CIRHR Job Postings

Current UNDERGRADUATE Course TA Postings:
The following TA positions for undergraduate 2025-26 courses are currently posted.  These postings will close at midnight on July 22, 2025.  Please note that if you will be convocating in November, you are eligible to apply for "F" positions but not for  "S" ones, as your contract start date has to be before your convocation date (as per the CUPE3902 Unit 1 CA).
When postings are listed: Click the "posting link" for detailed information about the postings for each course (course schedule and delivery method, TA hours and number of positions available, etc). 

UNDERGRADUATE COURSES (fall session):

IRW230H1F   Economics of Work and Organizations   POSTING LINK
The foundations of economic thinking as well as an introduction to economic theories that explain why organizations exist, the central economic theories of work and worker behaviour; the incentives that make workers and firms behave optimally and an introduction to the new behavioural economic theories of work and organizations are all part of this course. Note: Course will not count towards Economics program requirements.

IRW300H1F   Effective Communication and Strategic Writing in Organizations    POSTING LINK
This course is focused on understanding and crafting strategic, effective, and ethical written and verbal communications in organizations. We will learn scholarly approaches from the social sciences and humanities regarding organizational communications and miscommunications, including those directed internally and externally from complex organizations.

IRE342H1F   Essentials of Finance and Accounting    POSTING LINK
This course introduces students to accounting and finance procedures and concepts used by organizational leaders and professionals. The course covers both managerial and financial accounting topics with applications to organizational decision-making.

IRE346H1F   HR Planning & Strategy    POSTING LINK
An understanding is developed of how essential elements of the human resource planning process support organizational goals and strategies. Topics such as environmental influences, job analysis, forecasting human resource needs and ascertaining supply, succession planning, downsizing and restructuring, mergers and acquisitions, outsourcing, and strategic international issues are examined.

IRW420H1F   Management Skills for Project & Strategy Implementation    POSTING LINK
The course focuses on understanding the challenges, constraints, and opportunities associated with formulating and implementing organizational strategy, with a focus on developing practical tools and skills required to effectively “get things done” in organizations. Course begins by giving students a framework to analyze organizations from strategic, political and cultural lenses. Subsequently, the course addresses three main issues central to “getting things done” in organizations: 1. how to gain influence in organizations (topics: decision-making, power, and networks), 2. how to manage others (topics: performance management, motivation, negotiations), and 3. how to drive organization change (topics: organizational culture, organizational change).

IRE430H1F   Canadian Employment Law & the Non-Union Workplace    POSTING LINK
The course will focus on the law governing employment in a non-unionized workplace. Specifically, it will cover every phase of the employment relationship from hiring to termination and beyond and the rights and obligations of employers and employees as developed by the Courts and under employment-related statutes (namely the Employment Standards Act, 2000 and the Human Rights Code.) The course will also cover provisions from the Occupational Health and Safety Act.

UNDERGRADUATE COURSES (winter session):

IRW230H1S   Economics of Work and Organizations   POSTING LINK
The foundations of economic thinking as well as an introduction to economic theories that explain why organizations exist, the central economic theories of work and worker behaviour; the incentives that make workers and firms behave optimally and an introduction to the new behavioural economic theories of work and organizations are all part of this course. Note: Course will not count towards Economics program requirements.

IRE242H1S   HRM for IR and HR Professionals    POSTING LINK
This course explores the relationship between human resource management, employment relations, and industrial relations. Extensive practical course work will expose students to the functions human resource professionals execute to recruit, select, compensate, train, and evaluate the performance of employees. The course prepares students for advanced HR topics in upper level IRE courses.

IRE260H1S   Organizational Behaviour    POSTING LINK
Introduction to the nature of organizations and the behaviour of individuals and groups within organizations, including topics such as culture and diversity, reward systems, motivation, leadership, politics, communication, decision-making, conflict and group processes.

IRE342H1S   Essentials of Finance and Accounting    POSTING LINK
This course introduces students to accounting and finance procedures and concepts used by organizational leaders and professionals. The course covers both managerial and financial accounting topics with applications to organizational decision-making.

