JOB POSTING

OISE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT GRADUATE ASSISTANT (R&DGA) 

Fall/Winter 2023-24

JOB # 281  R&D

• Student will be involved in conducting literature review across interdisciplinary material.
• Student will be involved in creation of material archive including media, vital statistical, and policy documents.
• Student will be involved in qualitative data collection and analysis.
• Student will be involved in academic writing.

• Communication (technical and academic writing); attention to detail; critical thinking; technical skills (use of library databases, word, excel, nvivo), data analysis (qualitative strategies such as thematic analysis), planning and scheduling; and time management. 

Asset:
Experience working with Indigenous communities; knowledge of suicide studies research and social determinants of health

• The R&DGA will be expected to attend regularly scheduled research team meetings scheduled Monday-Friday between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.
• The R&DGA will have a basic understanding of Indigenous studies and research methodologies, foundational literacy of social dimensions/determinants of Indigenous health and education, and cultural acumen in engaging with diverse communities.

• To hold an R&D GA, you must be registered as a full-time student at OISE in an eligible program.
• Masters students (including MA, MEd, MT, and MA-CSE) students are eligible to hold a R&D GA in the first 2 years of their program.
• MA-SCCP students are eligible to hold an R&D GA in the first 3 years of their program.
• Full-time doctoral students (PhD, EdD) are eligible to hold an R&D GA in the first 6 years of their program.
• Flex-time PhD students are eligible to be considered for a GA or R&D GA once during the first 5 years of their program and must be pursuing full-time studies as per the CUPE 3902, Unit 7 Collective Agreement.
• You are not eligible for an R&D GA if you are holding a combination of scholarships, fellowships, OISE-arranged teaching assistantships, OISE-arranged course instructorships and/or research assistantships greater than or equal to the value of a full R&D GA during the academic year (September-August)
• You may not hold a Graduate Assistantship (GA) and an R&D Graduate Assistantship (R&D GA) at the same time.
• For Fall/Winter, Fall, and Winter contracts, students who are full-time employees at the University of Toronto or elsewhere, are ineligible to be considered for R&D Graduate Assistantships under the CUPE 3902, Unit 7 Collective Agreement. Full-time employment is defined as 35 hours per week, or where different, the number of hours specified in an employee's contract as full-time employment.
• Appointments are conditional upon a student being legally authorized to work in Canada by virtue of having a Social Insurance Number and Canadian issued study permit by the commencement date of your appointment or, at the latest, within one month following the commencement date of your appointment.  Students will need a Canadian bank account in order to receive remuneration.
• Should you not have the above noted requisite legal authorization in order to permit you to be legally authorized to work in Canada by the commencement date, any Offer Letter will be automatically deemed null and void and of no further effect, without any further obligations to you.