Sessional Lecturer - BUSI 5190G – Critical Thinking, Integration and Analysis - Spring/Summer 2025

Sessional Lecturer - BUSI 5190G – Critical Thinking, Integration and Analysis - Spring/Summer 2025

Tracking Code: req1537

Faculty of Business and Information Technology

Number of Sections: 1

Appointment Type: Limited Term

Salary Grade: Administered in accordance with the Collective Agreement

Posting Date: April 2, 2025

Closing Date: April 28, 2025 (7:00 pm EST)

Course Name and Number: BUSI 5190G - Critical Thinking, Integration and Analysis

Location of classes: North Campus

Course Start Date: May 5, 2025

Course End Date: August 15, 2025

Reporting to the Dean of the Faculty of Business and IT, the Sessional Lecturer provides instruction to graduate students in BUSI 5190G – Critical Thinking, Integration and Analysis.

The current schedule is:

Classes are in the Ontario Tech Graduate Diploma Program, Accounting. The program is scheduled for May 5, 2025 to August 15, 2025. Classes will be held at various times during that period and are not fixed to a specific day and time. The successful candidate must be flexible and available for the times the class is scheduled.

This assignment will not be filled by one single incumbent and is composed of three distinct topics (please refer to the Required Experience section). The specific number of sections and topics are as follows:

• Big Cases (six sessions total, three sessions plus three work sessions to oversee)
• Approaching Professional Accounting Level Cases and Taking Up Cases (six sessions)
• Day 3 Case Take Ups (three sessions)

(This schedule is subject to changes)

Responsibilities/Accountabilities:

Critical Thinking, Integration and Analysis is a team-taught course. The successful candidate must be able and willing to work with a colleague to present material to top students in a master's level program. Most classes will be application-based, with material delivered using simulations, cases, and other similar types of methods. Lecturing will be limited.

In keeping with a technology-enhanced learning environment utilizing laptop computers and wireless connectivity, the Sessional Lecturer will deliver the course using a technology-enhanced learning approach that includes a variety of inclusive teaching and learning strategies and assessments. The Sessional Lecturer will prepare, deliver and grade all course material and assignments and be available for consultation with students during and following completion of the course session.

This position falls within the bargaining unit represented by the Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) and will be subject to the terms and conditions of the collective agreement between the University and PSAC. Candidates will be required to certify that they are currently legally eligible to work in Canada for the duration of the contract.

Qualifications:

In addition to the Required Education, Required Skills, and Required Experience set out below, the successful candidate will have a proven aptitude for teaching at the university level, with demonstrated potential for making excellent contributions to teaching.

The successful candidate must have a CPA designation, be familiar with the CPA Professional Education Program, and have experience teaching with different types of CPA-level cases.

Candidates will be required to certify that they are currently, and will be for the duration of the contract, legally eligible to work in Canada.

Note that this course will be delivered in-person at Ontario Tech University’s North Campus in Oshawa, Ontario.

Required Education:

• A minimum of an undergraduate degree in business
• A Canadian CPA designation

Required Skills:

• Extensive experience teaching courses that emphasize case writing and analytical skills
• Evidence of a strong ethical mindset
• The ability to teach with cases
• Excellent communication skills with an ability to maintain effective relationships with a range of faculty, staff and students in meeting the objectives of the GDIP
• A proven commitment to providing innovative and inclusive teaching strategies
• Evidence of an ability to work in a collaborative environment

Required Experience:

• For the six sessions on Approaching Professional Accounting Level Cases, extensive experience with professional level cases and courses, and developing with students an approach for case writing
• For Big Cases, experience with Day 1/Capstone 1 Style Cases is required
• For Day 3 Cases, experience with cases equivalent to the cases used on Day 3 of the CFE

Priority will be given to an Internal Applicant who has taught any course for the University in three (3) different sessions in the past thirty-six (36) months, provided they meet the requirements for the position as outlined in the job posting.

How to Apply:

Interested candidates should submit in electronic format a covering letter and their resume. Applications will be accepted until April 28, 2025 or until a suitable candidate is found. We appreciate all applications received; however, only those candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.

Ontario Tech University is actively committed to equity, diversity, inclusion, indigenization and decolonization (EDIID), and welcomes applications from all qualified candidates, while especially encouraging applications from First Nations, Metis, Inuit peoples, Indigenous peoples of North America, racialized persons, persons with disabilities, and those who identify as women and/or 2SLGBTQ+. All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadian citizens, permanent residents, Indigenous Peoples in Canada, and those eligible to work in Canada, will be given priority.

Ontario Tech University respects people's different needs and therefore will take all reasonable steps to ensure accommodation for applicants where appropriate. The University is also committed to ensuring that confidentiality is maintained throughout all aspects of the recruitment cycle.

If you require accommodation, please contact Julie Day, Health and Disability Management Specialist. For more information about the university's policies for accommodating employees with disabilities please review the university’s Accessibility Policy.

The university acknowledges the lands and people of the Mississaugas of Scugog Island First Nation which is covered under the Williams Treaties. We are situated on the Traditional Territory of the Mississaugas, a branch of the greater Anishinaabeg Nation which includes Algonquin, Ojibway, Odawa and Pottawatomi.

Job Location: Oshawa, ON, Canada