CGSP has two open Work Study positions for Fall/ Winter 2024-5. Information about each position is below. Learn more and apply on CLNx (look for jobs 239301 and 239893).
Application deadline is September 25, but we will be reviewing applications as they come in and may hire before the deadline.
Research Administration Assistant(s)
The Research Administration Assistant(s) will assist the Assistant Director in research start-up activities and research communication tasks. They will assist with preparing materials for research ethics review, organizing a team meeting and taking notes at meetings, and developing research instruments. They will also assist in developing communication materials for the Centre’s website, and will assist in maintaining a vibrant social media presence. This work involves translating the complex academic language of sociology publications into plain language summaries for public dissemination, particularly for research news stories on the department web site. From time to time they will also provide event planning assistance and take minutes at team meetings.
Research Data Curation Assistant(s)
The Research Data Curation Assistants will assist the Assistant Director of the Centre and Professor Ito Peng’s research team in a large ongoing, mixed-methods project designed to understand care provisioning in Canada. Working as part of a team consisting of faculty, graduate students, and administrators, the Research Data Curation Assistants will listen to audio recordings of in-depth interviews with paid and unpaid caregivers, check transcripts for errors, anonymize records, and assist the graduate student team with preliminary analysis. The Research Data Curation Assistants will participate in full team meetings and contribute to the team’s work identifying themes. They will also assist in developing written and visual materials to communicate the early findings with an advocacy organization and/or the general public through website and social media dissemination. They will develop communication, teamwork, records management and organization skills. This project is part of the larger Care Economies in Context project led by Professor Ito Peng, which will assess and compare the care economies of several countries and develop macroeconomic tools to inform policymakers making decisions around care economies.