Instructor POLI 2P12 Spring D3

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Post End Date :

February 20, 2026 at 11 : 59 PMThis job advertisement is to fill an existing vacancy in the CUPE4207-1 (Employee Group)

Title of Course : POLI 2P12, Canadian Government and Politics

Compensation

Effective September 1, 2024 - $7, per half course (195 hours nominally)

Effective September 1, 2024 - $14, per full course (390 hours nominally)

Please note : Instructors who are employed in a 2-hour / week lecture, or the equivalent of a 2-hour / week lecture, are responsible for the first hour of seminar / lab in each course.

Duties

Note : This course is scheduled to be offered online.

The focus of this course is to examine the core institutions of Canadian government, including federalism, parliamentary government, electoral systems, the judiciary, constitutional rights, and the machinery of government, and to explore how these institutions shape and are shaped by political parties, Indigenous politics, and other social forces.

Duties and responsibilities will be in accordance with Article of the Collective Agreement. These include scheduled contact time with students and non-classroom time (preparation of lectures, student consultation, marking and grading and course administration, including grade appeals and cases of academic dishonesty).

Qualifications

PhD in Political Science with a specialization in Canadian government and politics and evidence of active research interest and teaching experience in this area. PhD candidates engaged in thesis research in Canadian government and politics with relevant teaching experience will also be considered.