Undergraduate Academic Assistant

at University of British Columbia, Kelowna, Canada

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Job Category

Student Employee

Job Title

Undergraduate Academic Assistant

Department

UBCO | Research | Taylor | School of Social Work | Faculty of Health and Social Development (Judy Gillespie (Inherited))

Posting End Date

December 30, 2026

Note: Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the Posting End Date.

Job End Date

December 31, 2026

$22/hour

Summary

Participate in an investigation into how ecological systems, culture, behaviour, cognitive-information-processing styles, and psychological temperament interact to influence violent individuals. This is a socio-cultural-ecological pilot study informed by existing literature, web postings, and available data.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Conduct complex library literature and computer media searches

• Work with the team to determine which literature is used by the project

• Conduct research-related tasks such as identifying and summarizing findings from articles, documents, and social media web information

• Conduct data collection, including data analysis and data management

• Identify research variables within select datasets

• Analyze findings to determine themes and linkage among and between variables

• Conduct content analysis of selected literature

• Prepare and present research findings for review by team members

• Help improve research activities and make revisions as necessary in work plans and products

• Write research reports

• Participate in regular team meetings

• Work collaboratively with the team leader and other Research Assistants (RA)

• Participate in writing articles for publication (authorship is based on the amount of original writing for the article completed by the RA)

• Perform other related duties as required.

Qualifications

• Registered and enrolled in a second, third or fourth-year Undergraduate degree

• Maintain good academic standing

• Applicant must have skills and experience conducting web social media searches and the ability to write literature reviews

• Strong reading, comprehension, and writing skills are required.

• Preference given for experience using databases and spreadsheets

• Preference given to individuals who have experience using SPSS and NVivo qualitative and quantitative analysis software.

• Works collaboratively and completes tasks independently

Additional Information

The study uses published articles and documents, along with computer-generated information, to examine the development of violent individuals. This research aims to create a multidimensional description of individuals who intentionally engage in physical assaults. Harmonizing interacting elements rather than reporting singular concepts, such as home situation or socioeconomic phenomena, provides a more complete representation of how violent plans are formed. The study seeks to create a unified source of information detailing the many ecological dimensions of violent individuals.

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