Role |
Responsibilities |
Elected Representatives 2022-23 |
Co-Presidents |
- Serve as treasurer for the PGSA.
- Serve as a representative to the Graduate Philosophy Affairs Committee (GPAC):
- Attend GPAC meetings.
- Voice concerns of graduate students to the department/faculty representatives.
- Attend departmental meetings as a student representative.
- Organize PGSA elections for subsequent year.
- Call and chair PGSA meetings.
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Lindsay Hachey lhachey3@uwo.ca
Madhavi Mohan mmohan9@uwo.ca
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Secretary |
- Attend all PGSA meetings and take minutes.
- Submit minutes to the President(s) for approval and distribution.
- In the event of both Presidents being unable to fulfill their duties, the Secretary is responsible for organizing a new election.
- Alternative Secretary to perform the duties of the Secretary should he or she be unable to attend a meeting.
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SOGS Councillors |
- Must attend Society of Graduate Students monthly meetings from October until September.
- PGSA receives money per councillor for each meeting attended.
- Serve as liaisons to inform our department about events and changes in SOGS.
- Once nominated at the September PGSA meeting, Co-Presidents and Councillors must fill out Councillor Nomination form and give to SOGS: https://sogs.ca/council/
- SOGS council meeting information is posted here: https://sogs.ca/events/
- If a councillor cannot attend a meeting, they must find a replacement. This replacement must take a completed Councillor Alternate form to the meeting: https://sogs.ca/council/
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Nicholas Michieli nmichiel@uwo.ca
Yusheng Xia yxia335@uwo.ca
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PSAC Local 610 Department Steward |
- Attend Stewards and General Membership meetings- PSAC communicates this information by email.
- Serve as the representative of the union local to the PGSA
- Serve as first point of contact for grievances and other labour issues
- Fill out the Department Steward form and return to PSAC office: https://www.psac610.ca/index.php/stewards-committees
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Varun Ravikumar (vraviku@uwo.ca)
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Colloquium Organizers |
- Planning and advertising weekly graduate student talks over the fall and winter terms.
- Organizing a “Congress Practice Session” early in the summer term (before the annual “Congress of the Humanities and the Social Sciences”).
- Organizing a works in progress series to run throughout the summer term.
- All colloquium organizers must read the abstract for each paper prior to its distribution to the members of the PGSA and the faculty.
- Organize Works In Progress Series (WiPS) in the summer term.
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Mailing List Manager |
- Update phil-gsa mailing list with new students’ emails, and removing graduated students’ emails.
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Webmaster |
- Create and maintain PGSA website
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