IRE347H1S   Training and Development    POSTING LINK
The role of training and development initiatives in organizations. Students acquire the knowledge and skills to conduct a training needs assessment, identify training objectives, explore strategies to increase the transfer of training, design and deliver a training activity using various training methodologies, and evaluate its effectiveness.

IRE348H1S   Recruitment and Selection    POSTING LINK
The principles, legal issues, and emerging trends affecting the recruitment process and selection of staff in organizations. Development of recruitment strategies, assessment of applications for employment, interviewing candidates, and the role of testing and measurement of competencies in making hiring decisions.

IRE367H1S   Compensation    POSTING LINK
The theory and process of developing and administering compensation systems. Through the core compensation principles of efficiency, equity, consistency and competitiveness we consider such topics as: job analysis, job evaluation, pay levels and structures, pay for performance, benefits, and compensating special groups of workers.

IRE379H1S   Research and Data Analytics    POSTING LINK
Data science is changing the way organizations make decisions and the way work is done. This course introduces basic data analytics concepts for understanding the measurement of performance, analysis of organizational policies, and effective communication and visualization of data. Students will develop basic data skills in the R statistical computing environment.

IRW410H1S   Organizational Governance and Design    POSTING LINK
Governance and design refers to “who gets to decide what and how” in organizations. This course examines the development of different types of organizations and governance arrangements, and different design archetypes within organizations. Focus is placed on how different governance and design arrangements support different strategic objectives and goals and ways of coordinating work effort.

IRE431H1S   Canadian Labour Law & the Unionized Workplace (in-person section)   POSTING LINK
IRE431H1S   Canadian Labour Law & the Unionized Workplace (online sync section)   POSTING LINK
The course will focus on the laws impacting unionized workplaces. It will cover every phase of the Ontario Labour Relations Act, 1995 (the “LRA”) from union organizing, certification, negotiation and bargaining, collective agreement arbitration, retention of bargaining rights and decertification and termination of bargaining rights.

IRE446H1S   Working as an Internal Organizational Consultant    POSTING LINK
This course examines the various elements of the consulting process and the interpersonal skills required to build trust, influence others, contract with clients, and establish and maintain strong working relationships. This seminar may include a compulsory learning format component using a service-learning placement with a community-based agency or organization.

Application Instructions: Submit an application to Tanya Pitel, via email at: t.pitel@utoronto.ca.  Enter "Unit 1 TA - [Course code(s)]" in the subject line.  The CUPE 3902 Unit 1 Application Form must be included or we cannot consider your application.  Please be sure to indicate the University of Toronto program and level of study (eg. undergraduate, MA/MIRHR, PhD) in which you are enrolled. Please include academic transcripts and current cv (students who completed their undergraduate studies at the University of Toronto do not need to send transcripts if they include their student number on the form).  Please only submit one application form; if applying for more than one TA position, please list them all on one form.  PDF documents are preferred, and merged into a single file in this order: 1. Unit 1 Application Form; 2. cover letter (optional); 3. cv; 4. transcripts or other info.  Late or incomplete applications may not be accepted.  

• TA Application Form (PDF): Unit1_TA_ApplicationForm.pdf    (use the Tools button to convert to other applications)

Current GRADUATE Course TA Postings: 

The following TA positions for graduate 2025-26 courses are currently posted.  These postings will close at midnight on July 22, 2025.  Please note that if you will be convocating in November, you are eligible to apply for "F" positions but not for  "S" ones, as your contract start date has to be before your convocation date (as per the CUPE3902 Unit 1 CA).
When postings are listed: Click the "posting link" for detailed information about the postings for each course (course schedule and delivery method, TA hours and number of positions available, etc). |
 

IRE1010HF  Economic Foundations of IR and HR   POSTING LINK
Foundational aspects of economic theory that are of relevance to a career in industrial relations and human resources are the subject matter of this course. The theoretical analysis is supplemented by empirical evidence related to the Canadian labour market. Topics covered include competitive labour markets and the incidence of payroll taxes; employee behaviour, the labour-leisure choice model and alternative work-time arrangements; firm strategy, production, costs, present value, and fringe benefits; the impacts of unions and collective bargaining on the labour market; the impact of the macroeconomic environment on various HR and IR outcomes such as strike activity, union certifications and the magnitude of wrongful dismissal awards; the impact of government monetary and fiscal policy on unemployment, inflation and wage settlements.

