GSA Elections 2010 and

Call for Poll Clerks

The Graduate Students’ Association is calling on any graduate students interested in running for positions in the 2010/2011 Graduate Students’ Association and/or graduate student positions on the Senate, Board of Governors, and Graduate Faculty Board.

If you are not interested in running for a position but would like to be involved in the electoral process, the GSA will also be hiring Poll Clerks.  Please drop off resumes at the GSA office or send them via email to election.gsa.carleton@gmail.com  by noon on March 16, 2010. Poll clerks will be remunerated at $10/hour.  

For more detailed information on GSA Elections 2010, please click here.

Grad Studies Interfering in GSA Council and Election Process- Urgent!

Dear graduate students,

At the last meeting of GSA Council, representatives voted unanimously to ask a plebiscite question about graduate student funding during the upcoming GSA elections. The question is included below. Dean Shepherd indicated today that he is breaking with years of precedent by refusing to have the Faculty  of Graduate Studies and Research send out the election notice to all graduate students unless the plebiscite question is removed. The University is still refusing to provide the GSA with direct access to the emails of its membership.

This is a serious affront to the democratic process and to the independence of the GSA Council. It is very important that graduate students let Dean Shepherd know that he has no right to interfere in the decisions of Council and that efforts to prevent graduate students from voting on the plebiscite question are not in the best interests of the graduate students he should be representing.

Please express your concern by emailing Dean Shepherd (john_shepherd@carleton.ca) and copying both President Runte (roseann_runte@carleton.ca) and the GSA (gsa@carleton.ca).

Please forward this email to your colleagues.

Sincerely,

The GSA Executive

Plebiscite Question #1

The Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research plans to reduce internal funding for graduate students who receive large external scholarships. Please check all that apply:

☐  I support such reductions if the funding is transferred to unfunded or underfunded graduate students.

☐  I support such reductions if the funding is used to expand the number of graduate programs offered.

☐  I support such reductions if the funding is used to alleviate shortfalls in Carleton's pension fund.

☐  I do not support such reductions under any circumstances.

For additional information on the GSA Election and plebiscite question, please click here.

The Carleton University Academic Staff Association (CUASA) and the Graduate Students' Association (GSA) are pleased to announce a new joint award for graduate student contract instructors. Applications for the Graduate Students' Association Distinguished Lecturer Award are due by 4 pm on Friday, March 12. To access the Terms of Reference for the Award, including eligibility criteria and application requirements, click here.  Application material can be dropped off at the GSA Office, 6^th floor Unicentre, or emailed to vpo@gsacarleton.ca.

If you are interested in applying for this award, please contact Margaret Cusson at the Educational Decvelopment Centre (EDC) (margaret_cusson@carleton.ca) if you need assistance putting together a teaching dossier. Or visit www.carleton.ca/edc.

Job Opportunity

The Graduate Students' Association is hiring a recording secretary for our Graduate Academic Caucus (GAC) and GSA Council meetings. Please click here to download the job posting!