Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies Postings

These postings are updated by SFU's departments. Applicants should make sure that they can meet the departments' requirements and application deadlines. Please apply directly to the department where the job posting is located. Please check your department's job posting website as well.

Limited Terms

Please check back for future postings.

Sessional Instructors (TSSU)

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Teaching Assistant Positions (TSSU)

GSWS TA Postings for Spring 2025:

Course

Location

Positions

Approximate Base Units*   

GSWS 101

Online

Three teaching assistants (marking only)

5.0                                       

GSWS 103

Burnaby

Two teaching assistants

3.17

  • Wages are paid on a salaried basis and defined in terms of Base Units (Bus) which include 4% vacation pay. 
  • One BU corresponds to a maximum of 42 hours of work (less 1.1 hours for statutory holiday compensation). 

  • The dollar value per BU varies depending on your status as a student; all values are effective May 1, 2024: 

      Salary per BU $1,242, Scholarship per BU $190 (GTA 1), $420 (GTA 2). 

Projected compensation: 5 BU for GTA 1 $7160, for GTA 2 $8310

Application Form

Deadline for application: to gswssec@sfu.ca is

November 12, 2024; 4:00 pm

TA Offer Period: November 25 to December 9, 2024.

Resources for TAs/TMs/Sessionals

The following links will help you get your medical coverage and other benefits, as well as help you learn how to become a better teacher.

 

Policies

Equity
The University is committed to the principle of equity in employment. (See Policy GP 19.)

Privacy
The information submitted with your application is collected under the authority of the University Act (R.S.B.C. 1996, c.468, s. 27(4)(a)), applicable federal and provincial employment regulations and requirements, the University's non-academic employment policies and applicable collective agreements.

The information is related directly to and needed by the University to initiate the employment application process. The information will be used to contact references supplied by you, evaluate your qualifications and complete the employment process by making a hiring decision. Applicant information may also be disclosed to the Teaching Support Staff Union in accordance with Article XIII F.3.1.b of the Collective Agreement.

If you have any questions about the collection, use and disclosure of this information please contact the Associate VP, Human Resources, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6. Telephone 778-782-3237.