Join the CTL Team
At CTL, we partner with educators to create transformative learning experiences grounded in research‑informed practice and inclusive pedagogy. Our team blends diverse expertise in instructional design, educational development, and lived teaching experience to support instructors in developing meaningful and engaging learning environments.
Guided by principles of equity, community, relationality, and continuous growth, we offer everything from personalized consultations and innovative workshops to strategic campus‑wide partnerships that shape a more inclusive and reflective teaching culture.
If you’re passionate about supporting teaching excellence and enhancing student learning, we would love to have you explore opportunities to grow, reflect, and make an impact as part of our CTL team!
Current Opportunities
Learning Design Support Specialist
The Learning Design Support Specialist supports the pedagogical use of learning technologies at the ß÷ßäÉçÇø by helping instructors design effective, engaging, and accessible course environments in Canvas and its integrated tools. Situated within the Centre for Teaching and Learning (CTL), this role emphasizes the application of evidence-informed teaching strategies in digital contexts.
This role contributes to CTL’s wraparound instructional support model by working in close collaboration with instructional designers and educational developers and the U of A Canvas support team. Together, they provide instructors with coordinated guidance that bridges the use of digital platforms with pedagogical intent. This integrated approach ensures that instructors receive holistic support, spanning course site setup through implementation, that is grounded in evidence-based, student-centred teaching practices.
Deadline to apply: July 23, 2025
Graduate Teaching Assistant – Canvas Support
Beginning in Fall 2025, all ß÷ßäÉçÇø courses will be delivered in Canvas, the university’s new learning management system (LMS). This transition supports the institution’s commitment to student-centered, flexible, and innovative learning environments. Canvas offers a modern, mobile-friendly interface, enhanced accessibility features, and personalized tools that help students stay organized, manage course materials, track progress, and engage meaningfully in their learning.
To support a smooth and confident transition, the Centre for Teaching and Learning (CTL) is hiring two Graduate Teaching Assistants (GTAs) as part of its wraparound Canvas support strategy. The GTA, Canvas Support, plays a key role in helping students, GTAs across all disciplines, and instructors make the most of Canvas’s student-centered design and features. The GTA will provide peer-to-peer support to students and GTAs, helping them explore Canvas and navigate their courses with confidence. The role also includes providing basic support to instructors, particularly regarding the student view and experience. Complex technical or pedagogical questions will be triaged to CTL’s instructional designers or Information Services and Technology (IST) as appropriate.
The GTA reports to the Associate Director, overseeing Canvas learning opportunities and works closely with CTL’s Canvas instructional team, including instructional designers and a learning technology specialist. This position is one of two coordinated Canvas GTA roles, designed to collaborate closely and provide consistent, responsive support across campus.
Deadline to apply: August 4, 2025
Senior Educational Development Consultant (Indigenous Pedagogies and Curriculum)
The Senior Educational Development Consultant - Indigenizing Curricula supports instructors and academic units across disciplines in advancing decolonization and Indigenization of teaching and learning at the ß÷ßäÉçÇø. This position plays a vital role in supporting the implementation of institutional Indigenization and decolonization initiatives, contributing directly to the university’s commitments under Braiding Past, Present, and Future and related strategic priorities. This portfolio aims to provide practical, tactical guidance that helps instructors integrate Indigenous worldviews, content, land-based learning, and trauma-informed pedagogies into their teaching in a respectful, responsive, and effective manner.
The incumbent will consult with instructors and departments to design strategies for embedding anti-colonial and Indigenous ways of knowing and content at both the course and program levels. Through workshops, resource development, and one-on-one or team-based consultations, they will help instructors at all levels—from novice to expert—apply evidence-informed approaches, such as high-impact educational practices, in the context of Indigenous pedagogies. They will also support bridging approaches to teaching and learning with Indigenous pedagogies and knowledge systems, offering tools and frameworks that guide instructors in transforming their curriculum and learning environments.
Deadline to apply: August 5, 2025
Senior Educational Development Consultant (Curriculum Innovation)
The Senior Educational Development Consultant for Curriculum Innovation plays a key role in advancing curriculum design and renewal across the ß÷ßäÉçÇø. This position focuses on supporting academic departments and faculties in developing responsive, forward-looking curricula that reflect disciplinary strengths, institutional goals, and emerging trends in teaching and learning.
Through strategic consultation, workshops, and collaborative design processes, the incumbent assists academic units in reimagining their programs to enhance student learning, equity, and academic integrity. A central aspect of this role includes guiding programs in exploring how Generative AI can be meaningfully and responsibly integrated into curricula, ensuring alignment with pedagogical values, disciplinary contexts, and evolving standards of academic excellence.
Working closely with CTL colleagues and institutional partners, the consultant provides curriculum services that foster innovation while supporting long-term, scalable transformation. This includes contributing to program-level curriculum design, advising on high-impact educational practices, and helping embed inclusive, future-oriented approaches to learning at the course and program levels.
Deadline to apply: August 8, 2025
Post-doctoral Researcher in AI, Assessment, & Well-being
The post-doctoral appointee will work on activities related to changing assessment practices in large first- and second-year courses with the Centre for Teaching and Learning (CTL).
The person filling this position will work with Dr. Lia Daniels and Dr. Carrie Demmans Epp (CTL Scholars) on projects that relate to how assessment is conducted, how we can better support student and instructor well-being, and how AI (including large language models [LLMs]) can support assessment and well-being. Eligibility for additional affiliation with the ß÷ßäÉçÇø Machine Intelligence Institute (amii) and the Centre for Research in Applied Measurement and Evaluation (CRAME) will be discussed with the candidate.
Deadline to apply: We are looking for someone to start as soon as possible. The review of applications will begin on August 31 and will continue until a suitable candidate is found; in order to ensure full consideration, applications must be completed by September 15.