Teaching Assistant

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Hiring Unit:
Department of Pharmacology & Therapeutics

Course Title and Course Number:
Honours Pharmacology Research Project - PHAR 598 D2

Estimated Number of Positions:
1

Total Hours of Work per Term:
35 hours per position

Position Summary:

• Helps organize student presentations, informing individuals about their dates of presentations.

• Assisting with projections using computer and composing report sheets showing student names, supervisors, e-mails, titles of presentations.

• Grading of presentations and assisting with grading of manuscripts.

• Attends student presentations.

• Creates summary tables.

Qualifications:

• Only registered McGill Graduate students are eligible to apply as Teaching Assistants.

• NOTE: All candidates will have to fill out the questionnaire and upload relevant documents (Study permit (if applicable)/Proof of enrollment for Winter 2026 term).

• Graduate student with good grasp of Pharmacology.

• Very good communication skills.

• Basic computer skills (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).

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Internal Candidates:

Current McGill Graduate Student with an active job(s)/contract(s) in Workday > applies as an Internal Candidate.

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