Graduate Studies and Postdoctoral Affairs (GSPA)
Needles Hall, second floor, room 2201
Share your perspective on graduate student programming for a chance to win one of six $50 gift cards
Graduate Studies and Postdoctoral Affairs (GSPA) wants to hear your perspectives on graduate student programming at the University of Waterloo. We are conducting a survey to help us understand the needs of graduate students. We want to learn more about whether different groups of students have different needs, what the barriers to program participation are, and generally what GSPA can do to help support graduate students. You can help by sharing your insights on graduate student programming as well as potential areas of support. The results of the survey will help GSPA review currently offered programming and make decisions about future programming.
- Graduate students who are currently enrolled at the University of Waterloo are eligible to enter.
- The survey is open from July 13, 9:00 a.m. ET – August 12, 11:59 p.m. ET
- All respondents will have the opportunity to enter a draw for a chance to win one of six $50 gift cards to a retailer of their choosing from a list predetermined by GSPA.
Survey Information
Graduate Studies and Postdoctoral Affairs (GSPA) is currently working on an assessment of our delivered programming with the support of the Graduate Student Association-University of Waterloo (GSA-UW). As part of this assessment, this survey is being conducted to understand the needs of graduate students at the University of Waterloo. Specifically, we hope to understand graduate programming as it is experienced and conceptualized by students including the types of support students would like to have access to. In turn, the results of the survey will be used to inform program delivery and future GSPA efforts to support graduate students.
Key Information
Survey Participation: participation in the survey is confidential and voluntary. You may decline to respond to any question by leaving it blank or withdraw from the survey at any point by not submitting your responses, with no loss of remuneration (See incentive rules and regulations below for more information on remuneration).
How results will be used: Graduate Studies and Postdoctoral Affairs will use the results of the survey to review programs and services at the University of Waterloo for current and future graduate students. Public reports will include only summarized results, ensuring that no individual student can be identified.
Use of Personal Information: Contact information used for the survey be will stored separately from survey data and deleted after the survey is complete and awards have been collected. By entering the contest and voluntarily providing personal information including name and email you are granting us permission to collect and use the information for the purpose of administering the contest and selecting the grand winner. Please click here for more details on the privacy policy.
Draw Incentive Rules and Regulations
Eligibility: Respondents that submit their responses to the Graduate Student Programming Survey will have the opportunity to be entered into a random draw for a chance to win one of six $50 CAD gift cards to a retailer of their choice from list predetermined by GSPA. Eligibility for the incentive opens on July 13 at 9:00 a.m. ET and closes on August 12 at 11:59 p.m. ET. Please click here for more details on the contest rules.
Right to Disqualify: The University reserves the right to disqualify any entry not conforming to these Rules and Regulations at any time. The University assumes no responsibility for entry fraud committed by an entrant and reserves the right to demand return of the prize and all costs associated with remedying any prize awarded to an ineligible entry or entrant. The University is not responsible for any incomplete, failed or delayed transmission of your submission due to the internet, including interruption or delays caused by equipment or software malfunction or other technical difficulties.
Winner Selection: All respondents that submit their survey responses will be eligible to win one of six $50 CAD gift cards to a retailer of their choice from list predetermined by GSPA. The winner of the contest will be selected in a random draw from eligible entries on August 16 at approximately 12:00 p.m. ET. Your odds of winning the draw will depend on the number of individuals that enter into the draw. The award winner will be contacted by Liza Boyar within two business days of the draw by email. Please note that to win the draw, the selected entrant must correctly answer an arithmetic skill-testing question.
Survey privacy policy
Graduate Studies and Postdoctoral Affairs (GSPA) at the University of Waterloo is committed to respecting the privacy of survey respondents to our surveys. All personal information created, held, or collected by GSPA is protected by Canada’s Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act and consistent with Waterloo’s information and privacy policy.
Survey Respondents
We are committed to protecting your personal information and respecting your privacy. Personal information is defined as any details that will enable you to be identified, such as ID numbers, telephone numbers, address, email address etc.
When designing and executing our research, it is our policy to take all necessary steps to ensure that personal information you provide is processed fairly and lawfully.
Only authorized staff has access to personal information and they are obliged to respect its confidentiality. We do not sell, rent or exchange any personal information supplied by you to any third party. Nor do we use any of the information you provide for direct marketing or other non-research activities.
All personal identifying information (ID numbers, telephone numbers, address, email address, etc.) are used only for the administration of incentives, and is stored separately from survey responses. All non-identifying survey data is used solely for evaluation and research purposes. All survey data are transferred and carefully stored on encrypted, password protected, secured network drive (electronic) or in a locked cabinet (paper resources). Where it is necessary to work with a third party company or organization to evaluate or analyze data results, a third party confidential and data sharing agreement is signed to ensure secure and appropriate handling of data.
It is our policy to monitor our internal procedures regularly to ensure compliance with the relevant statutory requirements in all that we do, including the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, and the University’s commitment to privacy.
If you have any questions about the survey, incentive draw or privacy policy, or have difficulty completing the survey please contact Liza Boyar, Graduate Student Programming Strategist.