[Hiring] Sessional Lecturer: Health Ecosystem @University of Toronto

Role Description

Understanding the healthcare ecosystem is critical to developing practical healthcare entrepreneurship. Knowledge about the key players in the health industry, how they interact with each other, and the standard operating procedures is vital for promoting health entrepreneurship. This course provides an overview of the healthcare industry, including:

• Key processes that create value
• Emerging consumer dynamics in the health value chain
• Developments in policy and technology that are transforming the sector

The University of Toronto instructor will be co-facilitating the course with their KNUST counterpart. Partnering University: Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Ghana.

Estimated course enrollment: ~ 30 students

Class schedule: Virtual 2-hour seminar-style sessions plus class field trips; occurring from 8:00 AM – 4:00 PM GMT between Monday, November 16, 2026 – Wednesday, December 4, 2026.

Sessional dates of appointment: November 2026 – December 2026.

Description of duties:

• Achieving the course objectives: broadening students' understanding of the health ecosystem and health entrepreneurship
• Guiding students through identifying business opportunities related to health ecosystem problems
• Developing skills to foster a sustainable health business
• Designing in-field contextual inquiry trips and take-home activities
• Co-creating the mid-term and contributing to the final examination

Qualifications

• Master’s Degree or higher in Health Sciences or a related field

Requirements

• Previous experience in teaching
• Project management
• Health ecosystem exploration
• Field experience
• Translational research
• Student evaluation

Benefits

• Sessional Lecturer I - $4,998.74
• Sessional Lecturer I - Long Term - $5,349.61
• Sessional Lecturer II - $5,349.61
• Sessional Lecturer II - Long Term - $5,476.98
• Sessional Lecturer III - $5,476.98
• Sessional Lecturer III - Long Term - $5,614.45

Application Instructions

Please submit application using the following form: Fall 2026 Sessional Lecturer: HENT551 Health Ecosystem (0.25 FCE)

CAUTION: This ad is “posted only” to the U of T CUPE 3902 Unit 3 job board. Please see the information directly above for the application instructions; applications submitted via the "Apply Now" button on this page will NOT be considered for this position.

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 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.