Our Council
Our Council is made up of representatives from over 40 departments at the University of Manitoba who vote on issues that affect graduate student life. Take a look at the list below and see if your department is represented on UMGSA Council. There are tons of great reasons to make sure that your department is represented on council, including the department grant you receive twice a year for participation. If your department isn’t on the list below, follow our step-by-step guide on how to become a councillor. If you want to get to know your councillor, contact us and we will put you in touch with the representative from your department.
What does Council do? Councillors meet monthly (usually the fourth Wednesday of the month) in the UMGSA Lounge at 221 University Centre. The UMGSA Executives report to council about what their committees are working on, Executives relay updates about university administration, councillors share news from their departments, and council discusses and votes on issues that affect graduate student life. If you have an issue that you would like to have discussed at Council contact us, or your departmental representative and they can advocate on your behalf. If you would like to learn more about the UMGSA Executives, you can read their profiles or familiarize yourself with their duties in the Executive Policy Manual.
If you want to know what goes on at a UMGSA Council meeting, you can read the minutes of past meetings here. Guests are also welcome, so feel free to join us for a Council meeting to see what it’s all about.
2019 UMGSA Council Meetings
June 26, 2019 – 5:30pm – UMGSA Lounge (221 UMSU University Centre)
Departments on UMGSA Council
Faculty of Agricultural & Food Science
Animal Science
Biosystems Engineering
Entomology
Food Science
Human Nutritional Sciences
Plant Science
Soil Science
Faculty of Architecture
Architecture
City Planning
Interior Design
Landscape Architecture
Faculty of Arts
Economics
English, Theatre, Film and Media
Linguistics
Native Studies
Political Studies & Public Administration
Psychology
Sociology & Criminology
Asper School of Business
Asper – Master of Finance
Management – PhD & MSc
Management – MBA
Faculty of Education
Education – PhD
Education – Admin, Foundations & Psychology
Education – Curriculum, Teaching & Learning
Faculty of Engineering
Biomedical Engineering
Civil Engineering
Electrical & Computer Engineering
Clayton H. Riddell Faculty of Environment, Earth, and Resources
Environment & Geography
Geological Sciences
Natural Resources Institute
Faculty of Graduate Studies
Applied Health Sciences
Peace and Conflict Studies
Faculty of Kinesiology & Recreation Management
Kinesiology & Recreation Management
Faculty of Law
Law
Faculty of Nursing
Nursing
Faculty of Science
Biological Sciences
Computer Science
Mathematics
Microbiology
Physics & Astronomy
Statistics