Positions for Sessional Lecturers
Updated July 14, 2023
Updated July 26, 2023
Updated July 31, 2023
DEPARTMENT OF BIOLOGY
UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA
REQUEST FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST
CUPE 4163 (COMPONENT 3) SESSIONAL LECTURERS
Expressions of interest are invited for a sessional assignment for the following Winter Session 2023-24 courses.
January 08 – April 08, 2024
BIOL466 Frontiers in Marine Biology (3-0-0) (1.5 units total) M,R 1:00-2:30pm
Explores new advances in topics related to ocean biology, focussing on ocean change and responses in biological systems. Topics range from novel approaches to ocean discovery both in theory and in the field, to the role of humans in ocean change and mitigation. Content is based in ocean processes and ecological interactions ranging from microbes to ecosystem and from coasts to the deep sea.
Prerequisites: one of BIOL311/EOS311 - Biological Oceanography, BIOL319-Marine Ecology
Pre- or corequisites: BIOL330 – Study Design and Data Analysis
Anticipated enrollment: 26 students, maximum 26
Note: All sessional positions are subject to meeting minimum enrollment requirements.
Salary is subject to the Cupe4163- Component 3 collective agreement and is based on years of lecturing experience at a post-secondary institution. More information can be found on the UVic Human Resources website www.uvic.ca/hr/services/home/labour-relations/index.php
Expressions of interest for the January to April 2024 positions must be submitted in writing to Dr. Peter Constabel , Chair, Department of Biology, University of Victoria. P.O. Box 1700 Stn CSC, Victoria, BC V8W 2Y2 Tel: (250) 721-7092 Fax: (250) 721-7120 care of bioadmin@uvic.ca on or before Thursday August 31, 2023.
Employment decisions are anticipated September 14, 2023.
The Department of Biology reserves the right to fill additional teaching assignments from the pool of applicants for this posting.
The University of Victoria is an equity employer and encourages applications from women, persons with disabilities, visible minorities and aboriginal persons, people of all sexual orientations and genders, and others who may contribute to the further diversification of the University.