Graduate Students
Graduate Council
All graduate students are members of the Ryerson Students’ Union. To ensure representation and a unified voice for the over 2,500 graduate students at Ryerson, the RSU has a Graduate Council. Through the Grad Council, the RSU works to build community, advocate through campaigns and support the work of Graduate Student Associations.
Through the General Elections, student's elect a Graduate Executive Committee. The Graduate Executive Committee works with both the Grad Council and the RSU Board to represent all full- and part-time graduate students enrolled at Ryerson University. The Committee is mandated to represent the needs of graduate students; it works to advocate for, create and develop a sense of community amongst grads and to distribute funds to support graduate student initiatives.
Services for Grad Students
Graduate students are entitled to all RSU benefits and services including: The Members’ Health and Dental Plan, academic advocacy, Discount TTC Pass, CopyRITE printing discounts, free legal advice, travel grant funding, the International Student Identity Card and more.
For info on services, please visit: rsuonline.ca/services
National Graduate Caucus
Graduate students are also represented on the provincial and federal levels through their membership in the Canadian Federation of Students and the National Graduate Caucus, which is composed of over 60,000 graduate students across Canada. The National Graduate Caucus is the largest graduate student organisation in Canada, and the only one with an office in Ottawa to lobby federal decision-makers.
Its mandate is to monitor legislative developments as they pertain to graduate students and ensure that the voice of graduate students is heard on issues as varied as copyright, whistleblower protection, student debt, the licensing agreement with the National Library of Canada, and academic freedom and commercialization of education.
For more info on the National Graduate Caucus check out: graduatestudents.ca
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