Urban Geography Research Assistant

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The University of Alberta - Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
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$ T- ~4 n! ^* D0 @$ Q/ m% ]Geography Research Assistant.
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Salary to be paid will be $15.00 per hour for 30 hours per week.
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! n8 F) b2 ~) ?This position is for 10 weeks total.

+ E7 ~- a0 L5 N: Z% Q: k9 hAs an urban geography research assistant, you will be working on a
funded project to examine changes in access to healthy food in Edmonton
4 ?2 I% ?; k5 J; Y8 ], \+ }4 \& T7 Vbetween 1970 and present. Duties include searching electronic databases,
undertaking land title searches, manipulating databases and spreadsheets
, f/ m' [0 g1 q. h* }1 zand GIS analysis and mapping.
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# X( N5 J5 S2 s' A; d% v- r" `5 oQualifications include an interest in urban geography, secondary
9 V, h' @4 O+ z2 |literature search proficiency, general research experience and GIS
2 @" g1 ]- \0 [* ^/ _( jskills.

Applications must be submitted to Career and Placement Services by May
! [/ _+ b& j# m1 b: }4, 2007.

* L$ ~" m! T" e9 z4 i' iTo view the complete job description - go to www.ualberta.ca/CAPS - this
, u/ n2 H! O) A% O5 C+ J3 Cposting is filed under "General".

7 b) ~" `- k( J+ \8 [- S. ^) oAs this position is funded by the International Student Work Study
Program  - applicants must be full time international undergraduate
6 F/ W3 s& l& N) Ystudents paying the differential fees.
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Sharon Schultz
Office Manager                                 
International Centre