Posting Reason:

New Position

Location where work is to be performed:

Main Campus, Smyth, Alta Vista, General Hospital, CHEO Campuses

Session:

2027 Winter Semester | Trimestre d'hiver

Faculty:

Faculté de médecine/ Faculty of Medicine

Unit:

Faculty Payroll - Students and Casuals

Job Classification:

Teaching Assistant/Demonstrator/Lab Monitor (CUPE)

Posting Type:

Cours précis / Specific course

Course Title:

Introduction to Medical Bioinformatics

Course Code:

TMM-3108

Section:

A00

Supervisor name (if known):

Martin Pelchat & Mathieu Lavallée-Adam

Date Posted (YYYY/MM/DD):

2026/11/09

Applications must be received BEFORE (YYYY/MM/DD):

2026/11/21

Description of tasks (hours):

Unless specified below, specific allocation of hours to various tasks should be articulated in a description of work negotiated and signed by you and the supervising professor prior to the commencement of work.

Recherche / Research:0

Préparation / Preparation:0

Contact avec étudiants / Contact with Students:0

Correction - Notation / Grading:0

Surveillance / Proctoring:0

Formation / Training:0

Autre / Other:0

Number of positions:

1

Expected Enrolment:

25

Work Start Date:

January 11, 2027

Work End Date:

May 14, 2027

Total Work Hours:

38

Hourly Rate:

AE-RA-Tuteur / TA-RA-Tutor : $33.83 ou/or $53.31 (Sept. 2026 - Aug. 2027)

Undergraduate students will be paid at the lower rate; while graduate students will be paid at the higher rate.

These rates do not include vacation pay nor statutory pay.

Method of Delivery:

in person

Language of Work:

Anglais | English

Requirements and Nature of Work:

Nature of Work

• Assisting students with programming tasks in class
• Grading assignments

Requirements

• Experience in R programming and with the following tools: Blast, Clustal, Cytoscape, Revigo, GOrilla is required.
• The assistant must be a good communicator in French and English and must have completed the required courses.
  
  

Additional Information and/or Comments:

All University of Ottawa employees are required under provincial law to successfully complete all mandatory legislated training offered by the University. The list of training requirements may be modified by provincial law. If you are invited to continue the selection process, please notify us of any particular adaptive measures you might require. We may consult with the Health and Wellness sector of Human Resources, if needed. Any information you send us will be handled respectfully and in complete confidence.

The hiring process will be governed by the current CUPE 2626 collective agreement; you can click here to find out more.

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