Teaching Assistant Application
Please submit your completed form to Angela Balesdent
by June 15, 2018.
DEPARTMENT OF GEOGRAPHY AND PLANNING
All applicants must submit their course preferences (3 courses per term). Please refer to the endnote to identify which preference group you fall under and submit any additional documentation required (if needed).
Applicant's Name:______Applicant’s Research Supervisor (if applicable):______
Applicant’s Program (MA, MSc, PhD, MPL):______
Preference Group: ______
Course Preferences: Please ensure that your list includes three (3) ranked choices for each of the terms in which you wish to be considered for any available positions (1 being highest preference).
Course / Term / Course Title / TA Qualifications1 / Applicant’s Preference RankGPHY 101 / F / Human Geography / Human and/or Physical Geography, Human Geography Preferred
GPHY 203 / F / Water Resources and Management / Physical Geography
GPHY 209 / F / Weather and Climate / Physical Geography
GPHY 227 / F / Cities: Geography, Planning and Urban Life / Human Geography, Planning
GPHY 242 / F / Remote Sensing I: Remote Sensing of the Environment / Geographic Information Systems, ArcGIS, Remote Sensing, ENVI
GPHY 243 / F / Geographic Information Science / Geographic Information Systems, ArcGIS
GPHY 304 / F / Arctic and Periglacial Environments / Physical Geography
GPHY 311 / F / Biogeochemical Processes / Physical Geography
GPHY 319 / F / Bioenergy and Biorefining in Canada / Physical Geography
GPHY 325 / F / Maps and Society / Human Geography
GPHY 330 / F / Transportation Geography / Human Geography
GPHY 336 / F / Geography, the Environment and Human Health / Human Geography
GPHY 337 / F / Regional Development Theory and Policy / Human Geography, Planning
GPHY 346 / F / GIS and Modelling for Environmental Applications / Geographic Information Systems, ArcGIS
GPHY 348 / F / Application Design and Customization in GIS / Geographic Information Systems, ArcGIS
GPHY 101 / W / Human Geography / Human and/or Physical Geography, Human Geography Preferred
GPHY 102 / W / Physical Geography and Natural Resources / Physical and/or Human Geography, Physical Geography Preferred
GPHY 105 / W / The Digital Earth: Geospatial Data and Earth Observation / Physical and/or Human Geography, Physical Geography Preferred
GPHY 207 / W / Principles of Biogeography / Physical Geography
GPHY 227 * / W / Cities: Geography, Planning and Urban Life – ONLINE / Human Geography, Planning
GPHY 228 / W / Geographies of the Global Political Economy / Human Geography
GPHY 240 / W / Introduction to Qualitative Methods in Geography / Human Geography
GPHY 250 / W / The Geography of Canada / Human Geography
GPHY 312 / W / Watershed Hydrology / Physical Geography
GPHY 314 / W / Climate Change / Physical Geography
GPHY 339 / W / Medical Geography / Human Geography, Planning
GPHY 341 / W / Photogrammetry / Geographic Information Systems, Remote Sensing
GPHY 342 / W / Remote Sensing II: Digital Image Processing / Geographic Information Systems, Remote Sensing
GPHY 345 / W / Spatial Analysis / Geographic Information Systems, ArcGIS
GPHY 351 / W / Geographies of Indigenous and Settler Relations / Human Geography
GPHY 352 / W / Gender and the City / Human Geography
GPHY 362 / W / Human Migration / Human Geography
GPHY 368 / W / Environments and Society / Human Geography
GPHY 371 / W / Special Topics in Earth System Science / Physical Geography
GPHY 371 / W / Special Topics in Earth System Science / Physical Geography
Note to TAs: As a Teaching Assistant you are represented by the Public Service Alliance of Canada, Local 901. Your terms and conditions of employment and bargaining rights are set out in the Collective Agreement, which can be found at
A limited number of Teaching Assistantships are available for graduate students in the Department of Geography and Planning, and are offered based upon the needs of the undergraduate program. If you decline a Teaching Assistantship that has been offered as part of your financial support package then the package will be reduced accordingly. Teaching Assistantships may range from 65 to 130 hours for one term but may not exceed an average of 10 hours per week.
Group A: Qualified graduate students in the Department of Geography and Planning for whom TA ships have been offered as part of a funding commitment; for M.A and M.Sc. students in years 1 and 2, for Ph.D. students in years 1 through 4.
Group B: Qualified graduate students in the Department of Geography and Planning who have exceeded the terms of their funding commitment (M. A. and M.Sc. years 3 or higher; Ph.D. years 5 or higher), or qualified graduate students in the Department of Geography and Planning for which there is no funding commitment.
Group C: Qualified graduate students who previously held a TAship at Queen’s.
Group D: Qualified graduate students who do not meet the criteria for groups A, B, or C.
Graduate students in Groups B-D must submit a curriculum vitae and a copy of their Queen’s transcript (unofficial transcript acceptable).
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1 Proficiency in English and good communication skills are a requirement for all TA positions.
*CDS will determine actual contract hours as well as the final number of TA’s needed, closer to the start of term.These TAs are for the support of online courses. Some training and preparation is needed prior to the start of the course.
Candidates must be prepared to work outside the regular 9-5 workweek, and have access to the internet and a computer that meets ITS minimum requirements. Experience with learning management systems (e.g., onQ) and videoconferencing software (e.g., Adobe Connect) would be an asset.