TA Positions

TA Application Form

Please review the location information carefully as some courses will be offered remotely and some will be offered in person.

** Please check the schedule of classes PRIOR to submitting your application to confirm you do not have a scheduling conflict.**

REM 221 Systems Thinking and the Environment – 1 TA Position
Compensation: 3.17-4.17 BUs: $4,508-$5,940 (GTA1)/ $5,198-$6,860 (GTA2)
Location: Burnaby Campus (In person)
Duration: January 6 to April 30, 2025
Instructor: Brett van Poorten
Qualifications: Knowledge of concepts associated with systems thinking (e.g., stocks, flows, feedbacks, equilibria) as applied to environmental and social systems. Awareness of how these concepts have been used to build complex environmental constructs such as resilience and anarchy. Preference will be given to applications with demonstrated application of skills through modelling. Experience with Excel and a systems software such as InsightMaker, Vensim, or Stella are an asset.

REM 325 Uncertainty, Risk, and Decision Analysis – 1 TA Position (1-2 Tutorials, Pending Enrollments)
Compensation: 2.17-3.17 BUs: $3,076-$4,508 (GTA1)/$3,536-$5,198 (GTA2)
Location: Burnaby Campus (In person)
Duration: January 6 to April 30, 2025
Instructor: Kyle Wilson
Qualifications:  Must have a good working knowledge uncertainty in social-ecological systems, quantitative decision analysis, basic rules of probability (including conditional and marginal probability), and excellent communication skills. Academic or equivalent work experience with MS Excel is also required.

** Closing Date for all positions: Monday, November 18, 2024 at 9:00 am

Please direct any questions to Elissa Cyr, Manager Academic and Administrative Services. Please submit completed application forms to the REM office via email to remfins@sfu.ca. Application forms can be found on the REM website.

The University is committed to the principle of equity in employment.

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