Date Posted: 08/05/2026
Req ID: 49740
Faculty/Division: Faculty of Architecture,Landscape&Design;
Department: Daniels Faculty of Arch., Land & Design
Campus: St. George (Downtown Toronto)
Course Description: The purpose of the course is to study a site through its stakeholders' (or actors) eyes and define their needs, following a two-step process: exploring how notions of nature, setting, and landscape (NEL) are understood, represented, and shaped by stakeholders at the thesis site. These notions form part of a worldview, that is, the lens through which the site will be approached. Secondly, exploration of the site will allow one to pinpoint and define, by the end of the term, the focus, i.e., the research/design questions, to which a design solution will be applied.
Dates of Appointments: September 1, 2026 - December 31, 2026
Estimated Course Enrollment: 35 students
Class Schedule: TH 12:00-15:00
Hours of work: 100
Salary: $55.25/hour (plus vacation pay)*Please note that rates stipulated in the collective agreement vary from rates stated in this posting, the rates stated in the collective agreement will prevail.
Minimum Qualifications: PhD candidate in the Humanities or Social Science Fields.
Preferred Qualifications: Must have received a minimum grade of A in course.
Duties: In this course, SIA will assist instructor in guiding students through their selection of disciplinary frameworks, audio/visual material, and scholarly references in order to properly document and address a site condition.



SIA will annotate and grade a series of assignments that aim at processing the documentation and culminate in a research report. In the latter, SIA will assess how students articulate together literature review, audio/visual documentation, methodology, and related design program/research questions in response to site-specific worldviews.
Closing Date: 08/07/2026, 11:59PM EDT**
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.
Candidates who are members of Indigenous. Black, racialized and 2SLGBTQ+ communities, persons with disabilities, and other equity-deserving groups are encouraged to apply, and their lived experience shall be taken into consideration as applicable to the position.
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.

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📌 Sessional Instructional AssistantHF - Landscape Architecture Research Methods (Ontario)
🏢 University of Toronto
📍 Ontario