Description of tasks (hours): Unless specified below, specific allocation of hours to various tasks should be articulated in a description of work negotiated and signed by you and the supervising professor prior to the commencement of work.

Recherche / Research: 0Prparation / Preparation: 12Contact avec tudiants / Contact with Students: 36Correction - Notation / Grading: 42Surveillance / Proctoring: 0Formation / Training: 0Autre / Other: 0 Number of positions: 1 Expected Enrolment: 30 Work Start Date: August 31, 2026 Work End Date: December 22, 2026 Total Work Hours: 90 Hourly Rate: AE-RA-Tuteur / TA-RA-Tutor : $31.89 ou/or $50.25 (2024-2025) The academic year starts on September 1 and ends on August 31.

Undergraduate students will be paid at the lower rate; while graduate students will be paid at the higher rate.

These rates do not included vacation pay nor statutory pay.

These rates will be applied until a new collective agreement is ratified.

Retro will be paid after the ratification.

Language of Work: Anglais | English Requirements and Nature of Work: Nature of Work: Contact with students: The TA will be required to attend class to assist with the running of in-class activities, aiding the students therein.

Preparation:



This in-class involvement will require preparation prior to the class to ensure overall comfort with the material and activities.

Grading: The TA will assist with some of the grading of student work (short-answer style questions).

Requirements: Graduate-level course in biostatistics, and corresponding comfort with statistical techniques (descriptive analysis, parameter estimation and hypothesis testing as well as nonparametric tests, power calculation and regression modeling).

Comfort with these topics, as well as broader data management in at least one statistical software or programming language (e.g., R or SAS).

Solid communication skills (written and oral), with a particular emphasis on the communication of statistical results and concepts.

Preferred qualifications: experience with both R and SAS is considered an asset.

Additional Information and/or Comments: All University of Ottawa employees are required under provincial law to successfully complete all mandatory legislated training offered by the University.

The list of training requirements may be modified by provincial law.

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