The GSA regularly offers a number of opportunities both within and outside of our organization. These can include paid positions as well as volunteering positions and scholarships. This page is dedicated to sharing these opportunities and relevant details with any interested members of our community.
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Employment Opportunities
We don’t have open positions at the moment.
Volunteering Opportunities
Graduate Student Representative – Board of Governors
Type of Position: Volunteer (1 year tenure)
Start date: September 2024
Open to all Faculties
About the Board of Governors
The Board of Governors is the senior governing body of the University and is responsible for establishing the legal and administrative framework for the University.
Graduate Student Representatives – Concordia Council on Student Life
Type of Position: Volunteer (1 year tenure).
From September 1st 202 to August 31st, 2025. Open to all Faculties.
About the CCSL:
The Concordia Council on Student Life (CCSL) is the highest body in the university dedicated to student life. Equally made up of students, staff, and faculty. The Council meets to discuss various student life topics, disperse funding to student-led initiatives, and recognize outstanding individuals at Concordia.
To know more about CCSL please refer to https://www.concordia.ca/offices/ccsl.html.
Graduate Student Representatives – Concordia University Student Tribunal Pool
Type of Position: Volunteer (2024 & 2025 academic years). Open to all Faculties.
About the Student Tribunal Pool:
Role of Student Panelists
Concordia University is a comprehensive University with approximately 46,000 registered students. All matters of student discipline are dealt with in accordance with university policies. The Office of Student Tribunals is responsible for the coordination of the various panels that are called for in the relevant policies.
The majority of our panels hear matters related to academic misconduct (for example: plagiarism, cheating, etc.). Also, our panels hear cases related to behavioural misconduct (for example: fraud, sexual harassment, etc.), graduate students seeking a change to a decision made in their regard (for example: when they have been removed from their program of study) and students seeking to appeal their grades in a course.
Students who want to be part of the hearing panels must be nominated by their student association and appointed to the Student Tribunal Pool by the Senate. In order to be eligible, graduate students shall be registered in a graduate program. Students who are in failed standing, in conditional standing or on academic probation, or who have been sanctioned under the Code of Rights and Responsibilities (BD-3) or the Academic Code of Conduct within the 3 years previous to their nomination are not eligible. The term of office for student panelists is two (2) years, and may be renewed.
Once a student has been appointed to the Tribunal Pool, the Office of Student Tribunals will select panelists to sit on a particular hearing panel. During the hearing, panelists will hear evidence and arguments presented by the parties and vote on upholding (or not) the charge and, if applicable, impose a sanction. This valuable experience will sharpen students’ analytical and decision-making skills.
Hearings occur on weekdays, Monday through Thursday, after 1:00pm. Hearings are not held during exam periods or during the months of July and August. Usually, two cases are heard at each sitting of the Tribunal. Panelists are normally scheduled for two sittings per month, for a total time commitment of four (4) to eight (8) hours per month, including the time that it takes to review the documents submitted for the panel’s consideration prior to the hearings.
To know more about the Student Tribunal Pool please refer to https://www.concordia.ca/students/tribunals.html
Faculty of Arts & Science Graduate Student Representatives
Type of Positions: Volunteer (1 academic year).
Faculty Council: 2 positions available.
Faculty Council Steering Committee: 1 position available (must be part of Faculty Council).
Faculty Curriculum Committee: 1 position available.
Some of the duties include:
- Study curriculum proposals or changes, and comment on them with respect to the internal coherence of the program, pedagogical appropriateness, the priorities established by the Faculty, complementarity with other programs in the Faculty or Faculties;
- Recommend to Council curricular guidelines and regulations;
- Stimulate curricular innovation.
TIME COMMITMENT:
Committees will typically meet ten times a year.
Check out this document for full details.
Check out our fee-levy groups to see if they’re looking for new volunteers for more opportunities!
External Academic Bursaries & Scholarships
Storwell is offering an annual bursary of $2,000 in support of foster children to help them attend post-secondary schools and to offer a hand up as they make their way forward in life. The award is non-renewable, but candidates are welcome to apply for it once a year.
The successful candidate is an active member of their community, has excellent grades and displays financial need.
Eligibility:
- Applicant must have been a foster child with either CCAS or CAS or similar official Canadian foster care program and agrees to having the above organization verify the same;
- Will be enrolled as a full-time student at a recognized post-secondary institution in Canada as of Sept 2022;
- Canadian Citizen or Permanent Resident;
- Applicant must be 24 years of age or less at the time of application;
- Winner agrees to having his/her name, photo and post secondary institution displayed on our website.