Earth Sciences Postings
These postings are updated by SFU'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.
FALL 2025 Sessional Instructor Positions
Course: EASC 304 Hydrogeology
Location: Burnaby Campus
Application Period: May 12 - May 26, 2025 (CLOSED)
Appointment Period: August 27 - December 22, 2025
Course: EASC 315W Geochemistry of Natural Waters
Location: Burnaby Campus
Application Period: May 20 - June 6, 2025 (CLOSED)
Appointment Period: August 27 - December 22, 2025
FALL 2025 Teaching Assistant Positions
Application Period: June 23 - July 7, 2025
Appointment period: August 27th - December 22nd, 2025
| Course# | Course Name | Position | Instructor | Estimated BUs |
| EASC 101 | Dynamic Earth (B) | TA | Hansen | 3.67 |
| EASC 202 | Introduction to Mineralogy | TA | Staples | 3.17 |
| EASC 2061 | Field Geology I | TA | Staples | 5.17 |
| EASC 207 | Introduction to Geophysics (Q) | TA | Williams-Jones | 3.17 |
| EASC 209W1 | Environmental Geoscience | TA | Turner | 4.17 |
| EASC 301 | Igneoous Petrology | TA | Staples | 3.17 |
| EASC 302 | Sedimentawry Petrology | TA | MacEachern | 3.17 |
| EASC 304 | Hydrogeology (Q) | TA | Robinson | 3.17 |
| EASC 309 | Global Tectonics | TA | Gibson | 3.17 |
| EASC 310W | Paleontology | TA | MacEachern | 4.17 |
| EASC 4021 | Sedimentology | TA | MacEachern | 3.17 |
| EASC4211 | Volcanology | TA | Williams-Jones | 3.17 |
Fall Semester 2025 (1257): All clasess are held at the Burnaby campus uless otherwise indicated. Offerings are contingent upon final budgetary authorization and enrolment numbers.
Qualifications for TA/TM positions in the Department of Earth Sciences: A bachelor's or master's degree in Earth Sciences, or equivalent. The Department of Earth Sciences includes 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 taken the course or equivalent, or through graduate‐level research in the subject area.
Additional requirements for specific courses:
1 FIELD TRIPS/SCHOOLS: TA must be available to travel on evenings / overnights / weekends, possess valid BC Class 5 (or equivalent) Driver's license, submit a current Drivers Abstract and valid First Aid Level One (minimum). EASC 206, EASC 209W, EASC 402 and EASC 421 will involve overnight out of town travel.
W COURSES : These are writing-intensive courses, TAs may be responsible for providing feedback on written work. Applicants must have above average technical writing skills and be able to critique and assess written assignments and reports. Applicants may be asked to provice writing sampes or other evidence of writing proficiency.
All successful applicants must demonstrate completion of the required safety training prior to the start of the course. Safety training requirements for each course are listed here. Retraining is not required if certification is still valid.
- Teaching Assistant salary per Base Unit (BU) -- $1242
- Associated Scholarship per Base Unit (BU) - does not apply to the 0.17
- GTA 1 (M.Sc.) $190
- GTA 2 (Ph.D.) $420
How To Apply:
Check the detailed course schedule on go.sfu.ca or timetable here for scheduled lecture/lab days/times.
Login to the Earth Sciences TA Appication website using your SFU computing ID. If you are not a SFU EASC grad student, please upload a CV, and academic transcript
Earth Sciences Teaching Assistant/Tutor Marker Hiring Priorities
Duties, Responsibilities and Term of the Appointment for Teaching Assistants (TA) and Sessional Instructors
All successful aplicants must demonstrate completion of the required safety training prior to the start of the course. Safety training requirements for each course are listed here. Retraining is not required if certification is still valid.
TA duties and scheduled hours will vary from course to course. Applicants are expected to be available for the entire term of the contract.
TAs and TMs must be available to invigilate exams and TMs must be able to collect exams and course work for marking from, and return (once marked) to the SFU Burnaby Campus.
Note: All external applicants (non‐EASC) must email a statement of interest, and CV to eascmgr@sfu.ca by application closing date. Questions contact Tarja Vaisanen, Department Manager by email.
We thank all applicants for their interest; however, only successful applicants will be contacted and shall receive written confirmation.
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