Sessional Lecturer – 2025 Winter Term 2 (NSCI 400 – Neuroscience Capstone)
Applications are invited for a part-time Sessional Lecturer position in 2025 Winter Term 2. NSCI 400 – Neuroscience Capstone – 3 credits. The expected salary amount for the position is $15,000 per course section.
Course Description
The two-term NSCI 400 fourth-year course is only open to Year 4 UBC Undergraduate Program in Neuroscience. For the course, students must complete a research project as the culmination of their degree program, under the supervision of one or more faculty members.
Job Description
Primary duties include teaching 4-6 in-person interactive classes per term, grading and providing written feedback on assignments and projects, collaborating with graduate teaching assistants, attending teaching team meetings, and offering weekly office hours for students. The course runs from September 2, 2025 to April 25, 2026. This position is for the second term of the course – from January 1 to April 30, 2026.
Candidates should have a MSc or PhD in in the field of neuroscience, and neuroscience teaching experience at the post-secondary level–ideally with experience providing students with engaging and interactive lessons. Experience with the Canvas learning management system is an asset.
Equity and diversity are essential to academic excellence. An open and diverse community fosters the inclusion of voices that have been underrepresented or discouraged. We encourage applications from members of groups that have been marginalized on any grounds enumerated under the B.C. Human Rights Code, including sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, racialization, disability, political belief, religion, marital or family status, age, and/or status as a First Nation, Metis, Inuit, or Indigenous person.
All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however Canadians and permanent residents of Canada will be given priority.
Application Instructions
Applications should include an up-to-date curriculum vitae and cover letter. Names of references will be requested from short-listed candidates. The applicant deadline is August 14, 2025. Applications should be emailed to the interim neuroscience program director, Dr. Timothy O’Connor at timothy.oconnor@ubc.ca.
Sessional Lecturer – 2025 Winter Term 2 (NSCI 401 – Your Position in the Neurosciences)
Applications are invited for a part-time Sessional Lecturer position in 2025 Winter Term 2. NSCI 401 – Your Position in the Neurosciences – 3 credits. The expected salary amount for the position is $15,000 per course section.
Course Description
The NSCI 401 3-credit fourth-year Neuroscience program optional course will be open to third-year and fourth-year UBC Neuroscience Major students. The course introduces students to practices that promote equity, diversity, inclusion, and decolonization in the neurosciences, and leads them to explore their positionality through historical and present-day neuroscience.
Job Description
Primary duties include teaching in-person interactive classes once a week to undergraduate students and providing feedback and grades on assignments, as needed. Additional duties include collaborating with graduate teaching assistants and attending teaching team meetings. The course term runs from January 1 to April 30, 2026.
Candidates should have a BSc, MSc or PhD in in the field of neuroscience, and neuroscience teaching experience at the post-secondary level–ideally with experience providing students with engaging and interactive lessons. Experience with the Canvas learning management system is an asset.
Equity and diversity are essential to academic excellence. An open and diverse community fosters the inclusion of voices that have been underrepresented or discouraged. We encourage applications from members of groups that have been marginalized on any grounds enumerated under the B.C. Human Rights Code, including sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, racialization, disability, political belief, religion, marital or family status, age, and/or status as a First Nation, Metis, Inuit, or Indigenous person.
All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however Canadians and permanent residents of Canada will be given priority.
Application Instructions
Applications should include an up-to-date curriculum vitae and cover letter. Names of references will be requested from short-listed candidates. The applicant deadline is August 14, 2025. Applications should be emailed to the interim neuroscience program director, Dr. Timothy O’Connor at timothy.oconnor@ubc.ca.