Course Lecturer for « Anglais Santé » program by Dialogue McGill

Role Description

The “Anglais Santé” program offered by the Dialogue McGill project and funded by Health Canada since 2004 under the Official Languages Health Program, is focused on initiatives to build and maintain the capacity of bilingual health and social services professionals in Quebec to improve health care access for Canadian official language minority communities.

The course lecturer will develop and deliver virtual face-to-face English conversation workshops for professionals working in the health care and social services sector. The English conversation workshop is a 16-hour module delivered over 8 weeks, Monday through Friday, 11:30am to 1:30pm and/or 2 to 4pm and/or after working hours (5 to 7pm and/or 7 to 9pm). The workshop is offered 3 times per year.

• Delivers virtual face-to-face English conversation workshops each week at designated times from September 8th and November 3rd, 2025.
• Develops conversation content for the assigned class fluency level(s) based on pre-defined workshop learning outcomes and syllabus by proficiency level (available at Dialogue McGill).
• Approves all final grades for the conversation modules.
• Meets with students who require special accommodations.
• Updates conversation content to reflect changes to curriculum, as needed and as requested by the supervisor.
• Assists the supervisor in addressing academic matters as they arise (level transfers, assessments, feedback, etc.).
• Attends meetings and workshops as and when needed, including a pre-session orientation meeting before the start of the session, and a post-session wrap-up meeting at the end of the session.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in education with 2 years of experience teaching a second language to adults, preferably to health and/or social services professionals
• OR Bachelor’s degree in education with 5 years of experience teaching a second language to adults, preferably to health and/or social services professionals
• Candidate must demonstrate teaching effectiveness by providing one or more of the following: teaching evaluations demonstrating superior performance; letters of reference; other evidence of superior teaching.

Requirements

• 1 workshop is of 16-hour virtual contact time
• Location: Virtual
• Fall 2025 semester - start & end dates: August 29th to November 7th, 2025
• Application deadline: June 16, 2025 inclusively

Benefits

• McGill University hires on the basis of merit and is strongly committed to equity and diversity within its community.
• We welcome 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 productively engage with diverse communities.
• McGill implements an employment equity program and encourages members of designated groups to self-identify.
• Persons with disabilities who anticipate needing accommodations for any part of the application process may contact, in confidence, [email protected].