New Graduate Biomedical Science jobs

Posting Reason:

New Position

Location where work is to be performed:

Main Campus

Session:

2026 Fall Semester | Trimestre d'automne

Faculty:

Faculté des sciences / Faculty of Science

Unit:

Department of Biology, Students & Casuals

Job Classification:

Teaching Assistant/Demonstrator/Lab Monitor (CUPE)

Posting Type:

Cours précis / Specific course

Course Title:

BIO/BIM4009

Course Code:

Biomedical research

Section:

Supervisor name (if known):

Vincent Careau

Date Posted (YYYY/MM/DD):

2026/06/29

Applications must be received BEFORE (YYYY/MM/DD):

2026/07/13

Description of tasks (hours):

Unless specified below, specific allocation of hours to various tasks should be articulated in a description of work negotiated and signed by you and the supervising professor prior to the commencement of work.

Recherche / Research:0

Préparation / Preparation:15

Contact avec étudiants / Contact with Students:20

Correction - Notation / Grading:30

Surveillance / Proctoring:0

Formation / Training:0

Autre / Other:0

Number of positions:

3

Expected Enrolment:

60

Work Start Date:

September 01, 2026

Work End Date:

December 31, 2026

Total Work Hours:

65

Hourly Rate:

AE-RA-Tuteur / TA-RA-Tutor : $31.89 ou/or $50.25 (2024-2025)

The academic year starts on September 1 and ends on August 31.

Undergraduate students will be paid at the lower rate; while graduate students will be paid at the higher rate.

These rates do not included vacation pay nor statutory pay.

These rates will be applied until a new collective agreement is ratified. Retro will be paid after the ratification.

Language of Work:

Autre (selon la description du cours) | Other (per the course description)

Requirements and Nature of Work:

The 4th year honours are two-term research projects completed under the supervision of a designated professor. Students take this course during their last full year of studies, during which they conduct a research project, present their results during a poster session, and submit a written thesis. The TA will work with the Course Coordinator at various steps along the year to collect the documents (submitted on the course Brightspace) and evaluations (submitted from Google forms). The main tasks will be to:

1. Fall term: a. Create the student list from registration forms b. Participate to the information session for the registered students c. Verify the project outline

d. Participate to the information session for the 3rd year student (Research Café)
2. Winter term:
a. Verify the progress report
b. Organization of Poster Day
i. Create the abstract booklet
ii. Assign the poster evaluators
iii. Collect poster evaluations
c. Verify the thesis submission
d. Compile the grades from the thesis evaluators

Additional Information and/or Comments:

All University of Ottawa employees are required under provincial law to successfully complete all mandatory legislated training offered by the University. The list of training requirements may be modified by provincial law. If you are invited to continue the selection process, please notify us of any particular adaptive measures you might require. We may consult with the Health and Wellness sector of Human Resources, if needed. Any information you send us will be handled respectfully and in complete confidence.

The hiring process will be governed by the current CUPE 2626 collective agreement; you can click here to find out more.

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