About The GSA

The Graduate Students' Association (GSA) of the University of Calgary was established in 1967, and currently has approximately 8,500 members, including full and part-time Master's and PhD students. A not-for-profit organization governed by UCalgary graduate students, the GSA is charged with the social, academic and practical well-being and growth of graduate students on campus. The GSA oversees and promotes workshops, special events, the provision of financial aid and support as well as the facilitation of career-based growth and development for graduate students as they progress through their university programs.

The GSA is governed by a five-person Board of Directors who are full-time graduate students - who are then, in turn, responsible to the Graduate Representative Council (GRC) as a governing and policy-developing body. Over time, the GSA has worked to become a key member of the University of Calgary community via ongoing communication and dialogue with university administrators on pertinent issues.

The GSA represents the collective interests, but not individual opinions, of graduate students to governing bodies of the university, all levels of government and the surrounding community of Calgary.