Teaching Assistants GEOG for Winter 2027
Hiring Unit: Department of Geography
Course Title and Course Number: GEOG 217 Cities in the Modern World GEOG 272 Earth's Changing Surface GEOG 303 Health Geography GEOG 305 Soils and Environment GEOG 311 Economic Geography GEOG 314 Geospatial Analysis GEOG 321 Climatic Environments GEOG 325 New Master-Planned Cities GEOG 351 Quantitative Methods GEOG 360 Analyzing Sustainability GEOG 401 Socio-Environmental Systems: Theory and Simulation GEOG 406 Geodatabases, ML and GeoAI GEOG 407 Issues in Geography GEOG 414 Advanced Geospatial Analysis GEOG 418 Geographies of Race GEOG 420 Memory, place, and power GEOG 494 Urban Field Studies ESYS 104 The Earth System
Hourly Salary: Before applying, please note that to work at McGill University You must be both authorized to work in Canada and willing to work in the province of Quebec at the campus where the position is based / located. Must be registered in a graduate program at McGill University. Priority will be given to students enrolled in a graduate program in Geography. McGill University is committed to equity in employment. McGill University is an English-language university where most teaching and research activities are conducted in the English language, thereby requiring English communication both verbally and in writing. Use a personal email when creating an account to submit your application. ca email accounts when you apply.
TAs should be available on campus during these times.
Most questions on these tests will be in short-answer format (1-3 paragraphs), and the instructors will provide detailed answer keys.
Attendance at lectures and reading the course material are optional for appropriately qualified TAs, but TAs are expected to read the lecture notes and/or readings that provide the basis of the questions they grade.
TAs will be expected to help invigilate the midterm exam (evenings ~5:30-8:30PM; One or more TAs will oversee the urban transect project for the class, possibly leading two sets of conferences in early-February and mid-March.
These TAs will grade projects rather than exams.
All TAs should be available on an ad-hoc basis with 2-day notice and should plan to be on campus until all course material has been fully graded and the final grades submitted (as late as mid-May).
In the event of remote-delivery, grading may involve longer, take-home essay responses; routine interactions with students via video conferences, email, and/or myCourses; Prior coursework with a strong social-theoretical orientation in urban geography, urban planning, and/or urban studies is essential.
Photocopying and exercise preparation, reserves, myCourses input and coordinating exercise on land observation and sketching, introducing videos during class lectures Helping students with and grading exercises, office hours Grading mid-term and final exam Coordinating Q&A; session during course

Background in geomorphology and ideally some geology and/or environment studies, field oriented, good with landscape sketching.
Marking of assignments and exams in close consultation with instructor Hold weekly office hours (2 hrs/week) Advise students on assignments through email support Offer tutoring as required Contribute to course management on myCourses





Knowledge of Excel spreadsheet software Basic understanding of concepts in health geography Introductory level statistical knowledge Experience marking assignments Fluency in English to grade essays Effective interpersonal skills Knowledge of MyCourses

Runs laboratory analysis section where students measure the basic soil parameters like soil moisture, soil texture, soil pH etc. Collates analytical data and presents them to students. Marking (assignments and tests) Entering and management of marks in Excel spreadsheet Assist with office hours (on occasion) and responding to student emails Help managing course materials (some on-line in myCourses) and other miscellaneous tasks

GEOG 314 Geospatial Analysis
~ Marking of assignments and exams in close consultation with instructor Hold weekly office hours Attending lab sections Advise students on assignments through email support Offer tutoring as required Contribute to course management on myCourses

Knowledge of Geographic Information Systems, in particular ESRI’s ArcGIS Pro required Basic understanding of concepts in Geographic Information Science (e.g., Introductory level statistical knowledge Experience marking assignments Fluency in English to grade essays Effective interpersonal skills Knowledge of MyCourses

Marking of assignments and tests Regular student consultation regarding course and assignment material (office hours)

Grading papers and exams Administrative work Give 1 lecture on an aspect of new cities

A. should ideally have some background understanding of new master-planned cities, experience with discourse analysis and qualitative methods, and an understanding of urban cultural politics. Having taken urban geography and planning courses is an asset.

