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Course position:
Sessional Instructional Assistant
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Course description:
Advancing technology increases our ability to intervene in the course of natural events involving human health and well-being. This one-term 0.5 FCE course will broadly focus on ethical questions and dilemmas in both pathology and embryology. Topics to be reviewed include, but are not limited to, ethical considerations in research, biobanking, confidentiality in the use of samples, autopsy ethics, ethics of clinical teaching, emerging reproductive technologies, gene editing, genetic alteration/genetic enhancement, and the ethical implications of changes to the germ line.
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Dates of Appointment
Winter 2025 semester
January 1, 2025-April 30, 2025
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Hours:
72 hours
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Salary
$52.26/hour
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Minimum Qualifications:
Masters in Science with direct knowledge and training in Bioethics.
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Preferred Qualifications:
Priority will be given to candidates with experience at graduate level teaching in Bioethics, especially in the Biomedical field.
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Duties:
This course will be delivered in-person. Sessional Instructional Assistant duties include in-person attendance during the time of course delivery ensuring the classroom and student interactions are being supported through education lectures, material and activities in ethics and biomedical ethics reflecting the Clinical Embryology and the Pathologists’ Assistant disciplines. The SIA will prepare material and lead discussions as required.
• Provide office hours to students related to course material including understanding and preparing assignments.
• Creation, maintenance and management of the Quercus site for the course, collecting material from the lecturers in advance and posting lecturer slide sets (power points), handouts, reading lists, journal articles and bibliographies and preparing other course content as required.
• Reading appropriate text and source material as required, especially to prepare for class discussions and assignments.
• Setting up, preparing and overseeing all aspects of in-person course delivery. Attending all classes in-person and providing assistance in the classroom to lecturers and students.
• Meeting and consulting with course supervisor as required.
In the event of a change in public health and university guidelines the course delivery may change to online Zoom delivery under the direction, guidance and management of the course SIA.
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APPLICATION DEADLINE is November 21, 2024
Due to the expected high volumes of applications, only successful applicants will be notified.
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INQUIRIES:
Please contact lmp.labmed@utoronto.ca for questions about this position.
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POLICIES:
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, LGBTQ persons, and others who may contribute to the further diversification of ideas.
The University of Toronto invites all qualified applicants to make application.
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.
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.
All jobs are posted in accordance with the CUPE 3902 Unit 1 Collective Agreement. It is understood that some announcements of vacancies are tentative, pending final course determinations and enrollment.
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 Department's Hiring policy is available in the Department office and at the CUPE Local 3902 office.
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A special link to resume the form will be sent to your email address.
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