Teaching Assistant - GPHL 300 - W2027

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Hiring Unit:

Department of Global and Public Health

Course Title:

Data Literacy

Course Code:

GPHL 300

Estimated Number of Positions:

1

Total Hours of Work per Term:

60

Position Summary:

• Meet periodically with course supervisors
• Clarify course content and assignments with students
• Attend regular Zoom lectures
• Assist with evaluation/grading
• Assist with online course management
• Help prepare and facilitate class discussions, media sharing, and group work
• Uphold academic integrity and communicate concerns with course supervisors
• Respond to or share email communications from students with course supervisors as appropriate

Qualifications:

• PhD candidate or 2nd-year Master’s student
• Organized and efficient with good time management skills
• Attention to detail regarding all course aspects
• Approachable and helpful
• Familiar with course materials and assignments
• Background or familiarity with data literacy concepts, including statistical thinking, data visualization, and interpretation of datasets in relation to real-world health and population phenomena
• Comfortable assisting students in developing confidence with data-driven reasoning, graph interpretation, and foundational data science or epidemiological principles

Please note that Teaching Assistants will be required to be on campus to perform their tasks in person.

How to Apply

To be eligible for a Teaching Assistant position you must be registered at McGill University as a Graduate Student in the term to which you are applying.

McGill student not currently employed at McGill University, must apply via external postings. The website will direct you to create a Workday account. Please note, you must use a personal email address when creating this account. Do not use @mail.mcgill.ca or @mcgill.ca email addresses.

Candidates who are current McGill employees receiving a salary (not a graduate student stipend) must apply through their already active Workday account.

Before applying, please note that to work at McGill University, you must be both authorized to work in Canada and willing to work in the province of Quebec at the campus where the position is based / located.

McGill University is an English-language university where most teaching and research are conducted in English, thereby requiring English communication, both verbal and written.

Hourly Salary:

$38.46

Position Start Date:

2026-10-16

Position End Date:

2027-04-28

Deadline to Apply:

2026-11-01

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