teachers