Is there a way we could… ask UofT to consider someone as a professor? Sounds bizarre I know, but a friend of mine at another uni has this author I love for one of her classes, and the prof is a uoft alum! Just wish I could be her student lol
hey there,
as far as i know, there isn’t really a process to do this as students. profs/instructors get hired by applying for postings made by the university. students may have some say in the process by giving testimonials for the candidate’s teaching dossier, but these would be from the students they’ve taught before, not potential future students. which kind of makes sense, because while an instructor could seem great on paper, the experience of actually getting taught by them might be different. overall, it really comes down to the prof actually applying to work at uoft, and uoft choosing to accept her.
if you’re really interested in taking her course, you could see if it might be possible to audit it? and then you can beg her to come to uoft. i guess this only really works if they’re in toronto or have online lectures, though.
actually, if you really really want to take her courses, you might be able to do it for credit as a visiting student. you’d have to make sure that the course follows a few eligibility criteria, for example, it can’t be a course already offered by uoft artsci, and it can’t be pass fail, has to be in-person, etc. then, you can apply for a “letter of permission” from uoft which allows you take the course for credit. you’d also have to apply to the university you’ll be “visiting” on ouac, through the 105 application stream. it’s kind of a complicated process, but hey, if you really really want to take that course, it might be worth it.
hope this helps,
aska