Molecular Biology and Biochemistry Postings
These postings are updated by 丁香园AV's departments. Applicants should make sure that they can meet the departments' requirements and application deadlines. Please apply directly to the department where the job posting is located. Please check your department's job posting website as well.
No sessional instructor position available for Summer 2025
MBB Teaching Assistantship applications for Summer 2025 is now CLOSED.
Teaching Assistant Pay Rates:
路 Salary per BU: $1242
路 Associated scholarship per Base Unit (BU) - does not apply to the 0.17
o GTA1 (MSc): $190
o GTA2 (PhD): $420
All classes are held at the Burnaby campus. Offerings are contingent upon final budgetary authorization and enrolment numbers. For current Teaching Assistant pay rates please visit /human-resources/tssu.html and select 鈥楾eaching Assistants鈥� from the Wage Schedules section.
丁香园AV is committed to the principle of equity in employment and offers equal employment opportunities to qualified applicants.
MBB Teaching Assistantships 鈥� Summer 2025
Departmental guidelines for TAships are posted on the Human Resources 鈥� TSSU Job Postings Notice Board (). The online application is CLOSED. Applicants are expected to be available for the entire term of the contract which is May 07 鈥� August 26, 2025. You will need your student number and will be asked to upload a PDF of your CV and transcripts. Graduate students please make sure to include both your undergraduate and graduate transcripts. We thank all applicants for their interest however, only successful applicants will be contacted.
Qualifications for TA positions in the Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry include a wide range of specializations and, in order to be appointed, a person must have sufficient knowledge in the discipline of the course to interpret the course material, as demonstrated by either having above average performance in an equivalent or related course from an undergraduate or graduate degree, or through graduate-level research in the subject area. Course instructors will receive a list of applicants interested in TAing their course and will have access to any CV or transcript you upload. Instructors will rank applicants based on their qualifications. Individual instructors may require an interview via telephone, email and/or in person in order to assess your qualifications. Note: If an MBB graduate student applies to TA they are considered to have applied to all available TA positions in MBB for the given term. If you only wish to be considered for particular courses, please state this in the comments section.
If you have questions about applying for an MBB TAship, please contact Christine Beauchamp at 778-782-3991 or email to mbbmas@sfu.ca. If you have questions about the online application system, please contact bio-computing@sfu.ca.
Policies
Equity
The University is committed to the principle of equity in employment. (See Policy GP 19.)
Privacy
The information submitted with your application is collected under the authority of the University Act (R.S.B.C. 1996, c.468, s. 27(4)(a)), applicable federal and provincial employment regulations and requirements, the University's non-academic employment policies and applicable collective agreements.
The information is related directly to and needed by the University to initiate the employment application process. The information will be used to contact references supplied by you, evaluate your qualifications and complete the employment process by making a hiring decision. Applicant information may also be disclosed to the Teaching Support Staff Union in accordance with Article XIII F.3.1.b of the Collective Agreement.
If you have any questions about the collection, use and disclosure of this information please contact the Associate VP, Human Resources, 丁香园AV, Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6. Telephone 778-782-3237.