Date Posted: 10/24/2026
Closing Date: 11/16/2026, 11:59PM EDT
Req ID: 50748
Job Category: Sessional Instruction
Faculty/Division: Temerty Faculty of Medicine
Department: Dept of Lab. Medicine & Pathobiology
Campus: St. George (Downtown Toronto)
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.
Number of available Positions and FCE: 0.25 FCE x 2 positions
Estimated course enrollment: 10 students
Estimated TA support: n/a
Class schedule: Wednesday, 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Sessional dates of appointment: January 1, 2027 to April 30, 2027
Salary (0.25 - course will be co-taught):
Sessional Lecturer I - $4,998.74 Sessional Lecturer I - Long Term - $5,349.61 Sessional Lecturer II - $5,349.61 Sessional Lecturer II - Long Term - $5,476.98 Sessional Lecturer III - $5,476.98 Sessional Lecturer III - Long Term -$5,614.45
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.
Minimum qualifications: Masters in Science with direct knowledge and training in Bioethics.
Preferred qualifications: Priority will be given to candidates with experience at graduate level teaching in Bioethics, especially in the Biomedical field.
Description of duties:
Preparation and delivery of course content, including lectures and/or seminars; creation of courseware; the development and administration of assignments, tests and examinations; marking and grading of student work and the submission of grades to appropriate University officials, maintenance of reasonable hours of student contact outside of scheduled contact hours. 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.
Application instructions: Please submit application using the following form: Winter 2027: Sessional Lecturer - LMP2003H: Biomedical Ethics (0.5FCE)
CAUTION: This ad is “posted only” to the U of T CUPE 3902 Unit 3 job board. Please see the information directly above for the application instructions; applications submitted via the "Apply Now" button on this page will NOT be considered for this position.
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.
