This Committee is a forum for communication between representatives of graduate student and senior University officers with responsibility for student relations and student life.
They inform campus-wide efforts to implement goals related to student engagement and review and recommend to the Vice-President, Academic and Provost new incidental fees and changes to existing incidental fees assessed to graduate students except for fees determined by the Graduate Student Association (GSA) and except for fees prescribed by contractual agreements between the University and the GSA. The Committee also prepares recommendations to the Vice-President, Academic and Provost on changes to the Teaching Assistant rates, the Research Assistant rates and PhD funding.
The Committee receives for information and comment proposed changes in tuition and co-op fees and is consulted on policies (Class Z) that are developed, or amended that affect graduate students.
There are two alternating Chairs of the Graduate Student Relations Committees – the Associate Vice-President, Graduate Studies and Postdoctoral Affairs and President of the Graduate Student Association.
This Committee meets monthly and minutes of these meetings are confidential to the Committee.
Related Information
Resource Documents
- Graduate Student Relations Committee - Documents of Interest
- Policy 1 - Appendix D
| Name | Appointment Type |
|---|---|
| University Administration | |
| Justin Wan [Co-Chair] | Interim Co-Associate Vice-President, Graduate Studies and Postdoctoral Affairs |
| Christine McWebb | Associate Vice-President, Faculty Planning and Policy |
| Chris Read | Associate Provost, Students |
| Tim Weber-Kraljevski | Secretary, (non-voting) |
| Graduate Students | |
| Neela Hassan | President, Graduate Student Association |
| Meray Sadek | Vice-President, Administration |
| Thabie Lechesa | Vice-President, Advocacy |
| Abhishesh Homagain | Council Speaker |
| Dean Eaton | Director of the Board |
| Special Members* | |
| Lili Liu | Dane, Faculty of Health |
| Anna Esselment | Associate Dean, Graduate Studies, Arts |
| Martin Ross | Associate Dean, Graduate Studies, Science |
| Resources | |
| Jana Carson | Assistant Director, Institutional Analysis and Planning |
| Marianne Simm | Director, Graduate Studies and Postdoctoral Affairs |
| Special Resource | |
| Allan Starr | Associate Provost, Institutional Data Analysis & Planning |
*Note: Special Members and Special Resources attend meetings and participate in discussions related to changes to the TA rate, the recommended RA rate, and required minimum PhD funding only
Chairs: Alternating between the Associate Vice-President, Graduate Studies and Postdoctoral Affairs and the President, Graduate Student Association, University of Waterloo