Graduate Student Issues CAGS Students Deans Town Hall

Graduate Student Issues CAGS Students & Deans Town Hall 2019

Graduate Student Issues in 3 Parts • Things to Keep in Mind • Things for Deans to Act On • Things for CAGS to Act On

Things to Keep in Mind • Graduate Student Funding • Minimum Funding • Graduate Student Tuition • Graduate Student Mental Health

Things for Deans to Act On Previous CAGS Work • Graduate Student Supervision • Indigenizing Education • Re-imagining the Dissertation • Professional Development – Academic & Non-Academic Track

Student Voice Things for CAGS to Act On • Research tends to be on us, rather than with us • Conferences tend to talk about us, rather than with us • Whereas • Student partnership is a fundamental principle of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (Felten, 2013) • Professional associations in Education are increasingly including student voice on boards • Student members are important voices on campuses (BOG, Senate, etc) • Students meet regularly with government representatives

Asks • Include calls for proposals on joint presentations from students and Deans or administrators on innovative programming • Develop sessions that are discussion based and focus on inclusive conversations between students, Deans, and administrators on professional development, graduate life, and mental health • Create a board position for a graduate student representative and include graduate students on committees and task forces