Dental Coverage
Another funding avenue is through the GSA, which offers an emergency dental grant. The GSA dental grant was created with the understanding that grad students sometimes face significant dental expenses. The grant assists grad students in offsetting the cost of urgent and necessary dental repairs and services. Application forms, as well as an explanation of documentation required from the dentist, can be picked up at the GSA office, on the sixth floor of the Unicentre or can be found here .

Vision, Child Care, and UHIP Coverage
If you’re a TA, there are additional resources available to you. In 2000, CUPE 4600 successfully bargained for the University to provide an employee assistance fund. In addition to a child care subsidy, this fund can also be used to cover part of the costs of TAs’ vision care expenses as well as part of international students’ UHIP costs.

To apply for any of these funding options, you can download a form at 4600.cupe.ca or you can pick up a form at the CUPE office on the fifth floor of the Unicentre.