Sessional Lecturer - URD1518HS:Selected Topics in Urban Design

Date Posted: 10/19/2026
Req ID: 50616
Faculty/Division: Faculty of Architecture,Landscape&Design;
Department: Daniels Faculty of Arch., Land & Design
Campus: St. George (Downtown Toronto)

Description:

Course number and title: URD1504HS - Selected Topics in Urban Design

Course description: This course will provide students with opportunities to study and carry out research on a contemporary subject within urban design. Instructor is encouraged to foreground forms of representation as a medium and/or tools of engagement in assignments.

Sessional Dates of Appointment: January 1, 2027 - April 30, 2027

*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: MArc with a MUD or MSc in Urban Planning degree and skilled urban design experience preferred.

Preferred Qualifications: Applicants with a proven record of scholarship and/or teaching urban design and at the graduate level and knowledge of contemporary urban design issues.

Duties: Preparation and delivery of course material; managing digital teaching materials; preparation and delivery of assignments, tests, final examinations and deferred final examinations; marking of student work, submission of grades, dealing with student enquiries, appeals and petitions and student contact hours.

Closing Date: 11/06/2026, 11:59PM EDT

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