About Toronto Metropolitan

Toronto Metropolitan University is Canada's leader in innovative, career-focused education and a university clearly on the move. It is a distinctly urban university with a focus on innovation and entrepreneurship. Toronto Metropolitan University has a mission to serve societal need and a long-standing commitment to engaging its community. Guided by a bold Academic Plan, an ambitious research agenda, and a Master Plan to revitalize the campus and surrounding neighbourhood, Toronto Metropolitan University is the most applied-to university in Ontario relative to available spaces, and its reputation with business and community leaders continues to rise.

We offers more than 100 undergraduate and graduate programs. Culturally diverse and inclusive, the university is home to 38,950 students, including 2,300 master's and PhD students, nearly 2,700 faculty and staff, and more than 170,000 alumni worldwide. Research at Toronto Metropolitan University is on a trajectory of success and growth: externally funded research has doubled in the past four years. The G.

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School of Continuing Education is Canada's leading provider of university-based adult education. The university's focus on innovation and entrepreneurship is represented most distinctly by the Digital Media Zone, a place for students to collaborate and bring their digital ideas to the marketplace.

Toronto Metropolitan University is reshaping the downtown core of Toronto with three new buildings: the Mattamy Athletic Centre at the Gardens, the Toronto Metropolitan University Image Centre in the heart of campus, and a Student Learning Centre on Yonge Street. In addition, currently in progress is the development of a recent multipurpose building, the Church Street development (CSD).



This new building will be located just north of Dundas on Church Street and will be home to four academic health services programs, Toronto Met.

University food services, administration, and a student residence.

Qualifications

Relevant Experience:

- Familiarity with DST501 or similar introductory Critical Disability Studies course
- Experience supporting students in creating online video assignments
- Familiarity with key debates surrounding ableist hate crime, medical assistance in dying, Deaf culture, genetic selection/eugenics, work and disability and cure science
- Experience with the implementation of universal design in learning principles in the online context
- Excellent understanding of D2L features
- Experience moderating working at the interface of google suite tools and D2L Brightspace

Salary & Compensation

September 1, 2026 to August 31, 2027 Academic Assistants Undergrad - $40.56 per hour

Additional Information

Please Note: Course delivery in Fall will be online, in-person or hybrid at the sole discretion of the hiring unit. Candidates hired for in-person courses will be required to carry out their teaching and/or other duties on campus. Candidates teaching remotely are required to have access to the appropriate technology, i.e. computer with camera and microphone and high-speed internet.

Attending Employer Orientation

Enter Hours:4 (Mandatory)

Conferring with SUP Instructor

No available

Preparation of Duties

No available

Attending Lectures

No available

Office Hrs/Student Consultatn.

Enter Hours 6

Serving as Tutors

No available

Superv/Monitoring labs/Demos

No available

Marking assignments/lab report

No available

Marking Quizzes/Tests/Exams

Enter Hours:30

Invigilation of Exams

No available

Other Duties

No available

Number of Registered Students

Enter # of Students 80

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