This communication is to inform you of the successful completion of the current round of collective bargaining on behalf of University of Alberta graduate students, between the Graduate Students’ Association and the Administration. Continuing on the extensive work of last year’s GSA Negotiating Committee, the GSA Council and the Board of Governors recently approved the Collective Agreement Governing the Academic Employment of Graduate Students. The Collective Agreement is a legally binding contract between the Graduate Students’ Association and the Board of Governors, offering protection for academically employed graduate students and regulating the terms and conditions of their employment.
DEADLINE: 28 MAY 2013 AT 12:00 PM (NOON)
The GSA Nominating Committee invites nominations from graduate students to fill the vacancy for four positions on the Arts Faculty Council. Representatives must be pursuing graduate studies in the Faculty of Arts.
DEADLINE: 28 MAY 2013 AT 12:00 PM (NOON)
The GSA Nominating Committee invites nominations from graduate students to fill one (1) vacancy on the Faculty of Arts Research Committee and McCalla Professorship Committee. The representative must be a graduate student currently registered in a graduate program in the Faculty of Arts. The McCalla Professorship Committee terms of reference outline that the representative on this committee will be the “one graduate student from the Arts Research Committee, selected by that committee.”
GSA SPEAKER, CHIEF RETURNING OFFICER (CRO), DEPUTY SPEAKER, AND DEPUTY CRO
FORMAL CALL FOR NOMINATIONS - DEADLINE MAY 30, 2013 AT 12:00PM (NOON)
An informal call for nominations was advertised to graduate students on 17 April 2013.
According to GSA Bylaws (Council-Elected Officers, 3.1.2 and 3.1.3), “The GSA Nominating Committee will open nominations for Speaker, Deputy Speaker, CRO and DRO on or about May 1 of every year by email to every graduate student […] Nominations for Speaker, Deputy Speaker, CRO and DRO shall be submitted in writing to the GSA Nominating Committee by May 30 or the next following working day.