Explore GTA Opportunities in the Faculty of Science
All available Graduate Teaching Assistant (GTA) opportunities within the Faculty of Science are listed below. Expand the applicable school to view available opportunities and refer to the corresponding Workday posting for application requirements and deadlines.
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Earth and Environmental Sciences
Earth and Environmental Sciences
| Subject and Catalog | Course Description | Delivery Mode of Course | Location of Appointment | Appointment Start Date | Appointment End Date | Hours in Full (1.0) Appointment | Hourly Pay Rate | Anticipated Appointment Weight(s) | Education Requirements | Skills Competencies Experience |
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| EARTH 122 | Intro Env Sciences | In-Person | Waterloo | Jan-04-2027 | Apr-30-2027 | 120.00 | 51.53 | 1.0 | Enrolled in a graduate program in Earth & Environmental Sciences | Student must have completed this course, or an equivalent course at another institution, and/or have previously worked as a TA in this course to be considered. Knowledge of mineral and rock identification, tectonics, mapping, geologic structures and fossils, Earth history. Must be comfortable with basic physical geology concepts and themes, including hands-on identification. Excellent oral and written communication skills. |
| EARTH 122 | Intro Env Sciences | In-Person | Waterloo | Jan-04-2027 | Apr-30-2027 | 120.00 | 51.53 | 1.0 | Enrolled in a graduate program in Earth & Environmental Sciences | Student must have completed this course, or an equivalent course at another institution, and/or have previously worked as a TA in this course to be considered. Knowledge of mineral and rock identification, tectonics, mapping, geologic structures and fossils, earth history and water quality measurements . Must be comfortable with basic physical geology concepts and themes, including hands-on identification. Excellent oral and written communication skills. |
| EARTH 122L | Intro Env Sciences Lab | In-Person | Waterloo | Jan-04-2027 | Apr-30-2027 | 120.00 | 51.53 | 1.0 | Enrolled in a graduate program in Earth & Environmental Sciences | Student must have completed this course, or an equivalent course at another institution, and/or have previously worked as a TA in this course to be considered. Knowledge of mineral and rock identification, tectonics, mapping, geologic structures and fossils, earth history and water quality measurements . Must be comfortable with basic physical geology concepts and themes, including hands-on identification. Excellent oral and written communication skills. |
| EARTH 123 | Introductory Hydrology | Online | Waterloo | Jan-04-2027 | Apr-30-2027 | 120.00 | 51.53 | 1.0 | Enrolled in a graduate program in Earth & Environmental Sciences | Student must have completed this course, or an equivalent course at another institution, and/or have previously worked as a TA in this course to be considered. Knowledge of introductory geoscience, environmental geoscience, hydrology and hydrogeology concepts. Excellent oral and written communication skills. |
| EARTH 221 | Intro Geochemistry | In-Person | Waterloo | Jan-04-2027 | Apr-30-2027 | 120.00 | 51.53 | 1.0 | Enrolled in a graduate program in Earth & Environmental Sciences | Student must have completed this course, or an equivalent course at another institution, and/or have previously worked as a TA in this course to be considered. Knowledge of basic geochemistry and chemistry. Experience with simple water sampling and chemistry analysis. Ability to create and present PowerPoint tutorials and hands on teaching of water quality measurement demonstration with students. Excellent oral and written communication skills. |
| EARTH 232 | Intro Petrography | In-Person | Waterloo | Jan-04-2027 | Apr-30-2027 | 120.00 | 51.53 | 1.0 | Enrolled in a graduate program in Earth & Environmental Sciences | Student must have completed this course, or an equivalent course at another institution, and/or have previously worked as a TA in this course to be considered. Knowledge of Introductory geoscience and environmental geoscience concepts plus mineral identification skills. Optical microscopy skills, performing basic optical mineralogy tests with a transmitted light microscope; ability to identify common rock forming minerals, and identify common igneous, metamorphic, sedimentary textures. Formal oral/PowerPoint presentations. Excellent oral and written communication skills. |
| EARTH 238 | Intro Structural Geology | In-Person | Waterloo | Jan-04-2027 | Apr-30-2027 | 120.00 | 51.53 | 1.0 | Enrolled in a graduate program in Earth & Environmental Sciences | Student must have completed this course, or an equivalent course at another institution, and/or have previously worked as a TA in this course to be considered. Knowledge of geoscience and structural geology concepts. Excellent oral and written communication skills. |
| EARTH 270 | Disasters & Natural Hazards | Online | Waterloo | Jan-04-2027 | Apr-30-2027 | 120.00 | 51.53 | 1.0 | Enrolled in a graduate program in Earth & Environmental Sciences | Student must have completed this course, or an equivalent course at another institution, and/or have previously worked as a TA in this course to be considered. Knowledge of introductory geoscience and environmental geoscience concepts. General knowledge of broad geo-hazard concepts including plate tectonics, earthquakes, volcanoes, atmospheric processes, climate change, hurricanes severe weather systems, wildfires, floods storm hydrology, water/tailings dam failures, mass wasting/landslides, coastal hazards, tsunamis and space impact hazards. Excellent oral and written communication skills. |
| EARTH 305 | Physical Sci of Climate Change | In-Person | Waterloo | Jan-04-2027 | Apr-30-2027 | 120.00 | 51.53 | 1.0 | Enrolled in a graduate program in Earth & Environmental Sciences | Student must have completed this course, or an equivalent course at another institution, and/or have previously worked as a TA in this course to be considered. General Knowledge of global warming and climate changes (understanding of the phenomenon, causes, drivers and climate systems). Excellent oral and written communication skills. |
