This Committee is a forum for communication between representatives of graduate student and senior University officers with responsibility for student relations and student life.
They inform campus-wide efforts to implement goals related to student engagement and review and recommend to the Vice-President, Academic and Provost new incidental fees and changes to existing incidental fees assessed to graduate students except for fees determined by the Graduate Student Association (GSA) and except for fees prescribed by contractual agreements between the University and the GSA.Ìý The Committee also prepares recommendations to the Vice-President, Academic and Provost on changes to the Teaching Assistant rates, the Research Assistant rates and PhD funding.Ìý
The Committee receives for information and comment proposed changes in tuition and co-op fees and is consulted on policies (Class Z) that are developed, or amended that affect graduate students.
There are two alternating Chairs of the Graduate Student Relations Committees – the Associate Vice-President, Graduate Studies and Postdoctoral Affairs and President of the Graduate Student Association.
This Committee meets monthly and minutes of these meetings are confidential to the Committee.
Related Information
Resource DocumentsÌý
- Graduate Student Relations CommitteeÌý- Documents of Interest
- Policy 1 - Appendix D
| Name | Appointment Type |
|---|---|
| Justin Wan [Co-Chair] | Interim Co-Associate Vice-President, Graduate Studies and PostdoctoralÌýAffairs |
| Christine McWebb | Associate Vice-President, Faculty Planning and Policy |
| Chris Read | AssociateÌýProvost, Students |
| Meray Sadek | President, Graduate Student Assocation |
| Kaylee Biggart | Appointee, Graduate StudentÌýAssociationÌý |
| Thabie Lechesa | Appointee, Graduate Student Association |
| Abhishesh Homagain | Appointee, Graduate Student Association |
| Dean Eaton | Appointee, Graduate Student Association |
| Vacancy | Graduate Student, (Arts) non-voting |
| Vacancy | Graduate Student, (Environment) non-voting |
| Vacancy | Graduate Student, (Engineering) non-voting |
| Vacancy | Graduate Student, (Health) non-voting |
| Vacancy | Graduate Sudent, (Math) non-voting |
| Vacancy | Graduate Student, (Science) non-voting |
| Special Members* | Ìý |
| Lili Liu | Dean, Faculty of Health |
| Anna Esselment | Associate Dean, Graduate Studies, Arts |
| Martin Ross | Associate Dean, Graduate Studies, Science |
| Resources | Ìý |
| Jana Carson | Assistant Director, Institutional Analysis and Planning |
| Marianne Simm | Director, Graduate Studies and Postdoctoral Affairs |
| Special Resource | Ìý |
| Allan Starr | Associate Provost, Institutional Data Analysis & Planning |
*Note:ÌýSpecial Members and Special Resources attend meetings and participate in discussions related to changes to the TA rate, the recommended RA rate, and required minimum PhD funding only
Chairs:ÌýAlternating between the Associate Vice-President, Graduate Studies and Postdoctoral Affairs and the President, Graduate Student Association, University of À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