Sessional Positions

SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY
SCHOOL OF RESOURCE AND ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
Sessional Instructor Postings Summer Semester 2024

The School of Resource and Environmental Management invites applications for the following Sessional Instructor positions:

Teaching Support Staff Union (TSSU)

REM 100 Global Change
Location: Online
Duration: May 6 to August 23, 2024
Lectures: Asynchronous lecture and tutorials
Salary: $7,574.00 for 3 contact hours
Course Description: This course provides students with an overview of global environmental change and its causes from a social science perspective, historically and at the present time. Population growth, an increasing ecological footprint and changes in ideology, social organization, economy and technology will be critically reviewed. New ways of thinking in natural and social science will be considered in relation to specific issues such as land, soil and food; energy, raw materials and solid waste; air pollution and transportation; water, oceans and fisheries; climate change; forestry and biodiversity; urbanization, and alternative futures.

Qualifications:

1. A graduate degree complete in Resource and Environmental Management or related field, PhD preferred, evidenced by a current CV (curriculum vitae).
2. Experience teaching REM courses considered an asset; with preference to applicants who have taught online courses.
3. Proficiency in Canvas course content system.
4. Experience managing teaching assistants.
5. Experience managing student communication effectively in remote course.

To Apply:

Please submit your formal application (including the documents listed below) by the deadline via e-mail to elissa_cyr@sfu.ca

1. Please indicate the course(s) you are most interested in by order of preference.
2. An application letter outlining your qualifications and interests with specific reference to the course description.
3. A current curriculum vitae.
4. A selection of students reviews from previous courses taught.
5. The names and phone numbers of two references familiar with your professional experience.
6. If submitting electronically, please include your name in all document names (i.e. jdoe_appl.doc, jdoe_refs.doc, jdoe_cv.doc, jdoe_course.doc).

Evaluation of the adequacy of these qualifications is at the Chair’s/Director’s discretion.

Closing Date: Monday, March 11, 2024 at 4:00 pm

Equity
The University is committed to the principle of equity in employment. (See Policy GP 19.)

Privacy
The information submitted with your application is collected under the authority of the University Act (R.S.B.C. 1996, c.468, s. 27(4)(a)), applicable federal and provincial employment regulations and requirements, the University's non-academic employment policies and applicable collective agreements.

The information is related directly to and needed by the University to initiate the employment application process. The information will be used to contact references supplied by you, evaluate your qualifications and complete the employment process by making a hiring decision. Applicant information may also be disclosed to the Teaching Support Staff Union in accordance with Article XIII F.3.1.b of the Collective Agreement.

If you have any questions about the collection, use and disclosure of this information please contact the Associate VP, Human Resources, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6. Telephone 778-782-3237.