Sessional Lecturer - CHMHF - Physical Chemistry Life Sciences

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Date Posted: 02/02/2026
Req : 46770
Faculty/Division: Faculty of Arts & Science
Department: Dept of Chemistry
Campus: St. George (Downtown Toronto)

Course Title and Code: CHM
220H1F - Chemistry for Life Sciences
Course

Description:

The course covers introduction to thermodynamics; kinetics; phase equilibrium, properties of mixtures, chemical equilibrium, electrochemistry; introduction to quantum mechanics and spectroscopy. This course is recommended for students in life and health sciences programs that involve a small amount of chemistry.

60 students
120 TA hours
Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday (3:00 – 5:00 pm)

• Sessional Lecturer I: $9,997.48
• Sessional Lecturer I Long Term: $10,699.22
• Sessional Lecturer II: $10,699.22
• Sessional Lecturer II Long Term: $10,953.96
• Sessional Lecturer III: $10,953.96
• Sessional Lecturer III Long Term: $11,228.90

A PhD in chemistry or a closely related field is required.

Experience lecturing and/or coordinating laboratories in general or physical chemistry at the university level will be preferred.

The Department of Chemistry requires a sessional lecturer to deliver synchronous online lectures in CHM
220H1 (Physical Chemistry for Life Sciences) during the 2026 Summer session. The successful applicant will be responsible for effectively delivering the course online with all of the attendant organizational issues of lecture preparation and delivery, supervision of teaching assistants, setting, supervising and marking tests and exams, final course marks, course evaluations, and holding office hours.

Applicants should submit by email a detailed letter of application, an updated curriculum vitae, and the CUPE 3902 Unit 3 application form located here: (Use the "Apply for this Job" box below). Please ensure you are using the CUPE 3902 Unit 3 application form.

Please submit applications to:
Associate Chair for Undergraduate Studies, Department of Chemistry
80 St. George Street, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3H6

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02/25/2026, 11:59PM EDT

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