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Course Details

Job Details

Minimum Qualifications

A 4-year degree in Biology with appropriate background for the course to be demonstrated. Must be available to attend on-site during scheduled PRA sessions.

Preferred Qualifications

Preferred Qualifications include: academic qualifications, enrolment as a graduate student, previous TA experience, suitability for the position and appropriate background in the subject/specialty within the Department of Biology

Relevant Criterion

Previous experience is the more relevant criterion than the need to acquire experience in respect of this posted position.

Duties

Typical duties may include but are not limited to: preparing tests/labs/exams, attending meetings with supervisor, setting up laboratory materials, demonstrating in lab/seminar, demonstrating equipment, consulting with students, marking quizzes/ tests/oral presentations, marking exams, invigilating

Notes

▪ Posted positions are tentative, pending final course determinations and enrolments.

▪ Rate of pay: In accordance with the current CUPE 3902 Collective Agreement, effective January 1, 2025, the rate of pay for a teaching assistant is $52.97 per hour. Should rates stipulated in the Collective Agreement vary from rates stated in this posting, the rates stated in the Collective Agreement shall prevail.

▪ Visit the Biology website (www.utm.utoronto.ca/biology) for more information on these courses. Visit the Registrar’s Office On-Line Timetable website for details on days, times, and locations of courses - https://ttb.utoronto.ca/

▪ The University of Toronto is strongly committed to diversity within its community and especially welcomes applications from racialized persons / persons of colour, women, Indigenous / Aboriginal People of North America, persons with disabilities, LGBTQ2S+ persons, and others who may contribute to the further diversification of ideas.

▪ Candidates who are members of Indigenous, Black, racialized and LGBTQ2S+ communities, persons with disabilities, and other equity seeking groups are encouraged to apply, and their lived experience shall be taken into consideration as applicable to the position.

▪ The University strives to be an equitable and inclusive community, and proactively seeks to increase diversity among its community members. Our values regarding equity and diversity are linked with our unwavering commitment to excellence in the pursuit of our academic mission. The University is committed to the principles of the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA). As such, we strive to make our recruitment, assessment and selection processes as accessible as possible and provide accommodations as required for applicants with disabilities. If you require any accommodations at any point during the application and hiring process, please contact uoft.careers@utoronto.ca. During employment, to request accommodation from the University, contact the supervisor or department chair and/or Health & Wellbeing Programs & Services at hwb@utoronto.ca. For more information about accommodations at U of T, please visit our Accommodation webpage. If during the application and/or selection process you require accommodation due to a disability, please contact Victoria Senatore at victoria.senatore@utoronto.ca.

▪ Duties of this position shall be performed at the campus on which the position is located. Where the duties are intended to be performed at another location, such other location will be specified in the posting.

▪ The hiring criteria for Teaching Assistant positions are academic qualifications, the need to acquire experience, previous experience and previous satisfactory employment under the provisions of this Collective Agreement.

▪ This job is posted in accordance with the CUPE 3902 Unit 1 Collective Agreement.

▪ Positions posted here are open to Graduate Students in the School of Graduate Studies, Postdoctoral Fellows and Undergraduate Students in the University of Toronto.

▪ Preference in hiring shall be given to Graduate Students enrolled in the School of Graduate Studies of the University of Toronto or those who have made application to be enrolled in the School of Graduate Studies of the University of Toronto.

▪ Subsequent appointment obligations may be filled on any of the three campuses.