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Sessional Instructor – TRN 151Y Global Governance
Department: Faculty of Arts, Trinity College
Term: September 2026 – May 2027
Reports to: The Director of the Trinity One program; The Dean of Arts at Trinity College
Wage Range: 2025-2026 rate is $19,641.41 (includes 4% vacation & subject to statutory deductions). 2026-2027 rate TBD.
Role Status: This position is an existing vacancy.
Position Summary: Trinity College is looking to fill the position of sessional instructor for TRN 151 Global Governance.
This is a first-year seminar course, capped at 25 students in the Margaret MacMillan Trinity One program. For information about Trinity One, visit https://www.trinity.utoronto.ca/study-arts-science/trinity-one/
Course Number, Course Title & Course Description
TRN 151 Global Governance
This course is scheduled for Thursday 11 am -1 pm
Much attention is paid to when our public policies change. Very rarely do we critically analyze the quality of our policies and the dialogic process by which we improve our policy responses to shared global challenges. This seminar course considers when we are successful at improving the quality of our policies, enabling us to better address some of our most serious and complex global problems. We begin by establishing what we mean by global governance and provide you with the analytical tools to study global policy learning. We then discuss how international institutions and the roles of states and private not-for profit and for-profit sector agencies are shifting. We examine the successes and failures of these policy relationships across a wide range of policy case studies. We conclude by drawing out the implications of these developments for creating secure, vibrant, healthy and peaceful societies.
Breadth Requirement: 0.5 FCE 2) Thought, Belief and Behaviour 0.5 FCE 3) Society and Its Institutions.
Duties: The instructor will develop a curriculum and materials before the course begins; teach the weekly class; mark the assigned work by the grade deadline as well as any student work that comes in late; hold two weekly office hours; attend Trinity One co-curricular events, which are held several times a term, at 1pm on a Tuesday; attend faculty meetings.
Qualifications: Ph.D. or equivalent in political science, international relations or a related field. Preferably experience teaching first-year students and seminar courses. An excellent teaching record.
Application Process: To be considered, applicants must submit the following in MS Word/PDF format by email to mike.kessler@utoronto.ca
Trinity College is a federated university in the University of Toronto and offers excellent employment opportunities with exceptional benefits. The College is a culturally diverse community that sustains a tradition of academic excellence and provides a vibrant and welcoming community of students, faculty, alumni and staff.
Trinity College is committed to Employment Equity and Diversity based on merit, transparency, accessibility and inclusion ensuring that all candidates are given a fair opportunity. If you need this job posting in an alternative format or if you require accommodation measures, please contact us and we will work with you to meet your needs at every stage of the recruitment and selection process.
We thank all applicants for their interest in this position. Only those selected for an interview will be contacted.
The University of Trinity College is not a party to the CUPE 3902 Unit 1 or Unit 3 Collective Agreement.
Department: Faculty of Arts, Trinity College
Term: September 2026 – May 2027
Reports to: The Director of the Trinity One program; The Dean of Arts at Trinity College
Wage Range: 2025-2026 rate is $19,641.41 (includes 4% vacation & subject to statutory deductions). 2026-2027 rate TBD.
Role Status: This position is an existing vacancy.
Position Summary: Trinity College is looking to fill the position of sessional instructor for TRN 151 Global Governance.
This is a first-year seminar course, capped at 25 students in the Margaret MacMillan Trinity One program. For information about Trinity One, visit https://www.trinity.utoronto.ca/study-arts-science/trinity-one/
Course Number, Course Title & Course Description
TRN 151 Global Governance
This course is scheduled for Thursday 11 am -1 pm
Much attention is paid to when our public policies change. Very rarely do we critically analyze the quality of our policies and the dialogic process by which we improve our policy responses to shared global challenges. This seminar course considers when we are successful at improving the quality of our policies, enabling us to better address some of our most serious and complex global problems. We begin by establishing what we mean by global governance and provide you with the analytical tools to study global policy learning. We then discuss how international institutions and the roles of states and private not-for profit and for-profit sector agencies are shifting. We examine the successes and failures of these policy relationships across a wide range of policy case studies. We conclude by drawing out the implications of these developments for creating secure, vibrant, healthy and peaceful societies.
Breadth Requirement: 0.5 FCE 2) Thought, Belief and Behaviour 0.5 FCE 3) Society and Its Institutions.
Duties: The instructor will develop a curriculum and materials before the course begins; teach the weekly class; mark the assigned work by the grade deadline as well as any student work that comes in late; hold two weekly office hours; attend Trinity One co-curricular events, which are held several times a term, at 1pm on a Tuesday; attend faculty meetings.
Qualifications: Ph.D. or equivalent in political science, international relations or a related field. Preferably experience teaching first-year students and seminar courses. An excellent teaching record.
Application Process: To be considered, applicants must submit the following in MS Word/PDF format by email to mike.kessler@utoronto.ca
- Cover letter
- Current curriculum vitae
- Teaching dossier, including a teaching statement, recent syllabi, and teaching evaluations.
- List of references with contact information
Trinity College is a federated university in the University of Toronto and offers excellent employment opportunities with exceptional benefits. The College is a culturally diverse community that sustains a tradition of academic excellence and provides a vibrant and welcoming community of students, faculty, alumni and staff.
Trinity College is committed to Employment Equity and Diversity based on merit, transparency, accessibility and inclusion ensuring that all candidates are given a fair opportunity. If you need this job posting in an alternative format or if you require accommodation measures, please contact us and we will work with you to meet your needs at every stage of the recruitment and selection process.
We thank all applicants for their interest in this position. Only those selected for an interview will be contacted.
The University of Trinity College is not a party to the CUPE 3902 Unit 1 or Unit 3 Collective Agreement.
Salary : $19,641