Sessional Lecturer: CHL5109H - Gender & Health

Course # & Course Title: CHL5109H - Gender and Health

Course Description:

This graduate seminar serves as the core course for the Collaborative Specialization in Women’s Health. It examines women’s health issues from multiple standpoints, theories, and methods, drawing upon perspectives from the social sciences, humanities, and sciences. This course begins with a historical summary of the women’s health movement within the context of dominant medical discourse and practice. This is followed by an overview of sex and gender and their importance to health research and health promotion. Subsequent lectures focus on theories (e.g., feminism, intersectionality, masculinities, critical disability, biomedicalization, Foucault) that have interrupted the dominant view and contributed to new understandings of women and their bodies, and methodologies that are cutting edge (e.g., Indigenous arts-based approaches, story-telling), as applied to better understanding local and global health issues (e.g., LGBTQ+ health, mental health, autoimmune disorders, HIV, body image, and gender-based violence).

Course Objectives and Learning Outcomes:

Students will learn about diverse:

• theoretical frameworks
• research methods
• women’s health issues

To stimulate critical thinking about:

• sex and gender within the realm of women’s health
• the impact of social constructions and intersecting identities on women’s bodies
• various research methods as applied to different women’s health issues
• the value of bringing multiple perspectives to bear on the same research question

And develop:

• skills in analysis and synthesis of diverse research perspectives
• interdisciplinary dialogue and debate
• collaboration

Estimated course enrolment: 16

Estimated TA support: none

Schedule: Thursdays, 1 to 4 pm (via Zoom)

Sessional dates: January to April 2025

Salary: $ 4,728.95 (Sessional Lecturer I)

$ 4,965.40 (Sessional Lecturer I Long Term)

$ 5,060.89 (Sessional Lecturer II)

$ 5,163.31 (Sessional Lecturer II Long Term)

$ 5,181.38 (Sessional Lecturer III)

$ 5,285.01 (Sessional Lecturer III Long Term)

(Salary inclusive of 4% or 6% vacation pay, where applicable)

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.

Qualifications:

• PhD or equivalent in a relevant field; Expertise in women’s health, gender and health, sex and gender+;
• Familiarity with a diverse range of theoretical and methodological approaches to women’s health;
• Familiarity with the Collaborative Specialization in Women’s Health at the University of Toronto;
• Comfortable with electronic teaching tools such as Learning Management Systems (e.g., Quercus), PowerPoint, as well as on-line collaboration tools (Blogs, Wikkis, Discussion Boards, Webinars, or Video-conferencing).

Description of duties:

• course co-instructor
• Management of Quercus platform
• Curriculum planning and implementation
• Weekly co-teaching
• Evaluation and grading
• Accessible to students outside of classroom hours
• Available evenings and weekends as necessary

Closing date: November 1, 2024

All individuals interested in this position must submit a Curriculum Vitae, and the CUPE 3902 Unit 3 application form (PDF or RTF, also available at https://uoft.me/CUPE-3902-Unit-3-Application-Form) to:

c/o Pierre Lee, Business Manager

Dalla Lana School of Public Health

University of Toronto

Email: [email protected]

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.

This job is posted in accordance with the CUPE 3902 Unit 3 Collective Agreement.

Preference in hiring is given to qualified individuals to the rank of Sessional Lecturer II and Sessional Lecturer III in accordance with Article 14:12.

It is understood that some announcements of vacancies are tentative, pending final course determinations and enrolment.