Teaching Assistant positions for the following courses may be available in the Gender Studies and Black Studies departments in the 2026-2027 academic year, conditional upon enrolment figures and budgetary approval:
Fall: | Title: | Lecture Day/Time | Tutorial Day/Time |
BLCK 200 | Black Studies and the Politics of Liberation: An Introduction | Tuesdays, 14:30-17:30 | N/A |
GNDS 120-001 | Women, Gender, Difference | Mondays, 09:30-11:30 | Mondays, 14:30-15:30 & 15:30-16:30; each TA is assigned two tutorials |
GNDS 120 - 002 | Women, Gender, Difference | Tuesdays, 09:30-11:30 | Tuesdays, 14:30-15:30 & 15:30-16:30; each TA is assigned two tutorials |
GNDS 125 -online | Gender, Race, and Popular Culture | Asynchronous | N/A |
GNDS 212 | Racism, Colonialism, and Resistance | Wednesdays, 08:30-09:30 | Wednesdays, 09:30-10:30 & 10:30-11:30; each TA is assigned two tutorials |
GNDS 215 - online | Introduction to Sexual and Gender Diversity | Asynchronous | N/A |
GNDS 262 | Reproductive Justice | Tuesdays, 14:30-7:30 | N/A |
GNDS 295 | Comics and Politics | Tuesdays, 10:00-11:30 and Thursdays 08:30-10:00 | N/A |
GNDS 311 | Feminist Thought | Wednesdays, 08:30-11:30 | N/A |
GNDS 330 | Gender and the Global South | Wednesdays, 14:30-17:30 | N/A |
Winter: | Title: | Lecture Day/Time | Tutorial Day/Time |
BLCK 100 | Learning from the Black Diaspora | Tuesdays, 14:30-16:30 | Thursdays, 13:30-14:30 |
GNDS 120 - online | Women, Gender, Difference | Asynchronous | N/A |
GNDS 125- 001 | Gender, Race, and Popular Culture | Mondays, 09:30-11:30 | Mondays, 14:30-15:30 & 15:30-16:30; each TA is assigned two tutorials |
GNDS 125 - 002 | Gender, Race, and Popular Culture | Wednesdays, 09:30-11:30 | Thursdays, 14:30-15:30 & 16:30-17:30; each TA is assigned two tutorials |
GNDS 215 | Introduction to Sexual and Gender Diversity | Tuesdays, 09:30-11:30 | Wednesdays, 09:30-10:30 & 10:30-11:30; each TA is assigned two tutorials |
GNDS 320 | HIV/AIDS Movements: Histories of Community Health Activism | Fridays, 14:30-17:30 | N/A |
GNDS 335 | Science Fiction and Fantasy | Tuesdays, 10:00-11:30 & Thursdays, 08:30-10:00 | N/A |
GNDS 345 | Research Methods in Gender Studies | Mondays, 11:30-14:30 | N/A |
Please complete the application here: GNDS TA Application Form - 2026-2027 – Fill out form
Applications are due by 11:59 EST on Sunday, July 12, 2026. Review of completed applications will begin on July 13, 2026.
Teaching Assistantships will be assigned in accordance with Article 12.04 of the Collective Agreement (CA) between the Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) on behalf of Graduate Teaching Assistants and Teaching Fellows and Queens University https://www.queensu.ca/facultyrelations/psac%20901-1/collective-agreements/MoAs/LoUs
Please ensure you become familiar with all aspects of the collective agreement, including Article 12.03, included below.
Collective Agreement Article 12: Appointment of Teaching Assistants
12.03 In the appointment to TAships within the Bargaining Unit, the Employer shall with respect to persons enrolled as students in the JD program and MD program, appoint TAships in accordance with Article 12.13; and, with respect to graduate students follow the five 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. No TAships shall be offered to candidates in Group D until the qualified candidates in Group C have been exhausted. TAships may only be offered to candidates in Group E when there remain no qualified candidates in any other Group.
(a) First Preference – Group A Is for qualified graduate students for whom the TAship has been granted as part of the funding commitment offered by the Employer registered as:
(i) students in a department or program or Faculty in which the TAship will be offered; or
(ii) students in an interdisciplinary program with TA budget resources.
(b) Second Preference – Group B Is for qualified full-time graduate students for whom there is no funding commitment offered by the Employer and who are registered as:
(i) students in a department or program or Faculty in which the TAship will be offered; or
(ii)students in an interdisciplinary program with TA budget resources.
(c) Third Preference – Group C Is for qualified graduate students for whom the TAship will not form part of the funding commitment offered by the Employer and who are registered as:
(i) student in a department or program or Faculty in which the TAship will be offered; or
(ii) students in an interdisciplinary program with TA budget resources.
(d) Fourth Preference – Group D Is for qualified graduate students that have previously held a TAship or TFship for the Employer.
(e) Fifth Preference – Group E Is for qualified graduate students that have not met the criteria as set out in 12.04 A, B, C, or D.