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Research Assistantship |
Fixed amount of money for conducting research on a specific project under the supervision of a particular professor |
Typically accompanies tuition waiver, thus adequate for survival |
Typically does not accompany tuition waiver, thus adequate for survival but can be augmented with ad hoc employment in teaching support |
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Teaching Assistantship |
Fixed amount of money for supporting teaching activities, as in tutoring, grading home work and supervising laboratories |
Typically accompanies tuition waiver, thus adequate for survival |
Does not typically exist in Canada. Teaching support activities are ad hoc employment opportunities. |
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Ad Hoc Employment |
Hourly-wage jobs.
Skilled: tutoring, grading home work and supervising laboratories
Menial: such as a receptionist, re-shelving books in a library |
Those on research or teaching assistantship can not take up such jobs. All others are eligible, for up to 20 hours per week. |
Students with or without research assistantship can take up only skilled jobs. |
