Posting Reason:

New Position

Location:

Main Campus

Academic Period:

2026 Spring-Summer Semester

Faculty:

Faculté des sciences de la santé / Faculty of Health Sciences

Academic Unit:

École interdisciplinaire de sciences de la santé \\ Interdisciplinary School of Health Sciences

Course Title:

Understanding Mental Health

Course Code:

HSS2105

Section:

A

Course Description:

Exploration of diversity in mental health rather than abnormality in mental illness. Prevalence
of mental health conditions and use of the DSM and ICD as diagnostic and classification
systems. Interdisciplinary discussions of the experiences of mental health issues and
associated treatments, research and social services.

Posting limited to:

Professeur à temps-partiel régulier / Regular Part-Time Professor

Date Posted (YYYY/MM/DD):

2026/03/09

Applications must be received BEFORE (YYYY/MM/DD):

2026/04/10

Expected Enrolment:

165

Approval date:

2026/03/09

Number of credits:

3

Work Hours:

39

Hourly Rate:

Enseignement / Teaching: $239.47 (2024-2025)

The academic year starts on September 1 and ends on August 31.

These rates do not included vacation pay nor statutory pay.

These rates will be applied until a new collective agreement is ratified. Retro will be paid after the ratification.

Course type:

B

Posting type:

Régulier / Regular

Language of instruction:

Anglais | English

Competence in second language:

Passive

Course Schedule:

Mardi | Tuesday 19:00-22:00 Jeudi | Thursday 19:00-22:00 - Instruction mode: Virtual and synchronous

Requirements:

Master’s degree in health sciences, psychology or equivalent
University-level teaching
Priority will be given to applicants with training or demonstrated experience in the following areas: mental health, mental health promotion

Instruction mode is online and synchronous

Schedule:

Tuesdays and Thursdays from 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM

Additional Information and/or Comments:

An acceptable level of education and/or experience could be viewed as being equivalent to the educational required and/or demonstrated experience. If you are invited to continue the selection process, please notify us of any adaptive measures you might require. Information you send us will be handled respectfully and in complete confidence. Employees are required under provincial law to successfully complete all mandatory legislated training. The list of training may be modified by provincial law.

The hiring process will be governed by the current APTPUO collective agreements; you can click here for the main unit, here for the OLBI unit, or here for the Toronto/Windsor unit to find out more.

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