Student Research Assistant, Free Trade Activist Project

3 weeks ago

New Westminster, Canada Douglas College Full time

The Role

We are currently seeking a Student Research Assistant for the Free Trade Activism History Project.
The implementation of the Canada-US Free Trade Agreement (CUSFTA) in January 1989 marked a decisive moment in the restructuring of Canada’s economy. Free trade facilitated the rise of a new policy regime based on deregulation, privatization, and offshoring. With my collaborator Dr. Chris Hurl of Concordia University (Sociology), in January of 2022 we launched the Free Trade Activist Project website to establish our research data as a public resource to be used by other researchers. This website documents the formation of activist networks and the work they undertook to resist free trade. Currently, the website contains transcriptions of oral-history interviews with research participants, collected ephemera, a timeline of key events leading up to the signing and implementation of the Canada-US Free Trade Agreement in 1989, along with other information. Link: freetradehistory.ca. The Student Assistant Researcher will help to expand oral-history and archival content on the project’s website to broaden data available to the public. Responsibilities The Student Research Assistant will have the following responsibilities: Assist withmanaging project website To provide support to the supervisor for transcribing and coding interviews Archiving transcripts and ephemera (e.g. posters, leaflets, newsletters) on project website Assist with literature review (historical documents related to the struggle against free trade) To Be Successful in this Role You Will Need Experience in web design and data archiving is an asset Experience in interview transcribing is an asset Interest in social movements, labour studies and Canadian public policy is an asset Background in history social sciences is an asset (e.g sociology, political science, communications)
Domestic students must meet ONE of the following criteria, to be eligible to work as a Student Assistant/Student Research Assistant: 1. The domestic student must be enrolled in, and maintain, a minimum of one or more (3 credit) courses at Douglas College throughout the work term; OR2. The domestic student must have been enrolled in, and maintained, a minimum of one or more (3 credit) courses at Douglas College in the term immediately preceding the work term and has indicated an intention to enroll at the college in the term immediately following the work term; OR3. The domestic student must be enrolled in, and maintain a minimum of two or more (3 credit) courses at another accredited public post-secondary institution in B.C. throughout the work term; 4. The domestic student must have been enrolled in, and maintained, a minimum of two or more (3 credit) courses at another accredited public post-secondary institution in B.C. in the term immediately preceding the work term and has indicated an intention to enroll at the institution in the term immediately following the work term

International students must meet ONE of the following criteria, to be eligible to work as a Student Assistant/Student Research Assistant: 1. The international student is enrolled in full-time studies at Douglas College, throughout the academic year; OR2. The international student, who is not a Douglas College student, but is an international student at another accredited public post-secondary institution in B.C., has a valid Study Permit that has the notation – “May accept employment on or off campus if meeting eligibility criteria as per R186 (F), (V) or (W). Must cease working if no longer meeting these criteria.” Proof of enrollment in full-time studies from the other post-secondary institution is required.An original copy of a Social Insurance Number (SIN) and an original Study Permit are required by law before commencing work at Douglas College.Qualified Douglas College students meeting the above criteria will be given first preference over students of other qualifying institutions.

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