IRE1126HS   Economics of Labour and HR    POSTING LINK
The course is designed to provide knowledge of one of the key environmental inputs of the industrial relations system — that being the labour market. Emphasis is placed on how the labour market functions (and malfunctions), its results, and how it affects, and is affected by, the industrial relations system within which it operates. The basic tools of labour economics will be provided, but the emphasis is on applying them to various policy issues such as: the incentive effects of income maintenance programs; retirement decisions and the impact of pensions; the effect of market structures (e.g., monopoly, public-sector employment) on wage and employment; the role of wage structures; the impact of institutional constraints such as gender discrimination, unemployment insurance, wage subsidies and negative income tax plans; special topics such as pay and employment equity, volunteer activity, labour shortages, health and safety, workers’ compensation, immigration and the brain drain.

IRE1338HS   Law in the Workplace   POSTING LINK
This course is intended to provide an overview of the three main legal regimes governing the employment relationship: common law, the statutory framework and collective bargaining law. The focus is largely on the Ontario experience, although some of the case law and discussions will emanate from other Canadian jurisdictions. The course will provide students with an overview and working knowledge of the principles, theory, and law of the employer-employee relationship. Students will gain an understanding of the employment relationship in both the non-unionized and unionized contexts. The course will explore the basic nature of the employment relationship from formation to termination, minimum standards legislation and regulations (including human rights law), and collective bargaining law.

Application Instructions
Submit an application to Tanya Pitel, via email at: t.pitel@utoronto.ca.  Enter "Unit 1 TA - [Course code(s)]" in the subject line.  Indicate the University of Toronto program and level of study (eg. undergraduate, MA/MIRHR, PhD) in which you are enrolled. Please include academic transcripts and current cv. Students who completed their undergraduate studies at the University of Toronto do not need to send transcripts if they include their student number on the form.  Please only submit one application form; if applying for more than one TA position, please list them all on one form.  PDF documents are preferred, and merged into a single file in this order: 1. Unit 1 Application Form; 2. cover letter (optional); 3. cv; 4. transcripts or other info.  Late or incomplete applications may not be accepted.

• TA Application Form (PDF): Unit1_TA_ApplicationForm.pdf    (use the Tools button to convert to other applications)

Current UNDERGRADUATE Course Instructor Postings: 

There are no CI positions currently posted.  
When Posted: See the Posting Link for more information, and then use the Unit 1 Application Form and follow the instructions below on how to apply.
 

Application form:  CourseInstructorApp_Unit1.pdf

A complete application consists of:

• Completed Course Instructor application form - do not list "refer to resume/CV" in the application sections 
• Cover letter
• CV

Submit application and cover letter to Silvia Cocolo, via email at: silvia.cocolo@utoronto.ca. Enter "Unit 1 CI - [Course code, Session]" in the subject line.  You may submit one application form for one or more undergraduate Course Instructor opportunities in CIRHR.   Late or incomplete applications may not be accepted.
 

Current GRADUATE Course Instructor Postings: 

No Course Instructor position is currently posted for graduate courses.  When Posted: See the Posting Link for more information, and then use the Unit 1 Application Form and follow the instructions below on how to apply.
 

Application form:  CourseInstructorApp_Unit1_2024.pdf

A complete application consists of:

• Completed Course Instructor application form - do not list "refer to resume/CV" in the application sections 
• Cover letter
• CV

Submit application and cover letter to Tanya Pitel, via email at: t.pitel@utoronto.ca.  Enter "Unit 1 CI - [Course code, Session]" in the subject line.  You may submit one application form for one or more graduate Course Instructor opportunities in CIRHR. Late or incomplete applications may not be accepted.