The Canadian Alliance of Student Associations (CASA), a federal student advocacy organization that the GSA is a member, has launched a new campaign #ClosetheGaps to voice the concerns and difficulties post-secondary students are facing due to the global pandemic and economic downturn. #CloseTheGaps seeks to promote and raise awareness for the myriad of these challenges of post-secondary students across Canada including major …
November 2020 Advocacy Updates
As your graduate student representatives, the GSA Board of Directors and the Research and Advocacy Analyst work on many advocacy priorities to the best interest of UCalgary graduate students. If you have any questions or concerns, please email askgsa@ucalgary.ca. Throughout the months of November and December, the GSA’s advocacy team met several times with university administration to ask questions and propose changes …
October 2020 Advocacy Updates
As your graduate student representatives, the GSA Board of Directors and the Research and Advocacy Analyst work on many advocacy priorities to the best interest of UCalgary graduate students. If you have any questions or concerns, please email askgsa@ucalgary.ca. The month of October was a busy one for the GSA. At the institutional level, the GSA advocacy team met with the University …
Are You Working Alone?
For UCalgary academically employed graduate studentsAn article by the GSA Labour Relations Committee While some employees are returning to work on campus, COVID-19 is keeping many of us home. This means that many employees will be working alone on campus this semester. The hazards of working alone are not limited to those working with toxic substances or heavy machinery. In fact, the …
September 2020 Advocacy Updates
As your graduate student representatives, the GSA Board of Directors and the Research and Advocacy Analyst work on many advocacy priorities to the best interest of UCalgary graduate students. If you have any questions or concerns, please email askgsa@ucalgary.ca. For the month of September, the GSA’s advocacy efforts were focused largely on provincial and institutional advocacy. The Government of Alberta was seeking …
Letter from ab-GPAC with updates on Alberta 2030
October 2, 2020 The Government of Alberta is conducting a comprehensive, system-wide review of Alberta’s post-secondary system called Alberta 2030: Building Skills for Jobs Post-Secondary System Review (or AB2030). This review will shape the future vision for the Alberta’s post-secondary education system and it aims to transform the post-secondary sector in Alberta to provide high quality education, meet current and future labour market …
August 2020 Advocacy Updates
As your graduate student representatives, the GSA Board of Directors and the Research and Advocacy Analyst work on many advocacy priorities to the best interest of UCalgary graduate students. If you have any questions or concerns, please email askgsa@ucalgary.ca. September 8, 2020 The GSA’s August advocacy efforts were focused primarily on pushing on provincial and institutional (UCalgary) priorities. Provincially, through ab-GPAC, we secured one-on-one …
July 2020 Advocacy Updates
As your graduate student representatives, the GSA Board of Directors and the Research and Advocacy Analyst worked on many advocacy priorities to the best interest of UCalgary graduate students. If you have any questions or concerns, please email askgsa@ucalgary.ca. August 5, 2020 The GSA’s July 2020 advocacy efforts were focused on pushing municipal and provincial priorities. Our advocacy efforts paid off in …
Message from the President
UCalgary graduate students, As many students will be participating in online learning for the Fall 2020 semester, the UPass program has been put on hold for this term. This decision has significantly impacted graduate students. The GSA recognizes the importance of students having affordable access to city transit this upcoming fall semester, especially as many of you will have an …
