Glendon Campus

Research Apprenticeship Program

Welcome to Glendon's Research Apprenticeship Program (RAP)!

Through our unique program, you will receive valuable mentorship from a faculty member, develop research skills, explore your interests, and receive a $1,500 scholarship.

After selection, you will spend two terms conducting research under the supervision of a faculty member, connect with other members of the student community, faculty and like-minded alumni through monthly development workshops. Finally, you'll take part in networking sessions.

You'll spend up to 5 hours a week on learning-related work.

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Benefits of the RAP

Mentoring from a Glendon faculty member, who will support and encourage you to develop skills to navigate academia, research and career development.

A $1,500 scholarship, half of which ($750) is paid at the end of the fall term and the remaining half ($750) at the end of the winter term.

Exclusive monthly workshops that encourage academic and personal development. Here are just a few examples:

  • Navigating York University's OMNI Library System
  • Evaluating Scholarly Sources
  • Success as an undergraduate student
  • Time management
  • Exploring career opportunities in research
  • Reaching full academic potential
  • Maintaining resilience in academic environments

Networking opportunities with Glendon faculty and alumni to build your network and gain additional insight into your research, career and personal development.

Applying to graduate schools is made easy. You can get references for postgraduate study from your mentor teachers, develop strong research skills and demonstrate your passion for academia through your involvement. 

Acquire transferable skills for academic success or for a CV.

  • Learn to carry out library research, condense information, identify reliable sources of information and analyse texts.
  • Develop research expertise and acquire skills in communication, organisation, problem-solving and time management.

Gillian McGillivray
Global History and Justice

Project: My research seeks to answer how a French-owned company with headquarters in Paris managed to maintain control over thousands of workers in five large sugar factories from 1907 to 1969. The research we will be looking at (French and/or Portuguese) will explain how the company survived nationalization and/or bankruptcy during World Wars I and II, the Great Depression, and the post-WWII nationalist populist democratic era in contrast to most British, German, and US companies.

Sze Yuh Nina Wang
Psychology

Project: The project would involve working on projects related to misinformation and political polarization. Namely, helping to develop a mock social media paradigm for studying misinformation in an ecologically-valid setting. The project involves testing how people respond to fact-checks that come from professionals, community sources, and AI sources.

Muriel Péguret
Études françaises

Projet: En collaboration avec une collègue, nous travaillons sur un livre sur le sujet de la psycholinguistique et la linguistique appliquée à l'enseignement du français. Plusieurs chapitres sur différents thèmes développent différents domaines de ces grands champs de recherche.
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Les enseignants de FLS ont besoin d'un site rassemblant des ressources gratuites créées par des collègues. Le site K12 Studio s'ait lancé en mars 2026. Nous avons besion de jeunes motivés par la mobilisation d'une communauté pour faire connaître l'initiative et l'aider de diverses façons : médias sociaux, révisions de ressources soumises pour publications, présentations

Alison Harvey
Communications

Project: This is a multi-year research project looking to understand the barriers to successful, long-term employment in the video game industry for highly-skilled workers. We have tracked the employment experiences of 200 graduates from postsecondary video game programs in Canada and USA over their first three years in the workforce. The efficacy of these programs in preparing students for industry success remains in doubt with student accounts challenging schools' often grandiose claims of well-paid, in-demand graduates (Harvey 2019).

Willem Maas
Political Science

Project: My research consists of ongoing projects on citizenship and migration mostly focused on Europe and Canada. I'm also interested in how governments regulate migration of poor people, and how borders work.

Kevin Reynolds
Linguistics, Language, and Society

Project: The project in which I am currently engaged regards the history of scholarship conducted on Romance-lexified creole languages, and particularly Papiamentu, spoken in Aruba, Bonaire, and Curaçao. My interests lie particularly in 19th-century studies on Papiamentu and their place within the burgeoning field of creolistics at the time. There exists considerable correspondence between various language scholars of the time in European archives and among published material that has elucidated language historians and theoretical linguists on early views of the nature and shape of creole languages, and especially those lexified by Romance languages.

Andrée-Ann Cyr
Psychology

Project: My research fosues on studies examining how curiosity supports memory and well-being across the lifespan. Our lab conducts behavioural research in psychology that uses online experiments and questionnaires to investigate how and why we better remember information that piques our curiosity.

Valérie Florentin et Marco Fiola
Bureau du Principal

Projet: Nous proposons de superviser une petite équipe de 5 apprentis chercheurs.cheuses durant l’année 26-27, pour la faire travailler sur les compétences transversales attendues par les employeurs. Il s’agirait d’éplucher les offres d’emploi, d’aller peut-être parler à des employeurs, etc. afin de savoir quelles compétences doivent être acquises en plus des savoir-faire techniques. Il faudrait que les personnes retenues soient bilingues.

FAQ about the RAP

The Research Apprenticeship Program (RAP) is a close-knit research cohort where you get paid to conduct research alongside a faculty member, while connecting with other like-minded students, faculty and graduates through monthly development workshops and networking sessions.

You must devote 5 hours a week to your RAP supervisor and engage with the program through workshops, events and online discussions. RAP administrators will regularly check with your supervisors to ensure that you are meeting this time commitment.

You can apply using this form.

You must submit your application by May 9, 2025.

  • Demonstrate that you have the skills needed to work with the mentor of your choice.
  • The selection committee values diversity of experience - so we encourage you to showcase the skills you've acquired both inside and outside the classroom (remember, all experience is good experience!).
  • Think about why this research experience might be important and useful.
  • Ask another student, friend or family member to proofread your application before you send it in, to make sure it's clear, concise and free of typos!
  • Respect the word limit.

Yes — you can apply to the “Current Students” component of RAP regardless of your year of study.
Please note, however, that priority will be given to first-year students.

YES, they can apply for the RAP.

  • The level of French-English bilingualism required varies according to the research carried out by the professors. In some cases, students will be required to have advanced skills in French (or possibly other languages).
  • All students will have the opportunity to improve their language comprehension skills through bilingual workshops.
  • To understand the language requirements of the professors' research projects, please consult the list of proposed projects.

YES, you can do the RAP and a work-study position simultaneously. However, you must be aware of your ability to commit to working 5 hours a week, which is a requirement of the RAP.

You must follow the RAP for the whole academic year (eight months). One term is not enough to make a significant contribution to a professor's research project.

NO, students must choose from Glendon's list of RAP faculty mentors.

  • Time management is essential. Earning an undergraduate degree can be challenging, as you juggle multiple deadlines, tasks, assignments, extracurricular activities and personal commitments. So it's important to understand the time commitment required of all CAP students (5 hours per week) and make sure you can fulfill this obligation.
  • Communication is the key to CAP's success. We encourage you to communicate proactively with your referring teacher and the CAP coordinator, keeping them regularly informed of your progress on assigned tasks.

Timeline

  • March 6, 2026 - RAP applications open
  • May 18, 2026 - Deadline for RAP applications
  • The RAP officially begins in the autumn. You'll begin your research alongside your mentor in September 2026 and finish your assistantship in April 2027.

Eligibility

  • All first-year Top Scholars are eligible to apply.
  • If you have completed your first year of studies and are enrolled full-time in a program at Glendon, you may also apply.
  • Some projects may require specific skills (e.g., language skills, WordPress and Adobe Photoshop).
  • Your curiosity, academic record, learning potential and educational goals are taken into account.

How to apply

  • Discover the list of available teachers and projects. (Coming soon)
  • Complete and submit the application form by May 18, 2026.
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