Sessional Lecturer - LHA1148H - An Introduction to Workplace, Organizational and Economic Democracy

Date Posted: 10/22/2026
Req ID: 50775
Faculty/Division: OISE
Department: Dept of Leadership, Higher & Adult Educ.
Campus: St. George (Downtown Toronto)

Description:

Course number and title: LHA1148H - An Introduction to Workplace, Organizational and Economic Democracy

Course description:

This course explores theories and practices of democratizing work, organizations, and the economy. It looks at the ways workers and communities can take stewardship of working life, work organizations, and the economy and critically assesses management and workers' strategies of workplace and organizational participation. The course also homes in on how contemporary alternative economic arrangements (such as worker cooperatives and numerous forms of self-managed community initiatives), the social and solidarity economy, and environmental and social movements prefigure the expansion of economic democracy and social change while they, at the same time, directly contest the ongoing crisis spawned by neoliberal capitalism. The course applies theory to practice via multiple case studies from the global North and South and student' own experiences with work and participative organizations in the for-profit, not-for-profit, and public sectors. Throughout, the course interlaces explorations of workplace, organizational, and economic democracy with critical adult learning theory and practice.

Estimated course enrolment: 25 students

Estimated TA support: No

Class schedule (Lectures):

MO 17:00-20:00 @ OI 5290

In Person

Sessional dates of appointment:

January 1, 2027 to April 30, 2027

Minimum qualifications:

Candidates must hold a doctorate in Adult Education; have a demonstrated record of scholarship in the field of Adult Education and the subject area of the course with demonstrated community and workplace experience in the field of equity; have practical experience related to the topic of the course; and have successful post-secondary teaching experience in the subject area of the course and a successful track record of teaching graduate-level courses, preferably using Canvas/Quercus.

Preferred Qualifications:

n/a

Description of duties:

Prepare, organize, and lead this graduate half course; be available to students seeking assistance between classes; and evaluate student work and provide students with feedback.

Application instructions:

Apply online at https://hiring.oise.utoronto.ca/sl/sessional_lecturer_jobs.

Include a cover letter indicating your expertise in the subject area, your c.v., evidence of teaching in the relevant area (including student evaluations, if available), and the names and emails of three referees.

Salary:

Pay for half course, vacation pay included:

$9,997.48 - Sessional Lecturer I

$10,669.22 - Sessional Lecturer I - Long Term

$10,669.22 - Sessional Lecturer II

$10,953.96 - Sessional Lecturer II - Long Term

$10,953.96 - Sessional Lecturer III

$11,228.90 - Sessional Lecturer III - Long Term

Please note that should rates stipulated in the collective agreement vary from rates stated in this posting, the rates stated in the collective agreement shall prevail.

Closing Date: 11/13/2026, 11:59PM EDT
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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.