Unit Group

4122 Post-Secondary Teaching and Research Assistants

Post-secondary teaching and research assistants assist university professors, community college and CEGEP teachers and other faculty members in teaching and research activities at universities and colleges.

Example Titles

college teaching assistant
graduate assistant – university
postdoctoral fellow
research assistant, university

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Main duties

Post-secondary teaching assistants perform some or all of the following duties:

• Organize reference materials, visual aids and other materials as required by university professors or college teachers for lectures
• Conduct seminars, discussion groups and laboratory sessions to supplement lectures
• Assist in preparation and administration of examinations
• Grade examinations, term papers and laboratory reports.

Research assistants perform some or all of the following duties:

• Conduct literature reviews, surveys, laboratory experiments and other research for use in scholarly publications
• Compile research results and assist professor in analysis of results and preparation of journal articles or papers.
• Post-secondary teaching and research assistants specialize in a subject matter based on their field of study.

Employment requirements

• Enrolment in a university, college or CEGEP program is required.

Classified elsewhere

• Elementary and Secondary School Teacher Assistants (6472)