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Sessional Instructor: Culture and Communication, Faculty of Arts & Science/Summer Jobs in Toronto – Ontario at OCAD University
Title: Sessional Instructor: Culture and Communication, Faculty of Arts & Science/Summer
Company: OCAD University
Location: Toronto – Ontario
Category: Education / Teaching
Position: Sessional Instructor: Culture and Communication, Faculty of Arts & Science, Spring/Summer 2023/24
Sessional Instructor:
Culture and
Communication
, Faculty of Arts & Science, Spring/Summer 2023/24 Job Code 3134 Department Faculty of Arts & Science
Employment Type
Temporary/Contract
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OCAD University, Canada’s largest and oldest art and design university, is a
vibrant community
of bold, curious and compassionate artists, designers and scholars who are imagining and creating a joyful, equitable and sustainable world. The University is an internationally renowned hub for art, design, digital media, research,
innovation
and creativity, and arts administration. It embraces
collaborative
and
interdisciplinary
approaches to change-making through art, design-thinking curriculum and research, making OCAD U a local, regional, national and global leader in art and design.
Itisanexciting time to join the OCAD U community as the University is at a key stage in its institutional transformation, with the implementation of its Academic and Strategic Planand guiding principles — driving
positive impact
; decolonization, indigenization and equity; environmental
sustainability
; emerging as a vibrant hub; student centered approaches;
innovation
in learning teaching and research; and financial stewardship.
For courses delivered remotely faculty will be expected to observe OCAD U’s Guidelines for Remote Delivery, which includes enabling students to successfully complete the course asynchronously. In order to alleviate the under-representation of racialized and Indigenous faculty, priority in hiring for this position will be given to qualified racialized and Indigenous persons who self-identify as such in the application process. This initiative is a special program under the Ontario Human Rights Code.
The Faculty of Arts & Science invites applications for the following anticipated course offerings in the spring/summer 2024 term:
SOSC-:
Culture and
Communication
(0.5 credit)(Summer 2024 Semester: July 2, 2024 – August 9, 2024; Tuesday and Thursday: 6:30PM – 9:30PM; Online Synchronous)
COURSE
DESCRIPTION:
This lecture course is designed to offer students critical and
analytical skills
to understand our complex media environment through the study of the basic principles, methodologies and topics relevant to Communications Studies. Students examine historical, economic, technological and policy perspectives that shape how we respond to and participate in a media landscape, with an emphasis placed on the Canadian context. Topics to be addressed include: theories of communications and media;
public and private media; communications and nations; culture industries; media convergence; geopolitics of global communications; networks and communications; democracy and media; and consumers, identity and media.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
Teaching and teaching-related responsibilities may include but are not limited to: course outline development, studio preparation and delivery
inclusive
of lectures, critiques, grading, mid-term evaluations and final evaluations/reviews; including responsibility for health & safety and meeting academic and curricular requirements and deadlines.
QUALIFICATIONS:
The successful applicant should have a terminal degre…
