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Teaching Assistant/Marker/Grader): Sociology Body, Faculty of Arts & Science/Summer Jobs in Toronto – Ontario at OCAD University
Title: Teaching Assistant/Marker/Grader): Sociology Body, Faculty of Arts & Science/Summer
Company: OCAD University
Location: Toronto – Ontario
Category: Education / Teaching, Science
Position: Teaching Assistant (Marker/Grader): Sociology of the Body, Faculty of Arts & Science, Spring/Summer 2024
Teaching Assistant (Marker/Grader):
Sociology of the Body, Faculty of Arts & Science, Spring/Summer 2024 Job Code 3167 Department Faculty of Arts & Science
Employment Type
Temporary/Contract
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OCAD University acknowledges the ancestral territories of the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Haudenosaunee, the Anishinaabeg and the Huron-Wendat, who are the original owners and custodians of the land on which we work, stand and create.
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. The University is at a key stage in its institutional transformation, with the implementation of its Academic and Strategic Plan and 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. The Faculty of Arts & Science invites applications for the following anticipated course offering in the Spring/Summer 2024 semester.
All positions are subject to budgetary approval and meeting target registration in courses.
You will
only be contacted if you are shortlisted for an interview.
SOSC-3014:
Sociology of the Body(Spring/Summer 2024 Semester: 7/2/2024 – 8/9/2024; Tuesday and Thursday: 3:10 PM – 6:10 PM; In-Person)
COURSE
DESCRIPTION:
Embodiment is a process in which social meaning is taken into or upon the physical body. Experiences of embodiment are layered, nuanced, and multifaceted resulting in the segmenting of bodies into attributes that are gendered, racialized, disabled, aged, etc. This can contribute to a sense of fragmentation, alienation, or “disappearance” of the physical body as a whole. Students will investigate techniques sociologists use to explore embodiment and consciousness of the physical body using the following considerations: what embodiment replaces, how embodiment affects lived experiences, and how the physical body, despite all this, surfaces in the lived experience of social life.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
Meet regularly with the faculty and students on grading, course content and other matters as needed; assist in the evaluation of student work, using criteria established by the supervising faculty; work with faculty and other academic staff in support of the University’s educational goals and objectives; participate in the provision of a safe and secure environment for all members of the University community and its facilities.
QUALIFICATIONS:
The ideal candidate should have a graduate degree, undergraduate degree or be currently enrolled …
