About the role
CUPE Local 3902 (Unit 3) Job Posting
Sessional Lecturer Position
Posting Date: August 12, 2025
Program: Master of Health Administration (MHSc)
Sessional Dates of Appointment: Fall 2025, September to December
Course Title: HAD5769H – Human Resources Management and Labour Relations in the Health Field
Course Description:
The overall objective of this course is to increase learners’ appreciation for and skills in managing a diverse workforce in health care. The focus is on creating high quality health care workplaces through strengthening the employment relationship (including union-management relations) taking into account the social, economic and regulatory context within which that relationship is defined. As health care organizations have decentralized decision-making, many of the traditional HRM functions have become the domain of the manager. In some organizations the human resources management processes are well integrated with overall organizational strategy while in others they are limited to the technical component. Students will be introduced to the basic human resources management functions including selection, training, performance management and management of the collective agreement but, it is not the intent that they will become specialists in these areas. The principal strategic issues which will be addressed include what it means to be a high quality workplace, the changing nature of work and workplace organization including employee engagement as a human resource strategy, the concern with productivity and the measurement of that productivity through performance indicators in a rapidly restructuring system, the impact of new working arrangements on the employer-employee relationship and the creation of learning organizations. Cases, course readings, role playing and guest lecturers are the approaches used to give learners an opportunity to critically analyze the complexity of the employment relationship.
Objectives:
Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
- Analyze strategies to link human resources practices to the overall formation and implementation of strategies in health service organizations
- Based on the evidence, demonstrate how managers can create healthy workplaces
- Apply the regulatory framework which affects human resources management practices to a number of cases
- Understand the relationship of work design to the changing skill mix of the health care workforce
- Determine the manager’s role in human resources management and the role of the HR specialist in advising management
- Demonstrate how health care managers can work within a Collective Agreement
- Compare the differing perspectives managers and employees have of the employment relationship
- Increase own understanding of the different perspectives individuals have about diversity
- Develop strategies for addressing the challenges faced by health care managers in managing the performance of a diverse workforce
- Examine one’s perspective related to the concept of justice (fairness) and how it can be reflected in HRM practices
- Differentiate different approaches to compensation practices and their challenges
- Describe the relationship of competency development to job analysis, recruitment, selection and retention
- Evaluate effectiveness of different approaches in the management of employee performance
- Conduct effective performance management interviews
- Distinguish between different approaches to the management of knowledge within the organization
- Become more familiar with the types of employee health related problems in the healthcare workplace and management practices used to address these issues
- Present research findings before an audience of experienced administrators and scientists
Course Details:
Class schedule: Modular
Estimated enrolment: 34 students
Estimated TA support: based on enrolment – None
Qualifications:
Faculty members have a masters degree, as well as relevant health care human resources leadership and experience.
Duties:
Faculty members will update course syllabus, manage course Quercus page, plan sessions, invite guest speakers, facilitate group learning, lecture on relevant materials, assess students individually and through groups.
Salary: Commensurate with experience and qualifications
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.
About University of Toronto
Founded in 1827, the University of Toronto is Canada’s top university with a long history of challenging the impossible and transforming society through the ingenuity and resolve of our faculty, students, alumni, and supporters.
We are proud to be one of the world’s top research-intensive universities, bringing together top minds from every conceivable background and discipline to collaborate on the world’s most pressing challenges. As a catalyst for discovery, innovation, and progress, we prepare our students for success through an outstanding global education and commitment to inclusive excellence.
The ideas, innovations, and actions of more than 660,000 graduates advance U of T’s impact on communities across the globe.
About the role
CUPE Local 3902 (Unit 3) Job Posting
Sessional Lecturer Position
Posting Date: August 12, 2025
Program: Master of Health Administration (MHSc)
Sessional Dates of Appointment: Fall 2025, September to December
Course Title: HAD5769H – Human Resources Management and Labour Relations in the Health Field
Course Description:
The overall objective of this course is to increase learners’ appreciation for and skills in managing a diverse workforce in health care. The focus is on creating high quality health care workplaces through strengthening the employment relationship (including union-management relations) taking into account the social, economic and regulatory context within which that relationship is defined. As health care organizations have decentralized decision-making, many of the traditional HRM functions have become the domain of the manager. In some organizations the human resources management processes are well integrated with overall organizational strategy while in others they are limited to the technical component. Students will be introduced to the basic human resources management functions including selection, training, performance management and management of the collective agreement but, it is not the intent that they will become specialists in these areas. The principal strategic issues which will be addressed include what it means to be a high quality workplace, the changing nature of work and workplace organization including employee engagement as a human resource strategy, the concern with productivity and the measurement of that productivity through performance indicators in a rapidly restructuring system, the impact of new working arrangements on the employer-employee relationship and the creation of learning organizations. Cases, course readings, role playing and guest lecturers are the approaches used to give learners an opportunity to critically analyze the complexity of the employment relationship.
Objectives:
Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
- Analyze strategies to link human resources practices to the overall formation and implementation of strategies in health service organizations
- Based on the evidence, demonstrate how managers can create healthy workplaces
- Apply the regulatory framework which affects human resources management practices to a number of cases
- Understand the relationship of work design to the changing skill mix of the health care workforce
- Determine the manager’s role in human resources management and the role of the HR specialist in advising management
- Demonstrate how health care managers can work within a Collective Agreement
- Compare the differing perspectives managers and employees have of the employment relationship
- Increase own understanding of the different perspectives individuals have about diversity
- Develop strategies for addressing the challenges faced by health care managers in managing the performance of a diverse workforce
- Examine one’s perspective related to the concept of justice (fairness) and how it can be reflected in HRM practices
- Differentiate different approaches to compensation practices and their challenges
- Describe the relationship of competency development to job analysis, recruitment, selection and retention
- Evaluate effectiveness of different approaches in the management of employee performance
- Conduct effective performance management interviews
- Distinguish between different approaches to the management of knowledge within the organization
- Become more familiar with the types of employee health related problems in the healthcare workplace and management practices used to address these issues
- Present research findings before an audience of experienced administrators and scientists
Course Details:
Class schedule: Modular
Estimated enrolment: 34 students
Estimated TA support: based on enrolment – None
Qualifications:
Faculty members have a masters degree, as well as relevant health care human resources leadership and experience.
Duties:
Faculty members will update course syllabus, manage course Quercus page, plan sessions, invite guest speakers, facilitate group learning, lecture on relevant materials, assess students individually and through groups.
Salary: Commensurate with experience and qualifications
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.
About University of Toronto
Founded in 1827, the University of Toronto is Canada’s top university with a long history of challenging the impossible and transforming society through the ingenuity and resolve of our faculty, students, alumni, and supporters.
We are proud to be one of the world’s top research-intensive universities, bringing together top minds from every conceivable background and discipline to collaborate on the world’s most pressing challenges. As a catalyst for discovery, innovation, and progress, we prepare our students for success through an outstanding global education and commitment to inclusive excellence.
The ideas, innovations, and actions of more than 660,000 graduates advance U of T’s impact on communities across the globe.