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Hiring Unit: Department of Integrated Studies in Education (DISE)

Course Description

EDTL 508-001 - Critical Influences on Educational Praxis

Implications of intercultural/multicultural, global, environmental and social justice advances as these affect critical thinking and inform practice in the classroom. Addressed through the development of professional competencies.

Term: Winter 2026

Course Credits: 3

Location: EDUC 539

Schedule: Thursday, 05:35 pm-08:25 pm

Teaching Qualification Requirements:

Education 

• Master educator with an MA in a relevant field (i.e. Curriculum studies, Curriculum & instruction, Educational Leadership or other relevant degree) and/or extensive relevant experience as a school educator/pedagogue/community educator

• PhD or equivalent in a relevant field is an asset

Experience 

• Expert knowledge of:

  • Implications of intercultural/multicultural, global, environmental, and social justice and their impact on critical thinking

  • Critical pedagogy as well as its critiques 

  • Connections between pedagogy and student resistance

  • Critical considerations of education and the practice of teaching in the context of ongoing colonialism and calls for reconciliation and social justice

  • Trends in contemporary Canadian education in light of a critical pedagogy

• Previous successful experience teaching similar course(s) at the undergraduate or graduate level

• Experience as a master teacher/instructor in the Quebec educational system, school administrator, institutional leader, and/or community leader with clear connections to critical pedagogy

• Familiarity with the 13 professional competencies specified by the Ministère de l’Éducation

Other 

• Knowledge of the impact and proven record of integrating pedagogical approaches anchored in equity, diversity and inclusion.

• Familiarity using myCourses, Zoom, and other similar online platforms to facilitate quality teaching and learning experiences

• Familiarity teaching blended classes is an asset

• Familiarity with the application of a variety of digital and pedagogical teaching and learning tools

Other information:

Number of positions available: 1

This course is not Team taught.

This course is not taught electronically or online.

Posting Period: October 1-15, 2025

Deadline to apply: October 15 (11:59 PM)

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