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GSEF is looking to hire various roles on campus. If interested in applying, please email your cover letter and resume to gsef@uwaterloo.ca with the position you are applying for in the subject line.

• Vice-coordinator for student engagement: Propose new initiatives to the board that will improve the social and/or academic experience of grad students.
• Faculty of Environment representative: Join the Project Review Committee and offer your unique perspectives and experiences by helping to review student-led project applications and make funding recommendations.
• Faculty of Math representative: Join the Project Review Committee and offer your unique perspectives and experiences by helping to review student-led project applications and make funding recommendations. Two positions are available.

GSEF is looking to hire a new Coordinator to lead Project Review Committee and Board meetings, develop new initiatives to address graduate student needs, and carry out the day-to-day affairs of GSEF. Please see the Coordinator Job Description for more details.

Interested candidates can submit their cover letter and CV to the Coordinator (Sana Shah) at gsef@uwaterloo.ca, by March 1st 2024.

Apply to be the Next GSEF Treasurer!

Do you have experience overseeing finances to inform internal decision-making processes and would like to support the graduate student experience at the University of Waterloo? If so, apply to be the next Treasurer!

GSEF is happy to annouce a renewed funding committment to the Graduate Professional Skills Foundations program! Led by the GSPA, the program is available for graduate studies interested in enhancing their career readiness. Visit the GSPA website for more information and how to sign up.

Have an idea to enhance the academic or social experience for graduate students at UWaterloo? Submit an application for GSEF funding today! We have three funding streams available:

Are you enthusiastic about student-driven initiatives? Do you want to contribute to the graduate student community at the University of Waterloo?

Apply for student-led project funding through one of our three applications streams! 

Small Project Award (for projects up to $600) - Deadline February 1, March 1, April 1

Large Project Award (for projects >$600) - Deadline February 17

Environmental Sustainabilit Award (No limit) - Deadline February 17

Are you a current PhD student at the University of Waterloo looking to support Waterloo's Professional Skills Foundations program? 

Graduate Studies and Postdoctoral Affairs is hiring a Graduate Professional Skills Program Specialist for the fall 2022 and winter 2023 terms (8 months total committment required). 

The Balsillie School of International Affairs hosted the grand opening of the Global Climate Action Committee's Community Garden!

As the Winter 2022 term wraps up, here is a reminder of the Spring deadlines for applying to funding for student-led projects and initiatives that aim to improve the graduate student experience:

Small Project Funding deadlines for the Spring 2022 term are in the beginning of each month (May 1, June 1, July 1, August 1). 

Large Project Funding and Environmental Sustainability Fund Applications are due on June 10, 2022.