Research Assistants are normally students, in a University of Winnipeg undergraduate program, employed to assist with tasks related to research. Work is performed within defined guidelines and under supervision of a more senior researcher or faculty member.

Position Overview:

The position will primarily involve assisting the primary investigator (Dr. Fredborg) in conducting one or more of several ongoing research experiments. Moreover, the position may also involve assisting the primary investigator in setting up and running psychology research experiments.

Duties:

• Prepare equipment and materials for research.
  • Employee will assist the primary investigator (PI) in acquiring relevant software and materials for studies.
• Perform academic research, standard tests and experiments.
  • Employee will assist the primary investigator (PI) in data collection by running participants through experiments.
• Monitor and document research status and findings.
  • Employee will assist with data collection, management, and statistics.
• Assist with duties related to the production of articles, publications, reports and presentations.
  • Employee will assist the PI in writing the details of the studies up for publication.
• Prepare literature reviews.
  • Employee will assist the PI in preparing several literature reviews as needed.
• Assist in data collection, data entry, analysis and interpretation.
  • Employee will assist with data collection, management, and statistics.
• Assist in the acquisition of research materials and supplies.
  • Employee will assist with gathering study stimuli (e.g., videos, images, or audio files for experiments) as needed.
• Perform data/word processing, routine computations, and record keeping.
  • Employee will assist with managing study progress through monitoring practices.
• Perform routine clerical and administrative duties to support research activities.
  • Employee will assist with scheduling laboratory meetings and booking meeting space.
• Perform other duties as required or assigned.

Qualifications:

• Employee must have or be pursuing an Honours undergraduate degree in Psychology, Biopsychology, or related discipline. If employee is still enrolled in university, they must have completed at least 3 years of full-time studies (90 credit hours).
• Employee must have completed courses in Introductory Psychology, Academic Writing, and Statistics.
• Familiarity with psychology experimental software (Qualtrics, SPSS, Zotero, and Excel) as well as systematic review software (e.g., Covidence).

Condition(s) of Employment:

• Must be legally entitled to work in Canada.

The period of work will be from September 2, 2025 - August 31, 2026 and the estimated total hours of work will be 100-300 hours.

Note*: This position is represented by the Public Service Alliance of Canada - Research Capacity Unit.*

Note: The work described in this posting will be conducted in-person.

The University of Winnipeg is committed to equity, diversity and inclusion and recognizes that a diverse staff and faculty benefits and enriches the work, learning and research environments, and is essential to academic and institutional excellence. We welcome applications from all qualified individuals and encourage women, racialized persons, Indigenous persons, persons with disabilities, and 2SLGBTQ+ persons to confidentially self-identify at time of application.

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