Please refer to the How to Apply for a Job (for External Candidates) job aid for instructions on how to apply.
If you are an active McGill employee (ie: currently in an active contract or position at McGill University), do not apply through this Career Site. Login to your McGill Workday account and apply to this posting using the Find Jobs report (type Find Jobs in the search bar).
McGill’s School of Information Studies Master’s program (https://www.mcgill.ca/sis/home) is seeking Course Lecturers to teach courses for Fall 2026.
INFS 609 Metadata and Access (3 credits)
Course Description: The course presents fundamental theories and practices of organizing and describing e- resources in libraries, archives, and related fields. It covers prevailing metadata schemes, extensible markup language (XML) and the metadata application profile. It also discusses issues related to the management of metadata schemes in cultural heritage institutions.
Learning Outcomes:
To identify the characteristics of metadata as descriptive tools for organizing digital resources.
To recognize various metadata schemes in diverse communities.
To understand the strengths and weaknesses of major metadata schemes.
To enable to develop a metadata application profile in an institutional context.
To recognize the important issues related to metadata management and implementation in institutional settings.
Archival descriptive tools in metadata-based access systems. Metadata schemas (MARC, Dublin Core and EAD), markup languages (SGML, HTML, and XML), DTD, vocabulary control, and metadata management issues.
Teaching Qualification Requirements:
The course lecturer should have successfully completed courses in information studies at the graduate level, including the courses on metadata and access. The lecturer must have at least two years’ experience as a professional archivist, preferably in an academic setting. A Master’s degree is required.
Hiring Unit: School of Information Studies
Course Number: INFS 609 - Metadata and Access
Credit: 3 credit course
Schedule: R, 08:35 am -11:25 am
Location: EDUC 211
Salary: $11,824.00
INFS 614 Public Libraries (3 credits)
Course Description: A review of the Public Library Movement in English and French Canada. The development of public libraries in North America over the last twenty years with an emphasis on the library's role and responsibilities for the future. The impact of information technologies on the definition and delivery of services.
Teaching Qualification Requirements:
The course lecturer should have successfully completed courses in librarianship at the graduate level, including the courses in public libraries. The lecturer must have at least two years’ experience as a public librarian. Ideally, the candidate will have had taught a course in public libraries. A Master’s degree in Information Studies (or equivalent) is required.
Hiring Unit: School of Information Studies
Course Title: INFS 614 - Public Libraries
Credits: 3 credit course
Schedule: R : 05:35 pm-08:25 pm
Location: EDUC 211
Salary: $11,824.00
INFS 617 Information System Design (3 credits)
Course Description: Introduction to tools for developing information systems. Topics include computer terminology and syntax and semantic of programming languages, with emphasis on their use for text parsing, searching, and database design, which are fundamental concepts in the field of information science.
Teaching Qualification Requirements:
The course lecturer(s) should have successfully completed Information Studies courses at the graduate level. The candidate(s) will have completed the course (or an equivalent one) and taught graduate courses in Information Studies. The candidate(s) should have at least 3 years of professional experience with information systems, including their design and implementation. A Master’s degree in Information Studies (or equivalent) is required.
Hiring Unit: School of Information Studies
Course Title: INFS 617 - Information System Design
Credits: 3 credit course
Schedule: F : 02:35 pm-05:25 pm
Location: ARTS 150
Salary: $11,824.00
INFS 634 Web System Design & Management (3 credits)
Course description: Principles and practices of designing website in the context of libraries and information centres. The course focuses on a conceptual approach to organizing information for the world wide web including design, implementation and management issues. Topics include web development tools, markup languages, internet security and web server administration.
Teaching Qualification Requirements:
The course lecturer should have successfully completed graduate-level courses in web system design. Ideally, the candidate will have had at least two years of experience as an information professional. A relevant Master’s degree is required.
Hiring Unit: School of Information Studies
Course Number: INFS 634 - Web System Design and Management
Credit: 3 credit course
Schedule: Tuesday, 5:35 pm - 8:25 pm
Location: LEA 15
Salary: $11,824.00
INFS 642 Preservation Management (3 credits)
Course Description: Principles and practices for intellectual and physical preservation of historical and cultural heritage materials in all forms to extend their durability and assure continued accessibility, through selection, conservation, migration, digitization, preservation strategies, preservation management and ongoing evaluation.
