Get Involved

Meet new people, gain valuable experience, and help build a better graduate experience by getting involved with the GSA and with student governance at the University of Alberta.

Help Lead the GSA

GSA student executives, (formally known as GSA Directly-Elected Officers) are elected annually in February. Student executives work to develop and implement theGSA Board Strategic Work Plan— a set of priorities that guide the GSA in best representing graduate students to government and the University.

The President and Vice-Presidents actively engage with stakeholders and advocate for over 8,000 of their fellow graduate students about important matters (like tuition and funding) through major University governing bodies and meetings with senior administration. To learn more about the GSA student executive positions, we invite you toDiscover Governanceat the GSA.

Serve on a Committee

You can also get involved by serving as a graduate student or GSA representative on any number of GSA Standing Committees or University of Alberta committees.

To see the current membership of each committee, please click here. For more information about each committee, please see GSA Bylaw and Policy (under Governance Resources). 

GSA Appeals & Complaints Board: 3 GSA Members

Deadline: Monday, April 14th at 12:00PM (noon)

Position Start Date: Immediate

Purpose and Mandate of the GSA ACB:

“The GSA Appeals and Complaints Board (GSA ACB) is responsible for hearing and deciding appeals of GSA Chief Returning Officer (CRO) decisions and complaints about GSA Officers as allowed by Section 94(3) of the Post-Secondary Learning Act.” (GSA Bylaw and Policy, Section H.POL.6.1).

Meetings:

Members must be available during the GSA General Election process. The GSA Executive Director or delegate will provide training on procedural fairness to all committee members.

Eligibility:

Has not run in the last GSA General Election or election of the Associate Vice-President Labour; and has no intention to run in the next GSA General Election, or election of the Associate Vice-President Labour, or By-Election.

Note: “The President, Vice-Presidents, other Elected Officers, and GSA Elections and Referenda Committee members may not serve on the GSA ACB” (GSA Bylaw and Policy, Section H.POL.8.6).

Composition:

Please note that “members must come from a broad range of departments and may stand for re-election” (GSA Bylaw and Policy, Section H.POL.7.3.)

Please note that an interview will be arranged with GSA Management and the NoC to determine eligibility.

For more information about the GSA ACB, please see GSA Bylaw and Policy.

Nomination Form

Please direct any questions or concerns to