Job Description

Cégep Heritage College is located in Gatineau, Québec, next to the National Capital Region’s Gatineau Park. It is the region’s only public, tuition-free, English-language college, offering innovative and personalized instruction across 18 Career, Pre-University and Continuing Education programs in its modern, state-of-the-art facilities. Cégep Heritage College is a vibrant multicultural institution with dedicated staff serving more than 1,000 students. It delivers educational programming that fosters extraordinary student-teacher interaction, student leadership and entrepreneurship, intercultural dialogue and engagement, and high-calibre athletics.

COMPETITION NUMBER
C24-25-CE-06

POSITION
Hourly Teachers - Philosophy and Humanities (2025 Summer School Program - Cégep Level Courses)

The College is seeking hourly paid professors to join a dynamic team to teach credited Cégep level courses within Continuing Education for the 2025 Summer School Program. These courses will be taught ONSITE.

* Please note that the College reserves the right to cancel classes due to lack of enrolment.

340-101-MQ Philosophy and Rationality (60 hours)
(June 9th to June 30th, 2025, Monday to Friday from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.)
This course studies the use of language and thought in relation to reasoning and argumentation. It also explores the birth of philosophical reasoning in ancient Greece, the transition from mythology to philosophy and from philosophy of nature to ethics and metaphysics. Pre-Socratic philosophers, Plato and Aristotle, are among the philosophers covered in different sections of this course.

345-101-MQ Knowledge (60 hours)
(June 9th to June 30th, 2025, Monday to Friday from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.)
This course’s emphasis is on how knowledge is defined, acquired, transmitted and applied. Students examine both messages and media to identify the strengths and limitations of each. Students learn to situate knowledge in a social, historical and personal context, a skill they will need in order to become lifelong learners.

345-102-MQ World Views (45 hours)
(July 7th to July 30th, 2025, Monday to Thursday from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.)
The course focuses on how individuals, groups, societies or nations organize ideas, perceptions and values into explanatory patterns. Students explore major ideas and value systems by which diverse individuals, groups, societies or nations seek to explain the world and their place in it.

340-102-MQ Concepts of Humanity (45 hours)
(July 7th to July 30th, 2025, Monday to Thursday from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.)
A survey of the history of philosophy as it pertains to how humanity has come to understand itself morally, metaphysically, psychologically, spiritually, and epistemologically. Topics discussed may include (but are not restricted to) nominalism, humanism, attitudes towards the Ancients and towards the future, empiricism, rationalism, modernity, existentialism, and/or post-modernity.

WORK LOCATION
325 boul. de la Cité-des-Jeunes, Gatineau, Québec, Canada, J8Y6T3

SALARY RANGE (PER HOUR)
$96.56 - $134.75

ROLE SUMMARY
In a general way, the professor's teaching load shall include: preparation of course outline; preparation of classes, labs and fieldwork; teaching of classes, labs and fieldwork; adaptation; support and supervision of students; preparation, invigilation and correction of examinations; revision of corrections at the students’ request and other activities when required.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED

• Minimum of a Master's degree in Philosophy or in a related field is required.
• To have some teaching experience would be considered an asset.

ADDITIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
Ability to:

• Create a dynamic, challenging, and motivated learning environment.
• Adapt to a variety of needs and provide appropriate online support.
• Utilize excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Demonstrate knowledge of subject matter through academic or non-academic experiences.
• Apply theoretical concepts to current workplace needs and skill requirements.
• Must be flexible as required.
• Must be willing to work collaboratively within Continuing Education.

Interested candidates should submit their résumé, along with appropriate documentation ONLINE on our college website in the career page at http://www.cegep-heritage.qc.ca/manitou/.

Click on the job posting, then click on "APPLY". You will be able to create an account and upload your résumé and cover letter.

Please note that only online applications will be considered. 

Only those candidates selected for an interview will be contacted. Candidates will be required to submit to selection tests.
 

Cégep Heritage College is an equal opportunity employer and encourages applications from women, Indigenous peoples, members of visible and ethnic minorities, and people with disabilities.