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These Teaching Assistant positions are only available to McGill graduate students.
You must be a student registered at McGill in an MA or PhD degree program in the Winter 2026 term.
Hiring Unit: Department of Political Science
Position Summary:
Responsibilities include hosting and facilitating discussions with small groups of students; grading of some assignments; attending lectures and reading course materials; communication with students regarding MyCourses, submission of assignments, etc.
Qualifications:
Positions only available to McGill graduate student with appropriate academic background. Previous study in the subject of the course.
Additional Qualifications for POLI 311 and POLI 312:
Knowledge of R, LaTeX, calculus, linear algebra, linear and logistic regression, Rmarkdown
Additional Qualifications for POLI 666:
Must have taken POLI 618 and POLI 666 or equivalent
Positions:
POLI 222: Political Process and Behaviour – Prof. Scholtz – 2 positions of 180 hours
POLI 227: Intro to Comparative Politics – Global South – Prof. Douek - 6 positions of 180 hours
POLI 231: Intro to Political Theory – Prof. Lu – 2 positions of 180 hours
POLI 243: International Politics of Economic Relations – Prof Baccini – 4 positions of 180 hours
POLI 311: Intro to Quantitative Political Science – Prof. Erlich – 2 position of 180 hours
POLI 312: Intermediate Quantitative Political Science – Prof Elissa Berwick – 1 position of 90 hours
POLI 317: The Politics of Race in Canada – Prof Thompson – 1 position of 180 hours
POLI 319: Politics of Latin America – Prof. Luna– 1 position of 180 hours
POLI 321: Issues: Canadian Public Policy – Prof TBA– 1 position of 180 hours
POLI 329: Russian and Soviet Politics – Prof. Johnson – 1 position of 180 hours; 1 position of 90 hours
POLI 331: Politics in East Central Europe – Prof. Popova - 1 position of 180 hours
POLI 342: Canadian Foreign Policy – Prof. TBA - 1 position of 180 hours
POLI 345: International Organisations – Prof. TBA – 2 positions of 180 hours
POLI 347: Arab-Israel Conflict, Crisis, Peace – Prof TBA– 2 positions of 180 hours
POLI 352 International Policy/Foreign Policy: Africa – Prof. Douek – 2 positions of 180 hours
POLI 358: Political Economy of International Organizations – Prof Baccini – 1 position of 180 hours
POLI 362: Political Theory & IR – Prof TBA – 1 position of 180 hours
POLI 369: Politics of South East Asia – Prof Kuhonta – 1 positions of 180 hours
POLI 379: Topics in Canadian Politics: Urban Politics – Prof. TBA - 1 position of 180 hours
POLI 381: Politics in Japan and South Korea – Prof TBA – 1 position of 90 hours
POLI 410: Canadian Political Parties – Prof. Gordon – 1 position of 180 hours
POLI 427: Politics of Canadian Social Policy – Prof. Beland– 1 position of 90 hours
POLI 431: Nations & Nationalism – Prof. Berwick– 1 position of 180 hours
POLI 441 International Political Economy – Prof TBA – 1 position of 180 hours
POLI 442: International Relations of Ethnic Conflict – Prof. Douek– 1 position of 180 hours; 1 position of 90 hours
POLI 448: Gender and International Relations – Prof. Bradley – 1 position of 180 hours
POLI 666: Casual interference for Political Science – Prof. Erlich – 1 position of 90 hours
Hourly Salary: $37.34
Total Hours of Work per Term: 180 or 90
Position Start Date: 2 January 2026
Position End Date: 9 May, 2026
Deadline to Apply: 10 October, 2025
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