Graduate Students' Association (GSA)
As the official voice of graduate students, the Graduate Students' Association (GSA) represents your interests within the university, locally, provincially and nationally, by lobbying the Faculty, university administration and many levels of governments with respect to funding, representation and academic affairs. Currently the GSA holds one voting seat on University Council and two non-voting seats, one seat on Senate, seven seats on Graduate Council and is represented on most of the committees and subcommittees of University Council and Graduate Council.
All Graduate students registered in the College of Graduate Studies and Research are members of the GSA. Members pay a fee upon registration which is used by the GSA to achieve its stated goals.
Members are represented through a council system which comprises an Executive (President, VPs Operations and Administration, Academic, Student Affairs, Finance and a Past Executive Member), and representatives from a variety of academic units known as Course Councils. Together the Executive and Course Councils form the General Council.