APTPUO - TRA5133 A Writing better - Fall 2026

Posting Reason:

New Position

Location:

Main Campus

Academic Period:

2026 Fall Semester

Faculty:

Faculté des arts / Faculty of Arts

Academic Unit:

École de traduction et d’interprétation \\ School of Translation and Interpretation

Course Title:

Writing better

Course Code:

TRA5133

Section:

A

Course Description:

Refining your writing style by exploring principles and techniques of communication in traditional and digital contexts, with and without computer tools. Adapting your writing to various audiences and purposes. Eliminating interference from other languages and producing idiomatic texts.

Posting limited to:

Professeur à temps-partiel régulier / Regular Part-Time Professor

Date Posted (YYYY/MM/DD):

2026/06/05

Applications must be received BEFORE (YYYY/MM/DD):

2026/07/06

Expected Enrolment:

16

Approval date:

2026/06/05

Number of credits:

3

Work Hours:

39

Hourly Rate:

Enseignement / Teaching: $239.47 (2024-2025)

The academic year starts on September 1 and ends on August 31.

These rates do not included vacation pay nor statutory pay.

These rates will be applied until a new collective agreement is ratified. Retro will be paid after the ratification.

Course type:

D

Posting type:

Régulier / Regular

Language of instruction:

Anglais | English

Competence in second language:

Active

Course Schedule:

Lundi | Monday 14:30-17:30 - -

Requirements:

Qualifications:

• Professional-level language skills in English (active)with good knowledge of French(passive).
• Master’s degree in Translation, Translation Studies, English or a closely related field, membership in a recognized association or order of professional writers, editors or translators, and/or equivalent academic and professional experience.
• Extensive professional experience in English writing, preferably in Canada.
• Good knowledge of common issues arising from language interference in a French-English bilingual environment, and strategies for correcting them.
• Excellent knowledge of common text types and writing conventions in traditional and multimedia environments.University-level teaching experience is an asset.

Duties:

• Deliver lectures and manage classroom activities and assessments mainly in English, occasionally in French.
• Build and maintain a site for the course in the university’s learning management system.
• Present characteristics and conventions of effective writing for various text types and contexts.
• Present writing and editing techniques and processes.
• Integrate essential resources for writers, including style guides.
• Provide detailed feedback and suggestions in writing exercises and assessments to help students develop writing and critical thinking skills.
• integrate discussions of and/or exercises with appropriate technological tools in the course content, with reference to selected technologies and resources provided by the School.
• Coordinate with the Chair/Program Coordinator and colleagues to maintain program learning outcomes and coherence, while maintaining academic freedom.

Additional Information and/or Comments:

This course will be offered in person.

An acceptable level of education and/or experience could be viewed as being equivalent to the educational required and/or demonstrated experience. If you are invited to continue the selection process, please notify us of any adaptive measures you might require. Information you send us will be handled respectfully and in complete confidence. Employees are required under provincial law to successfully complete all mandatory legislated training. The list of training may be modified by provincial law.

The hiring process will be governed by the current APTPUO collective agreements; you can click here for the main unit, here for the OLBI unit, or here for the Toronto/Windsor unit to find out more.

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