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Job Opportunities
Employment requirements are established by each individual academic unit head/program.
Qualifications, expectations, and duties may vary from course to course and department to department. Contact your academic unit head for more information about assistantships.
Available Opportunities
Full-time Laurier Graduate Students who are not already employed as Graduate Teaching Assistants and who have the appropriate disciplinary expertise, may apply for available GTA positions. GTA contracts may be for 65 or 130 hours only.
Your employment supervisor will outline the responsibilities (including deadlines) by completing a Graduate Teaching Assistant Job Responsibilities (GTAJRF). If you require a workplace accommodation, contact healthandabilities@wlu.ca.
Interested in working as a Graduate Teaching Assistant?
Graduate Teaching Assistant (GTA) opportunities may be available. Full-time graduate students not already holding a GTA contract may be eligible to apply.
Available positions are posted for 5 business days. Click on any available position(s) posted below to learn more about the requirements and how to apply.
Faculty of Social Work
Term: Winter 2026
Total hours: 65
Posted on: December 10, 2025
Applications accepted until: December 17, 2025
Course Summary:
A supervised field experience which assists students to develop competencies relevant to social work practice. The student together with Practicum Instructor will assess the student's work in the field experience looking at ratings of communications skills, assessment skills, use of general knowledge in practice, utilization of theories in practice, socio-cultural sensitivity when dealing with others, effective interventions, establishment of working relationship with people, reflexive and reflective practice. Graded as Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory.
Position Summary:
GTAs will be required to undertake the following tasks:
Required Duties:
- Run weekly clinical supervision groups
- Facilitating seminar/small group discussions
- Communicating with students via email
- Monitoring online discussion posts
The total weekly commitment will be an average of 5 hours per week, with the exact number depending on the tasks assigned.
Qualifications:
To be considered a Graduate Teaching Assistant (GTA), you must be enrolled as a full-time graduate student.
Required:
- PhD level student
- MSW required
Application Requirements:
Applications can be emailed directly to jdunlop@wlu.ca
Applicants should send a cover letter, including a statement about their suitability for the position and what they can bring to the course, along with a current resume.
Term: Winter 2026
Total hours: 65-hour GTA
Posted on: December 10, 2025
Applications accepted until: December 17, 2025
Course Summary:
Integrating Equity, Diversity and Inclusivity (EDI) is essential to the development and training of critically inclusive and ethical social work practitioners. This course will orient emerging social work professionals to practical ways of integrating EDI principles and approaches in micro, macro, and mezzo social work settings. Using an EDI framework, students will engage in case-based learning and practice-oriented critical reflections that will further their understanding of structural sources of injustice and inequities and explore interventions that are responsive to diverse field contexts.
Position Summary: GTAs will be required to undertake the following tasks:
Required Duties:- Holding of office hours and meeting with students
- Communicating with students via email, monitoring online discussion posts
- Providing informal and formal academic advice to students
- Grading
The total weekly commitment will be an average of 5 hours per week, with the exact number depending on the tasks assigned.
Qualifications: To be considered a Graduate Teaching Assistant (GTA), you must be enrolled as a full-time graduate student.
Required:
- PhD level student
Application Requirements: Applications can be emailed directly to ndwaikatshaer@wlu.ca. Applicants should send a cover letter, including a statement about their suitability for the position and what they can bring to the course, along with a current resume.