Teaching Qualification Requirements:
The course lecturer should have successfully completed courses in information studies at the graduate level, including the courses on preservation management. The lecturer must have at least two years’ experience as a professional archivist, preferably in an academic setting. A Master’s degree is required.
Hiring Unit: School of Information Studies
Course Number: INFS 642 - Preservation Management
Credit: 3 credit course
Schedule: Tuesday, 02:35 pm-05:25 pm
Location: EDUC 211
Salary: $11,842.00
INFS 680 Introduction to Information Security and Cryptography (3 credits)
Course description: A general introduction to cybersecurity and cryptography. This course examines the main threats that organizations face towards the protection of data and information concerning its customers and trade secrets. It also covers, at a high level, the basic control mechanisms and processes that can be put in place to protect against these threats and a general introduction to the concepts of cryptography as a way to secure communications.
Learning outcomes:
By the end of this course, the students will:
Explain the fundamental concepts of cybersecurity, such as threats, cryptography, and vulnerability.
Describe the types of cyber-attacks, how they are implemented, and propose commonly used security hardening techniques and controls.
Perform threat and risk assessments at the network system, operating system, and software application levels.
Assess the security readiness of an organization.
Manage cybersecurity incidents and how to communicate them to an organization.
Develop policies to meet current security standards for an organization to adopt.
Assess ethical concerns in terms of security, privacy, and information guidelines and policies within national and international contexts.
Responsibility: Teach a 8 week online course in cybersecurity. Prepare and improve online video recordings, quizzes, assignments, and virtual lab materials. Guide online discussions. Answer students’ questions. Guide students to complete assignments and projects. Grading.
Teaching Qualification Requirements:
Successful candidates should have
At least 10-year industrial experience in IT with strategic vision and broad knowledge in cybersecurity, from cryptograph to access control, from malware to risk assessment, from information security policies to cloud security.
Excellent track record of hands-on experience in cybersecurity.
A Bachelor's degree, a Master’s degree or a Doctoral degree in the relevant area.
Previous experience in creating and teaching cybersecurity course(s).
Prior online and in-person teaching experience.
Excellent communication skills.
Have passion to be a good teacher.
Hiring Unit: School of Information Studies
Course Number: INFS 680 - Introduction to Information Security and Cryptography
Credit: 3 credit course
Start Date and End Date: August 31, 2026 - October 31, 2026
Schedule: TBD
Location: TBD
Salary: $11,824.00
Please note the Faculty of Arts has standardized Course Lecturer contract start and end dates: the course lecturer contract will be from August 31, 2026, to January 5, 2027, inclusively. Please keep in mind the course start and end dates will not follow the contract dates.
Salary will be commensurate with the salary scale for Course Lecturers, as described in the McGill Course Lecturers and Instructors Union Collective Agreement (https://www.mcgill.ca/hr/files/hr/mcliu_collective_agreement_-_final_version_for_printing_0.pdf).
McGill University is committed to equity in employment and diversity. It welcomes applications from indigenous peoples, visible minorities, ethnic minorities, persons with disabilities, women, persons of minority sexual orientations and gender identities and others who may contribute to further diversification.
The language of instruction at McGill is English, but a working knowledge of French would be an asset.
McGill University is committed to equity and diversity within its community and values academic rigour and excellence. We welcome and encourage applications from racialized persons/visible minorities, women, Indigenous persons, persons with disabilities, ethnic minorities, and persons of minority sexual orientations and gender identities, as well as from all qualified candidates with the skills and knowledge to engage productively with diverse communities.
At McGill, research that reflects diverse intellectual traditions, methodologies, and modes of dissemination and translation is valued and encouraged. Candidates are invited to demonstrate their research impact both within and across academic disciplines and in other sectors, such as government, communities, or industry.
McGill further recognizes and fairly considers the impact of leaves (e.g., family care or health-related) that may contribute to career interruptions or slowdowns. Candidates are encouraged to signal any leave that affected productivity, or that may have had an effect on their career path. This information will be considered to ensure the equitable assessment of the candidate’s record.
McGill implements an employment equity program and encourages members of designated equity groups to self-identify. It further seeks to ensure the equitable treatment and full inclusion of persons with disabilities by striving for the implementation of universal design principles transversally, across all facets of the University community, and through accommodation policies and procedures. Persons with disabilities who anticipate needing accommodations for any part of the application process may contact, in confidence, [email protected].
All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply; however, in accordance with Canadian immigration requirements, Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority.
