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Emergency Posting: Sessional Lecturer- HAD5741H - Health Law and Ethics

Toronto, ON
Mid Level

About the role

CUPE Local 3902 (Unit 3) Job Posting

Sessional Lecturer Position

Posting Date: August 12, 2025

Program: Master of Health Science in Health Administration (MHSc)

Sessional Dates of Appointment: Fall 2025, September to December

Course Title: HAD5741H – Health Law and Ethics

Course Description:

A health administrator needs to understand the legal environment within which management decisions occur. The law is often seen as ambiguous and amorphous.This course will provide you with an overview of key legal and ethical concepts and their application to the health field. Among the topics to be addressed are an overview of the law and legal process, business organizations, both “profit” and “not-for-profit”, litigation, consent and capacity, contracts, medical records, privacy, tenders, product liability and research. Specific ethical concerns and situations will be woven throughout the course. This course is not intended to turn health administrators into lawyers.

Objectives:

The course is intended to teach health sector administrators how to identify and navigate legal and ethical issues common to the health sector, and to know when to seek further legal assistance.

Course Details:

Class schedule: Modular

Estimated enrolment: 35

Estimated TA support: based on enrolment - None

Qualifications:

  • A LLB and relevant health care legal leadership and practice experience in Canada
  • Past teaching experience related to health law, preferably at the graduate level;
  • Prior experience in curriculum development and adult teaching-learning methods;
  • 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).

Duties:

  • Course instructor for a professional graduate course using competency-based learning and assessment methods.
  • Must be accessible to students outside of classroom hours.

Salary: Commensurate with experience

Application: Please send your CV and cover letter via e-mail to ihpme.cupe.unit3@utoronto.ca .

Closing Date: August 14, 2025

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

It is understood that some announcements of vacancies are tentative, pending final course determinations and enrolment. Should rates stipulated in the collective agreement vary from rates stated in this posting, the rates stated in the collective agreement shall prevail.

Preference in hiring is given to qualified individuals advanced to the rank of Sessional Lecturer II or Sessional Lecturer III in accordance with Article 14:12 of the CUPE 3902 Unit 3 collective agreement.

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.

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