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Sessionals Postings
The Department of Geography invites applications for the following position(s):
Sessional Instructors
Fall Semester 2024
Teaching Support Staff Union (TSSU)
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All positions have a closing date of Tuesday, July 31, 2024 at 4 pm.
Applicants should submit an online application and supporting documents. Further information is available on the Department of Geography Website.
If you cannot submit an online application, we will accept your application in person at the Department of Geography office (RCB 7123) to the attention of Tiina Klasen.
For questions and inquiries, please email the Chair’s Assistant at geogsec@sfu.ca or contact the Manager, Academic and Administrative services at 778.782.2558 or geogmgr@sfu.ca.
In addition to the listed qualifications for each position, the Department of Geography will define qualification in accordance with the Collective Agreement with the Teaching Support Staff Union (TSSU). Evaluation of the adequacy of qualifications is at the Chair’s/Director’s discretion.
Compensation is based on contact hours and is detailed in the TSSU Collective Agreement .
Appointment priority is in accordance with the Collective Agreement and the Sessional Instructor Seniority List provided by the University.
Positions marked Reserve Sessional Instructor will be prioritized to Graduate and Post-Doctoral applicants in the Department of Geography. However, all qualified applicants are invited to apply.
The tentative class schedule is available online. Please check the schedule before applying.
The University is committed to the principle of equity in employment.
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.a (iv) 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, ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV, Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6. Telephone 778-782-3237.
Offers are subject to enrollment and budgetary approval.
COURSE: |
GEOG 100 - Our World – Introducing Human Geography |
LOCATION: |
Burnaby Campus |
DURATION: |
August 26 – December 20, 2024 |
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1X1 hour lecture (Wednesdays, 11:30-12:20 pm) and 1X2 hour lecture (Fridays, 10:30 –12:20 pm); TA supervision; 3 contact hours |
QUALIFICATIONS: |
Applicants should have a graduate degree; preferably a PhD in geography or a related discipline, and expertise and relevant demonstrated ability teaching with student-centred, active learning pedagogy in order to engage students from a range of science and social science backgrounds. Qualifications include: extensive knowledge of the discipline of Human Geography, and its core concepts and perspectives, and proficiency in introducing students to the scope of human geography across a range of contexts (e.g. the city, population, nature, economy, culture, politics) while introducing them to the particular perspectives that human geographers bring to these topics.
Learning goals: · Discriminate among the various approaches human geographers use to describe and explain human activities from a spatial perspective · Understand how human geography fits within the broader discipline of geography · Understand and use key human geography concepts (e.g. space, place, scale, mobility, spatial imaginaries) · Document and explain basic spatial processes and trends related to population, culture, food and agriculture, politics, economic development, and urbanization · Use spatial reasoning in order to articulate the interconnections between geographical processes at local, regional, national and international scales · Have sufficiently developed early undergraduate-level research, communication, and citation skills
This course has a Breadth Social Science designation; course content must fulfill this requirement /vpacademic/our-role/academic-planning/curriculum-development/general-education-wqb/WQB-definitions-criteria.html
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