Teaching Assistant - URBP 605 Geographic Information Systems

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Hiring Unit:

School of Urban Planning

Course Title:

Geographic information Systems

Course Code:

URBP 605

Estimated Number of Positions:

1

Total Hours of Work per Term:

39

The teaching assistant will be responsible for conducting weekly 3-hour lab sessions on Thursdays from 2:35 pm to 5:25 pm and for grading students' lab assignments.

Experience in spatial analysis, including the following areas:

• Thematic mapping

• Areally weighted interpolation

• Geometric operations, including re-projection, casting, and feature manipulation

• Cluster and hotspot detection and analysis

• Network analysis

• Transport routing and cost surfaces

• Spatial statistics and regression

Knowledge of and experience with the application of GIS to urban planning research and policy and experience with a variety of GIS platforms, including some of QGIS, R, Python, and ArcGIS.

Salary: $38.46/hr (150 hours per term)

January 5, 2027 to April 14, 2027

PLEASE NOTE: Only McGill registered graduate students may apply.

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McGill University is an English-language university where most teaching and research activities are conducted in the English language, thereby requiring English communication both verbally and in writing.

Hourly Salary:

$38.46

Position Start Date:

2027-01-05

Position End Date:

2027-04-14

Deadline to Apply:

2026-11-01

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