Date Posted: 08/24/2026
Req ID: 49966
Faculty/Division: Faculty of Music
Department: Faculty of Music
Campus: St. George (Downtown Toronto)
Existing Vacancy: Yes
Description:
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CUPE Local 3902 Unit 3 Sessional Instructional Assistant Job Posting
Posting Date: August 24, 2026
Course title: MUS4112Y/MUS7407H Music & Health-Clinical Performance/Research Practicum
Supervisor: Corene Thaut
Course description: This course is designed to give the students an opportunity to practice and apply what they are learning in class to real clinical populations. Clinical practicum placements will take place in community centres, hospitals, senior residences, nursing homes, Alzheimer’s and memory clinics, Parkinson’s research and treatment centres as well as the UofT Music and Health Research Collaboratory (MaHRC). Examples of activities include performing music, teaching music, leading singing and instrumental improvisation activities, and using music to enhance speech or mobility.
Estimated enrolment in course: 15
Dates of appointment: September 8, 2026-April 30, 2027
Hours: 140
Class schedule: TBA
Salary: Sessional Instructional Assistant. 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.
Minimum qualifications: Graduate degree in music therapy or equivalent background and PhD in Music and Health Sciences or equivalent background.
Duties: This course will be delivered in-person. Sessional Instructional Assistants duties will include: supervision and mentorship of clinical placements, small group discussions and assignments; grading written assignments and giving feedback; video-taping student clinical work and processing therapeutic skills with students; maintain records; set up and maintain email lists; distribute email communication.
Closing Date: August 27, 2026
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Daphne Tan
Associate Dean, Academic & Student Affairs
Associate Professor, Music Theory
Faculty of Music
University of Toronto
80 Queen’s Park
Toronto, Ontario M5S 2C5
This job is posted in accordance with the CUPE 3902 Unit 3 Collective Agreement. Preference in hiring is given to qualified individuals advanced to the rank of Sessional Lecturer II and Sessional Lecturer III in accordance with Article 14:12. 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. Candidates who are members of Indigenous, Black, racialized and 2SLGBTQ+ communities, persons with disabilities, and other equity-deserving groups are encouraged to apply, and their lived experience shall be taken into consideration as applicable to the position.
Closing Date: 08/27/2026, 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.