Location where work is to be performed:

Main Campus

Session:

2024 Trimestre d'automne | Fall Term

Faculty:

Section de Common Law / Common Law Section

Unit:

Common Law _ST

Job Classification:

Research Assistant (CUPE)

Posting Type:

Recherche / Research

Course Title:

n/a

Course Code:

n/a

Section:

Supervisor name (if known):

Penelope Simons

Date Posted:

August 27, 2024

Closing Date:

September 12, 2024

Note: Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the day prior to the Posting End Date above

Description of tasks (hours):

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:

n/a

Work Start Date:

September 16, 2024

Work End Date:

December 31, 2024

Total Work Hours:

50

Language of Work:

Anglais | English

Graduate Hourly Rate:

50.25

Undergraduate Hourly Rate:

31.89

Requirements and Nature of Work:

Nature of Work:

Research Assistants will conduct research and undertake other tasks for  (1) a SSHRC grant application on domestic resource extraction and remedies for affected communities (2) a paper on racial capitalism and the corporation (3) revisions on a paper on technology facilitated violence and BHR (4) any revisions needed for an Oxford Bibliography on Business and Human Rights (Law), (5) a court intervention involving international human rights law issues, among other projects.

Minimum Qualifications:

Open to students in Common Law. Students must have successfully completed CML 3399 Human Rights (International Protection), CML 4019 Business and Human Rights, CML 1109A or 3131 Public International Law, or equivalent. Applicants MUST SUBMIT a cover letter, CV, law school transcripts and the names and contact information of two referees (COMPILED IN A SINGLE PDF DOCUMENT) an application to Workday.

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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