Academic Appointments

1. Types of Academic Appointments
     Graduate Appointments
2. Application Process for Status, Adjunct, Cross-Appointed and Visiting Faculty
3. Application Process - Renewals
4. Contact and submission information

1. Types of Academic Appointments:

There are four types of academic appointments available in the Dalla Lana School of Public Health.   In addition to the academic appointments, there are also three types of graduate appointments.  Please refer to the information on graduate appointments by clicking here.

Adjunct Faculty

Individuals who are employed elsewhere in a position that is not primarily academic in nature, who have special skills or learning of value to a division and who may provide services for which recognition is desirable may be appointed as Adjunct.  Adjunct appointments should not normally involve academic rank. Adjunct appointments do not usually involve full membership in the School of Graduate Studies but may give the recipient the opportunity to teach graduate courses or of co-supervising graduate students. Adjunct appointees will not normally be the principal investigator on research funds administered by the University, but may be a co-investigator on a grant held by a full-time or status-only faculty member at the University of Toronto.

Adjunct faculty are classified as adjunct professors and adjunct lecturers.  The adjunct professor designation is reserved for specific individuals of distinction and exemplary achievement.  Adjunct faculty who are given appointments to participate in the School's educational activities are given adjunct lecturer appointments. 

Status-Only

Status-Only appointments are non-salaried and normally receive no remuneration from the University of Toronto.  Such appointments are normally made to allow an individual faculty member to participate more fully in an academic unit’s teaching or research program.  Individuals being considered for status-only positions should normally hold full-time employment arrangements with another institution with a job description that is primarily academic (research and teaching) in nature. Status-only appointees are eligible to apply for research grants. The appointing officer must confirm that the institution employing the status-only faculty member permits the appointment and that the institution will allow the faculty member to fulfil academic responsibilities and cooperate with the University on all matters in the University’s jurisdiction. 

Cross-Appointments

Faculty who hold an academic appointment in another University of Toronto department may hold a Cross-appointment in the DLSPH.  Generally your first academic appointment is your primary appointment and subsequent academic appointments at UofT become 'cross-appointments'. 

Visiting Professor

Faculty from other universities and research institutes who hold continuing appointments in their home institutions may be appointed to a department or Faculty as a Visiting Professor.  Visiting Professors are to be offered annual appointments.  Visiting appointments do not automatically carry membership in the School of Graduate Studies and do not give the recipient the rights or privileges of teaching graduate courses or of supervising graduate students.  Visiting Professors are not normally eligible to apply for research grants.  Visiting faculty may be appointed to Graduate Departments in accordance with the policies of the School of Graduate Studies.

More details regarding visiting professor academic appointments can be found on the Provost's website: http://www.provost.utoronto.ca/procedures/visitingprof.htm#Visiting%20Professors

2.  Application Process for Status, Adjunct, Cross-Appointed and Visiting Faculty

Applications for adjunct, cross, status and visiting professor appointments are accepted anytime. If you are interested in an academic appointment in the Dalla Lana School of Public Health you should submit the following documents.

• Application Form and CV from the Applicant
• Support letter from one of the DLSPH division heads
• Reference letters are required from all applicants who do not hold an academic appointment at another university

Status-Only appointment requests require the additional document:

• Letter of Support from the applicant’s employer

Cross appointment requests require the additional document:

• A letter of support from the Chair of the Department where the applicant holds their primary academic appointment

Visiting professor requests require the additional documents:

• Letter of Support from the applicant’s employer

SGS-only requests require:

• A letter of support from the chair of the graduate unit where the applicant holds their primary graduate appointment. Normally this is the same as their primary academic appointment, however it is not always the case.

*Note: reference letters are not needed from faculty who are appointed at another university

3.  Renewal Process for Status, Adjunct, Cross-Appointed and Visiting Faculty

Application packages for appointment renewal should include the following documents:  

• Application Form and CV from the Applicant
• Support letter from one of the DLSPH division heads*

Status-Only appointment renewals may also require the additional document:

• Letter of Support from the applicant’s employer

Cross appointment renewal applications require the additional document:

• A letter of support from the Chair of the Department where the applicant holds their primary academic appointment

*NOTE:  The division support letter should specify the types of contributions the appointee will make to the School's academic program and it should list contributions to the DLSPH in the past two years.  Contributions can be listed as teaching, research and service. 

4.  Submission information:

All applications should be addressed to:

Dr. Paul Corey
Associate Director, Education
c/o Stephanie do Rego
155 College Street, 6th Floor
Toronto, ON M5T 3M7

Applications can also be submitted via e-mail to stephanie.dorego@utoronto.ca

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