Strong background in basic probability and statistics and multiple regression analysis Knowledge of R preferred but not required

and midterm exam Hold office hours as needed (in consultation with the Instructor) Assist with responding to student email queries and myCourses discussion posts Manage course grade sheet and help post materials on myCourses

Experience with sustainability analysis. and environmental management Strong quantitative, analytical, and problem-solving skills Strong familiarity with Microsoft Excel including use of formulas and functions; familiarity with basic statistical techniques, R programming, or GIS would be helpful Strong communication skills and enthusiasm to patiently assist students Good organizational skills
GEOG 401 Socio-Environmental Systems: Assist students with five or six system dynamics modelling exercises (mostly using STELLA Architect) in the active learning classroom, Burnside 511 Grade assignments (which may be in the form of lab reports, short essays, case studies, or systems model diagrams) Hold regular office hours as needed (in consultation with the instructor) Occasionally assist with other classroom activities as needed (such as breakout group activities) Assist with responding to student email/myCourses queries regarding assignments Manage course grade sheet; help to organize and post assignment materials on myCourses as needed

or other relevant software in a modelling context (e.g.



is preferred Coursework in environmental systems and familiarity with sustainability science concepts Strong quantitative, analytical, and problem-solving skills; familiarity with Microsoft Excel Strong communication skills and enthusiasm to patiently assist students with (system dynamics) modelling exercises

Strong knowledge of PostGreSQL/PostGIS Strong knowledge of geospatial analytical methods, incl. random forest, model evaluation and geographically weighted regressions Valuable knowledge of Python and/or R

Grading assignments and final reports Assist students in data curation and analysis Possibly give a short lecture based on the expertise of the T.A. must have some knowledge of qualitative field methods Having taken urban geography and planning courses is an asset.

GEOG 414 Advanced Geospatial Analysis
~ Set up and administer previously created GIS labs/tutorials during lab sessions. Assist students with development of final project ideas (including data access and downloading, and manipulation). Grade the final project.

Requires knowledge of ESRI ArcGIS software, and some amount of SQL/GIS customization/programming knowledge. Intro to GIS GEOG 306: Raster GIS GEOG 307: Socio-economic Applications of GIS GEOG 506: The teaching assistant will support a course on the contemporary and historical production of race/racism within Europe and North America. Primary duties include grading assignments, supporting student writing, and holding scheduled meetings with students.

The teaching assistant should have knowledge of basic college writing and knowledge of concepts within the fields of human geography and race studies (e.g., The position may include miscellaneous other duties such as exam invigilation In the event of remote-delivery, grading may involve longer, take-home essay responses; routine interactions with students via video conferences, email, and/or myCourses; Prior coursework in social and/or political theory is essential. GEOG 494 Urban Field Studies
~ Hold office hours (to be determined by student demand) Attend some classes and give some lectures/tutorials Respond to student emails Be prepared to help students with concerns related to qualitative and quantitative fieldwork methods and analysis Have a general knowledge of recent debates regarding urban change in Montreal Posting and maintenance of material on MyCourses as needed

Skills in survey design and field research methodologies (both qualitative and quantitative) Good communication skills Good organizational and problem-solving skills

Under the general supervision of course instructor. Prepares course material (including laboratory preparation if applicable). D. graduate program. Knowledge of the course subject and material. English, spoken and written. Ability to read French desirable.

McGill University is committed to equity and diversity within its community and values academic rigour and excellence. We welcome and encourage applications from racialized persons/visible minorities, women, Indigenous persons, persons with disabilities, ethnic minorities, and persons of minority sexual orientations and gender identities, as well as from all qualified candidates with the skills and knowledge to engage productively with diverse communities. Candidates are invited to demonstrate their research impact both within and across academic disciplines and in other sectors such as government, communities, or industry.

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