CUPE - Research Assistant - Timothy Stanley - Fall 2026 - 65h

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65-hour RA contract with Professor Timothy Stanley.

Documenting Chinese Exclusion: Digitizing the C.I.-44 Database:

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1) Create a Google Sheets Database listing the key elements of the C.I.-44 forms.

2) Search through the on-line PDF and pull out all residents of the City of Montreal and the Province of Québec.

3) Link the on-line locations to each entry in the Google Sheets database.

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1) Must be a PhD student in Education holding an entrance scholarship;

2) Knowledge of people and things Chinese including of Chinese history, Chinese Canadian history, Overseas Chinese history, or of the history of racism in Canada;

3) Familiarity with historical naming practices in Guangdong province; and

4) Knowledge of spreadsheets.

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