Sessional Lecturer- eMHI2008H - Project Management for Health Informatics
University of Toronto
Administration
Toronto, ON, Canada
CAD 9,997.47-11,228.9 / month
Sessional Lecturer- eMHI2008H - Project Management for Health Informatics
CUPE Local 3902 (Unit 3) Job Posting
Sessional Lecturer Position
Posting Date: June 8, 2026
Program: Executive Master of Health Informatics (eMHI)
Sessional Dates of Appointment: Fall 2026, September to December
Existing Vacancy: Yes
Course Title: eMHI2008H - Project Management for Health Informatics
Course Description:
This course prepares students to deliver health informatics initiatives that create measurable value in real clinical and public health settings. Students learn core and modern project management practices across predictive, Agile, and hybrid approaches. The course emphasizes outcomes, safety, equity, and adoption, and integrates change leadership, vendor partnerships, data governance, and clinical risk management. Through a running case, students plan and steer a project from problem framing to launch and benefits realization, using contemporary tools and metrics.
This course introduces contemporary project management for health informatics. Students learn predictive, Agile, and hybrid practices and apply them to a running case that links value, safety, equity, and adoption. Emphasis is on planning, delivering, and scaling services and systems through effective governance, risk management, stakeholder engagement, and vendor collaboration. Graduates are ready to contribute on project teams of any size and to lead small to medium initiatives with a focus on measurable outcomes.
Objectives:
By the end of the course, students can:
- Select and justify a delivery approach that fits context, risk, and regulatory constraints.
- Create a lightweight project charter that links goals, scope, metrics, and stakeholders.
- Build an integrated delivery plan that aligns scope, schedule, budget, quality, and risk.
- Plan and run Agile ceremonies and produce working increments that can be demonstrated.
- Map dependencies across clinical, technical, and vendor workstreams and manage change.
- Define success using OKRs and a benefits realization plan tied to safety, equity, and value.
- Manage risks and issues using a RAID log and decision records, including model and data risk.
- Plan adoption through communication, training, service readiness, and measurement of use.
- Report status to executives with concise visuals and evidence of progress and value.
Course Details:
Class schedule: Sessions from 5:10 pm to 9 pm on Fridays between September 11 and December 4, 2026.
Delivery mode: Online Synchronous
Estimated enrolment: 35
Estimated TA support: None
Qualifications:
• PhD or Masters level education in health informatics or related field;
• A robust understanding of project management in health informatics and/or health management;
• Experience in information management in a health care setting;
• Experience teaching graduate-level courses, preferably in health informatics;
• Demonstrated ability to relate to mature students and facilitate group learning processes;
• 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).
Duties:
• Course instructor for a professional graduate course using competency-based learning and assessment methods.
• Responsible for course delivery and assessment of student outcomes. Must be accessible to students outside of class hours.
Salary:
$9,997.47 - Sessional Lecturer I
$10,699.21 - Sessional Lecturer I - Long Term
$10,699.21 - Sessional Lecturer II
$10,953.96 - Sessional Lecturer II - Long Term
$10,953.96 - Sessional Lecturer III
$11,228.90 - Sessional Lecturer III - Long Term
Please note that should rates stipulated in the collective agreement vary from rates stated in this posting, the rates stated in the collective agreement shall prevail.
Application: Please send your CV and cover letter via e-mail to ihpme.cupe.unit3@utoronto.ca..
Closing Date: June 29, 2026
This job is posted in accordance with the CUPE 3902 Unit 3 Collective Agreement.
It is understood that some announcements of vacancies are tentative, pending final course determinations and enrolment. Should rates stipulated in the collective agreement vary from rates stated in this posting, the rates stated in the collective agreement shall prevail.
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.
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