A more complete listing of resources available to graduate students can be found from:
- The Graduate Studies and Postdoctoral Affairs page on resources for new graduate students
- The Faculty of Science new Graduate Student information
- The Department of Physics and Astronomy information pages for Graduate Students
Here we pull out some specific resources around supporting mental health and well-being, and dealing with difficult situations. You can also find these links posted in the WCA welcome area.
If you are having problems with your supervisor or issues that you feel you cannot talk with your supervisor about, you should first try to deal with it informally. You can reach out to any faculty member you feel comfortable with or to the WCA admin, Carolyn (wca@uwaterloo.ca), to the Graduate Studies Chair, Jan Kycia, or the Graduate Officer, Kostadinka Bizheva.
You will be listened to without judgement and we will try be good sounding boards and provide helpful suggestions for the way forward. Usually, this approach provides a satisfactory outcome but, if an informal solution cannot be found, we will help you to open up formal proceedings.
General resources
- Campus resources and services
- Graduate student responsibilities
- Guide for Graduate student supervision
- Guidelines for evaluating progress and feedback on graduate student progress
- Graduate Student Association
Wellness
- Graduate student wellness information
- Graduate student mental wellness information
- Mental health training for TAs
- Counselling services
When things go wrong
- Managing conflict and difficult situations
- Managing workplace conflict
- Graduate Student Association - advising and support
- University responsibilities regarding supervisory relationships
- Conflict management and Human Rights Office
- Office of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
- Grad Circle Drop-in
- Procedure for filing a petition or a grievance