Contacts

Responsibilities:

• Represents the interests and policies of Graduate Studies
• Chairs the Graduate Operations Committee
• Co-chairs the Senate Graduate and Research Council and Graduate Student Relations Committee
• Represents Graduate Studies on most University committees and is the University of Waterloo external representative for graduate affairs - Ontario Council on Graduate Studies (OCGS), Canadian Association for Graduate Studies (CAGS)

Responsibilities:

• Senior management oversight
• Manager of GSPA:
  • Academic Records
  • Admissions
  • Financial aid
  • Convocation
  • Government reporting
  • Marketing and Communications
• Leadership direction, change management and support:
  • Academic programs
  • Student Experience
  • Experiential Education
• Financial and budget oversight
• Human Resource Management
• Space
• Member of Senate Graduate and Research Council
• Member of Graduate Operations Committee
• Resource to Graduate Student Relations Committee, Provost's Advisory Committee on Graduate Student Support

Responsibilities:

• Planning, coordinating and executing internal and external communications
• Website management 
• Publications
• Marketing
• Recruitment
• Workshops
• Postdoctoral affairs
• Graduate and postdoctoral experience

In Miranda's absence, please contact Heidi Mussar.

Responsibilities:

• SSHRC Master’s (CGS M) and Doctoral Scholarship competitions
• SSHRC Talent Award competition
• CIHR Master’s (CGS M) and Doctoral Scholarships (CGS D/DFSA) competitions
• Bursary programs:
  • Graduate Student Contingency Bursary
  • Graduate Studies Parental Leave Bursary
  • Graduate Student Day Care Bursary
• Emergency Loans
• Medical Leave Award
• Doctoral Thesis Completion Award

Responsibilities:

• Document imaging
• Application support

Responsibilities:

• Graduate calendar management

Responsibilities:

• Faculties: Engineering and Science                                        
  • Student records
  • Theses
  • Graduation and Convocation

Responsibilities:

• Assessment, verification and final decision on recommendation for Offer of Admission
• Management of admissions records and communications
• Business Process and Improvements/Research & Policy Development
• Training and advisement

Responsibilities:

• OGS and QEII-GSST competition
• Graduate Studies Conference Assistantship
• Briarhurst Travel & Research Award
• Award of Excellence in Graduate Supervision
• Other external awards:
  • Autism Award
  • Canadian Water Resources Award
  • CAGS Award for Outstanding Graduate Mentorship
  • CGS Gustave O. Arlt Award in the Humanities
  • Google PhD Fellowship
  • Mackenzie King Scholarship
  • McCall MacBain Scholarship
  • Ontario Women's Health Scholars Award
  • Order of the White Rose Scholarship
  • Rhodes Scholarship
  • SWAAC Award
• Graduate awards and funding website, Graduate funding and awards database

Responsibilities:

• Assessment, verification and final decision on recommendation for Offer of Admission
• Management of admissions records and communications
• Business Process and Improvements/Research & Policy Development
• Training and advisement

Responsibilities:

• Digital strategy
• Communications and content management
• Research and best practices
• Project and relationship management

Responsibilities:

• Graduate Award payments processing
• Post Tri-Agency competition processing (payment activation forms, progress reports, parental leave, interruptions/deferrals)
• Post OGS/QEII-GSST competition processing (payments)
• GRS SharePoint access (for staff)

Responsibilities:

• Course catalog
• Quest and OnBase Support
• Document management
• Admissions communications

Responsibilities:

• Faculties: Mathematics and Theology                                    
  • Student records
  • Theses
  • Graduation and Convocation

Responsibilities:

• NSERC Master’s (CGS M) and Doctoral Scholarship (PGS/CGS D) competitions
• CGS-MSFSS competition
• Donor-funded needs-based awards
• International experience awards
• Davis Memorial Scholarship in Ecology
• J. Alan George Leadership Award
• Convocation medals/awards
  • Governor General Medal/University Finalists
  • Alumni Gold Medals/University Finalists
  • Select departmental convocation medals/awards
• CAGS – UMI

Responsibilities: 

• Managing, Leading and Training Staff
• Admissions and Sponsorships – Policy implementation and decision making
• Directing and ensuring data accuracy and reporting
• Decision Making and Non-standard admissions
• Business Process and Improvements/Research & Policy Development

Responsibilities:

• AMTD Waterloo Global Talent Postdoctoral Fellowship competition
• Vanier CGS Doctoral Scholarship competition
• Banting Postdoctoral Fellowship competition
• John Charles Polanyi Prize competition
• CIHR/NSERC/SSHRC Postdoctoral Scholarship inquiries
• Establishment of awards funded through endowments & trusts
• Commissioner for Taking Affidavits

Responsibilities:

• Admissions Management
• Leadership and vision
• Supervision and staff development
• Strategic Planning
• Business Process and Improvements/Research & Policy Development

Responsibilities:

• Electronic application
• Quest and OnBase support
• Document management
• Admissions communications

Responsibilities:

• Graduate professional skills
• Postdoctoral support

Responsibilities:

• Awards from endowments, trusts, operating, including planning program budget entitlements, review and approval of all nominations, annual reporting and communications to senior University administrators; *except those requiring collection of application and adjudication from Advisory Committee on Scholarships and Awards
• UW New Faculty Award
• Provost Doctoral Entrance Award for Women
• Senate Graduate Scholarships
• Government reporting – Ontario Trillium Scholarship, Ontario Graduate Fellowship
• Budget transfer summaries to Finance at year-end (operating accounts)
• University of Waterloo Graduate Scholarship allocations and reconciliations

Responsibilities:

• Faculties: Health, Arts and Environment                                       
  • Student records
  • Theses
  • Graduation and Convocation

Responsibilities:

• Quest and OnBase development
• Systems security
• Records management
• SISP team member

Responsibilities:

• Assessment, verification and final decision on recommendation for Offer of Admission
• Management of admissions records and communications
• Business Process and Improvements/Research & Policy Development
• Training and advisement