Sessional Lecturer: Gender & Health

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University of Toronto

  • Career category: Research/ Data analysis
  • Job type: Job
  • Experience level: Other (specified in job description)
  • Organisation type: Research
  • Remote option: No
  • Right to work requirements: Right to work required in advance
  • Renumeration: $4,728.95-$5,285.01 / monthly
  • Work schedule: Part-time/ Pro-rata
  • Length of contract: Temporary/ Fixed-term
  • Deadline: 01/11/2024
  • Location: Canada 
Generic (e.g. 'gender focal point' role Health
Course Description:
This graduate seminar serves as the core course for the Collaborative Specialization in Women’s Health. It examines women’s health issues from multiple standpoints, theories, and methods, drawing upon perspectives from the social sciences, humanities, and sciences. This course begins with a historical summary of the women’s health movement within the context of dominant medical discourse and practice. This is followed by an overview of sex and gender and their importance to health research and health promotion. Subsequent lectures focus on theories (e.g., feminism, intersectionality, masculinities, critical disability, biomedicalization, Foucault) that have interrupted the dominant view and contributed to new understandings of women and their bodies, and methodologies that are cutting edge (e.g., Indigenous arts-based approaches, story-telling), as applied to better understanding local and global health issues (e.g., LGBTQ+ health, mental health, autoimmune disorders, HIV, body image, and gender-based violence).
 
Course Objectives and Learning Outcomes:
Students will learn about diverse:
  • theoretical frameworks
  • research methods
  • women’s health issues
To stimulate critical thinking about:
  • sex and gender within the realm of women’s health
  • the impact of social constructions and intersecting identities on women’s bodies
  • various research methods as applied to different women’s health issues
  • the value of bringing multiple perspectives to bear on the same research question
And develop:
  • skills in analysis and synthesis of diverse research perspectives 
  • interdisciplinary dialogue and debate
  • collaboration

Qualifications:
  • PhD or equivalent in a relevant field; Expertise in women’s health, gender and health, sex and gender+;
  • Familiarity with a diverse range of theoretical and methodological approaches to women’s health;
  • Familiarity with the Collaborative Specialization in Women’s Health at the University of Toronto;
  • Comfortable with electronic teaching tools such as Learning Management Systems (e.g., Quercus), PowerPoint, as well as on-line collaboration tools (Blogs, Wikkis, Discussion Boards, Webinars, or Video-conferencing).

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