| EARTH 322 | Ecohydrology | In-Person | Waterloo | Jan-04-2027 | Apr-30-2027 | 120.00 | 51.53 | 1.0 | Enrolled in a graduate program in Earth & Environmental Sciences | Student must have completed this course, or an equivalent course at another institution, and/or have previously worked as a TA in this course to be considered. Knowledge of geoscience, biogeochemistry and aqueous chemistry concepts. General knowledge of chemical calculations. Excellent oral and written communications skills. |
| EARTH 332 | Metamorphic Petrology | In-Person | Waterloo | Jan-04-2027 | Apr-30-2027 | 120.00 | 51.53 | 1.0 | Enrolled in a graduate program in Earth & Environmental Sciences | Student must have completed this course, or an equivalent course at another institution, and/or have previously worked as a TA in this course to be considered. Knowledge of geoscience, environmental geoscience, structural geology and geochemistry concepts. Skills in mineral identification and optical microscopy. General knowledge in statistics, safe handling of chemicals as well as optical microscope operation. Excellent oral and written communication skills as well as formal presentation skills. |
| EARTH 333 | Introductory Sedimentology | In-Person | Waterloo | Jan-04-2027 | Apr-30-2027 | 120.00 | 51.53 | 1.0 | Enrolled in a graduate program in Earth & Environmental Sciences | Student must have completed this course, or an equivalent course at another institution, and/or have previously worked as a TA in this course to be considered. Knowledge of geoscience concepts with mineral identification and optical microscopy skills. Must have basic computer programming and have exceptional knowledge in Excel. Excellent oral and written communication skills. |
| EARTH 343 | Coastal Geomorphology | In-Person | Waterloo | Jan-04-2027 | Apr-30-2027 | 120.00 | 51.53 | 1.0 | Enrolled in a graduate program in Earth & Environmental Sciences | Student must have completed this course, or an equivalent course at another institution, and/or have previously worked as a TA in this course to be considered. Knowledge of coastal processes and landforms, coastal and marine geology, geomorphology, sedimentology and GIS and geospatial analysis. Excellent oral and written communication skills. |
| EARTH 355 | Water: Data to Decisions | In-Person | Waterloo | Jan-04-2027 | Apr-30-2027 | 120.00 | 51.53 | 1.0 | Enrolled in a graduate program in Earth & Environmental Sciences | Student must have completed this course, or an equivalent course at another institution, and/or have previously worked as a TA in this course to be considered. Knowledge in coding in R and/or python (both preferred). General knowledge with basic statistical methods. Excellent oral and written communication skills. |
| EARTH 390 | Geological Mapping Methods | In-Person | Waterloo | Jan-04-2027 | Apr-30-2027 | 120.00 | 51.53 | 1.0 | Enrolled in a graduate program in Earth & Environmental Sciences | Student must have completed this course, or an equivalent course at another institution, and/or have previously worked as a TA in this course to be considered. Knowledge of Introductory geosciences and structural geology. Excellent mineral/rock identification skills and geological mapping practices. Excellent oral and written communication skills. Must have a full G license. |
| EARTH 437 | Rock Mechanics | In-Person | Waterloo | Jan-04-2027 | Apr-30-2027 | 120.00 | 51.53 | 1.0 | Enrolled in a graduate program in Earth & Environmental Sciences | Student must have completed this course, or an equivalent course at another institution, and/or have previously worked as a TA in this course to be considered. Knowledge in rock mechanics concepts, stresses in the earth, elementary geophysics and simple statics and algebra. Must have knowledge in rock mechanics testing procedures for index testing and rock classification. Ability to explain solutions to assignment problems. Excellent oral and written communication skills |
| EARTH 456 | Hydrogeology Num Methods | In-Person | Waterloo | Jan-04-2027 | Apr-30-2027 | 120.00 | 51.53 | 1.0 | Enrolled in a graduate program in Earth & Environmental Sciences | Student must have completed this course, or an equivalent course at another institution, and/or have previously worked as a TA in this course to be considered. Knowledge of variably saturated flow (derivation of Richard's equation, 3D groundwater flow, finite volume discretization and derivation, assembly of saturated groundwater flow equation groundwater flow material balance error, truncation error analysis and stability and monotonicity) contaminate transport (derivation of contaminant transport equation, finite volume discretization, various spatial and temporal weighting schemes for contaminant transport and associated truncation errors, monotonicity and assemblies, boundary conditions for transport, accuracy of contaminant transport weighting schemes and contaminant transport material balance error). Excellent oral and written communication skills. |
| EARTH 459 | Chemical Hydrogeology | In-Person | Waterloo | Jan-04-2027 | Apr-30-2027 | 120.00 | 51.53 | 1.0 | Enrolled in a graduate program in Earth & Environmental Sciences | Student must have completed this course, or an equivalent course at another institution, and/or have previously worked as a TA in this course to be considered. Excellent knowledge in geochemistry and chemical hydrogeology concepts. Excellent oral and written communication skills as well as form presentation skills. |
| EARTH 471 | Mineral Deposits | In-Person | Waterloo | Jan-04-2027 | Apr-30-2027 | 120.00 | 51.53 | 1.0 | Enrolled in a graduate program in Earth & Environmental Sciences | Student must have completed this course, or an equivalent course at another institution, and/or have previously worked as a TA in this course to be considered. Knowledge in introductory geoscience, environmental geoscience, structural geology, GIS, and geochemistry concepts. Excellent skills in mineral identification and optical microscopy. Excellent knowledge in analytical geochemistry methods, statistics, and basic mineral deposits. Excellent oral and written communication skills as well as form presentation skills. |