Teaching Assistant - URBP 605 Geographic Information Systems
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Key details
- Salary
- $80K/yr
- Location
- Canada
- Work style
- Onsite
- Level
- Entry level
- Job type
- Part-time
- Function
- Education & Training
- Focus area
- other
- Posted
- 13h ago
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About the role
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Hiring Unit:
School of Urban PlanningCourse Title:
Geographic information SystemsCourse Code:
URBP 605Estimated Number of Positions:
1Total Hours of Work per Term:
39The 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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