Required Qualifications:
Graduate students at the University of Guelph, eligible for employment in Unit 1 of Local 3913. Applicants must have excellent communication skills (both written and verbal) in the English language. Applicants must have a good knowledge of aquatic biology and experimental design. By applying for this TA position, you are agreeing to be available from the start of the contract (Sept. 8, 2020) to complete all assigned duties, available to attend all mandatory meetings, invigilation of IB mid-term and final exams, and be available to the end of the contract (Dec. 24, 2020) to grade final exams/papers.
Preferred Qualifications:
Students with aquatic background and proven experience with research in field and laboratory settings and who have demonstrated experience writing and publishing peer reviewed scientific papers, research proposals and/or experience with the peer review process. Ideal candidate is also familiar with meta-analysis techniques using large data sets and can aid one on few teaching of R programming and statistics (cleaning, sorting and analyzing data). Ideal candidate familiar with agricultural impacts on aquatic ecosystems as we are having students collectively work on large stream, river and lake datasets associated with agricultural watersheds.