Fall 2025 Teaching Assistant Positions | School of Rehabilitation Therapy

Aging and Health Positions

AGHE 802 - Ethics and Aging
AGHE 811 - Issues in Aging and Health
AGHE 898 - Master's Project (COMING SOON)

Occupational Therapy Positions

Physical Therapy Positions

Deadline to Apply - Wenesday, July 16, 2025

Instructions for Applying for Teaching Assistant Positions:

Carefully review the TA position descriptions (note that some require a background in OT or PT). Please also consult with your supervisor before making your choices to ensure that your commitment will not conflict with pre-scheduled program commitments.

Next, we request that you email Caitlin MacDonald (caitlin.macdonald@queensu.ca) clearly ranking your choices in order of preference. We also ask that you include your current CV in the email.

From the PSAC 901 Collective Agreement, please note the following categories. All applicants are encouraged to review the full Collective Agreement.

Appointment of Teaching Assistants

12.04 In the appointment to TAships within the Bargaining Unit, the Employer shall follow the four level preference system outlined below. No TAships shall be offered to candidates in Group B until the qualified candidates in Group A have been exhausted. No TAships shall be offered to candidates in Group C until the qualified candidates in Group B have been exhausted. TAships may only be offered to candidates in Group D when there remain no qualified candidates in any other Group.

A. First Preference - Group A

Is for qualified graduate students registered as:

students in a department or program in which the TAship will be offered; or
students in an interdisciplinary program with TA budget resources,

and for whom the TAship has been granted as part of the funding commitment offered by the Employer.

B. Second Preference - Group B (New)

Is for qualified graduate students registered as:

students in a department or program in which the TAship will be offered; or
students in an interdisciplinary program with TA budget resources,
and who are in their first unfunded year of their graduate studies program

and for who are in their first unfunded year of their graduate studies program.

C. Third Preference - Group C (Previously Group B)

Is for qualified graduate students registered as:

students in a department or program in which the TAship will be offered; or
students in an interdisciplinary program with TA budget resources,

and for whom
the TAship will not form part of the funding commitment offered by the Employer; or
there is currently no funding commitment provided by the Employer.

D. Fourth Preference - Group D (Previously Group C)

Is for qualified graduate students that have previously held a TAship or TFship for the Employer.

E. Fifth Preference - Group E (Previously Group D)

Is for qualified graduate students that have not met the criteria as set out in 12.04 A, B, C or D.