About the role
The University and Employment Preparation Department at Thompson Rivers University invites applications for a sessional faculty member to teach the following Adult Basic Education courses (including labs) in Kamloops Fall 2025: CHEM 0600 (Foundations of Chemistry)
Chemistry 0600 is a pre-university level course for students requiring the equivalent of Chemistry 12. Topics covered include gas laws, reaction kinetics, chemical equilibrium, solubility of ionic substances, acids and bases, oxidation-reduction and organic chemistry. The laboratory reinforces concepts introduced in the lecture as well as safe laboratory practices and laboratory skills.
QUALIFICATIONS
- Master's degree in a relevant field (required)
- At least one degree in science in a relevant field (required)
- Teaching Certificate or Instructor’s Diploma or 5 years teaching experience (required)
- Experience teaching students whose educational, social, and economic backgrounds are diverse, and for whom previous school experience may have been challenging (required)
- Experience teaching in a laboratory setting (required)
- Demonstrated evidence of scholarly teaching (required)
- Minimum of 5 years teaching experience in ABE science courses (preferred)
- Skills in building intercultural understanding, empathy and mutual respect (TRC CA 63) (preferred)
- Experience integrating Indigenous knowledge and teaching methods (TRC CA 62) (preferred)
- Teaching excellence including developing culturally appropriate curricula (TRC CA 10) (preferred)
About Thompson Rivers University
We are a comprehensive, learner-centred, sustainable university that serves its regional, national and international learners and their communities through high quality and flexible education, training, research and scholarship.
Our students have access to traditional undergraduate and graduate degree programs, certificates and diplomas. Robust laddering options mean flexible degree completion through online, distance education with TRU Open Learning.
We are community-minded with a global conscience, boldly redefining the university as a place of belonging—Kw’seltktnéws (we are all related and interconnected with nature, each other, and all things)—where all people are empowered to transform themselves, their communities, and the world.
TRU is a public post-secondary institution, funded by the Province of British Columbia through the Ministry of Advanced Education. We are a full member of AUCC (Association of Universities and College in Canada) and ACCC (Association of Canadian Community Colleges).
We are based in British Columbia, Canada. Our two campuses are located in Kamloops and Williams Lake.
About the role
The University and Employment Preparation Department at Thompson Rivers University invites applications for a sessional faculty member to teach the following Adult Basic Education courses (including labs) in Kamloops Fall 2025: CHEM 0600 (Foundations of Chemistry)
Chemistry 0600 is a pre-university level course for students requiring the equivalent of Chemistry 12. Topics covered include gas laws, reaction kinetics, chemical equilibrium, solubility of ionic substances, acids and bases, oxidation-reduction and organic chemistry. The laboratory reinforces concepts introduced in the lecture as well as safe laboratory practices and laboratory skills.
QUALIFICATIONS
- Master's degree in a relevant field (required)
- At least one degree in science in a relevant field (required)
- Teaching Certificate or Instructor’s Diploma or 5 years teaching experience (required)
- Experience teaching students whose educational, social, and economic backgrounds are diverse, and for whom previous school experience may have been challenging (required)
- Experience teaching in a laboratory setting (required)
- Demonstrated evidence of scholarly teaching (required)
- Minimum of 5 years teaching experience in ABE science courses (preferred)
- Skills in building intercultural understanding, empathy and mutual respect (TRC CA 63) (preferred)
- Experience integrating Indigenous knowledge and teaching methods (TRC CA 62) (preferred)
- Teaching excellence including developing culturally appropriate curricula (TRC CA 10) (preferred)
About Thompson Rivers University
We are a comprehensive, learner-centred, sustainable university that serves its regional, national and international learners and their communities through high quality and flexible education, training, research and scholarship.
Our students have access to traditional undergraduate and graduate degree programs, certificates and diplomas. Robust laddering options mean flexible degree completion through online, distance education with TRU Open Learning.
We are community-minded with a global conscience, boldly redefining the university as a place of belonging—Kw’seltktnéws (we are all related and interconnected with nature, each other, and all things)—where all people are empowered to transform themselves, their communities, and the world.
TRU is a public post-secondary institution, funded by the Province of British Columbia through the Ministry of Advanced Education. We are a full member of AUCC (Association of Universities and College in Canada) and ACCC (Association of Canadian Community Colleges).
We are based in British Columbia, Canada. Our two campuses are located in Kamloops and Williams Lake.