CUPE - Research Assistant - Timothy Stanley - Fall 2026 - 65h

Ottawa, ON, CA💼 Full-time💰 $34–$34🗓 2026-09-28 → 2026-09-30

Core

Digitizing a historical database (C.I.-44) by extracting residents of Montreal and Quebec from online PDFs and linking them to a Google Sheets database.

Role type

Research Assistant (PhD student)

Builds

Google Sheets database

Domain

History of Chinese Canadians / Canadian racism history

Required skills

Google Sheets, knowledge of Chinese history, knowledge of Chinese Canadian history, knowledge of Overseas Chinese history, knowledge of racism in Canada history, familiarity with historical naming practices in Guangdong province

Preferred skills

null

Technologies

Google Sheets

Responsibilities

Create a Google Sheets Database listing key elements of C.I.-44 forms, Search through online PDFs to pull out residents of Montreal and Quebec, Link online locations to each entry in the database

Seniority

PhD student, hands-on IC

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