Graduate Student Association-University of Waterloo

🚨 Calling all grad student volunteers! 🚨
 
Help us give the newest graduate students a warm Waterloo welcome! 💛🖤
 
The GSA and the SSO are looking for volunteers to support Fall Graduate Student Orientation on September 8. With a variety of shifts available throughout the day, you can volunteer whenever it fits your schedule.
 
Meet fellow grad students, build community, and help make our newest cohort feel at home from day one. 🌟
 
📅 September 8
📝 Sign up through the link in our bio!

Before you submit your Fall 2026 Promissory Note, make sure you’re aware of some important changes to using GTA, GRA, and sessional employment income to pay your Quest fees. 👀

Starting this Fall 2026:
Automatic deductions from TA/RA income to pay for tuition are no longer available.You’ll need to make your own payments through Quest, with your full balance due by December 22, 2026.

Questions? We’re here to help! Reach out through our Contact Us form on our website.

Have you used the GSA Advising Services? We want to hear from you!
 
Your feedback helps us improve the support we provide to graduate students at the University of Waterloo.
 
Whether you sought advice on Policy 70, Policy 72, Policy 33, Policy 58, or needed guidance navigating university processes, your experience matters.
 
📝 Take our anonymous survey (3–5 minutes) and let us know how we’re doing.
 
Your responses will help us: 
✨ Improve our advising services 
✨ Better support graduate students 
✨ Identify opportunities to enhance accessibility and student experience
 
Link in bio!

The GSA is teaming up with GH and is hosting local comedian Joe Botelho, visiting from Hamilton, Ontario, for a night of laughs and good company. Create your own mocktail, unwind with friends, and enjoy a fun, relaxed evening.
 
This event is exclusively for graduate students. Space is limited and available on a first-come, first-served basis.
 
Date: Thursday | January 22
Time: 7 PM–9 PM 
Location: Graduate House Green Room

🧘🏽‍♂️ Guided Meditation with Rev. Ananda 
 
Hosted by the Graduate Student Association – UWaterloo 
Join us for a grounding, restorative 1-hour meditation session led by Buddhist Monk, Rev. Ananda, designed to help you reconnect with yourself, set your intentions for the term, and step into Winter 2026 with clarity, calm, and compassion. 
 
✨ All grad students & GSA partners welcome 
✨ No experience needed — just come as you are. 
📍 Location: Grad Lounge, SLC 
🕒 Date & Time: 21st January, 2026 |12pm -1:30pm 
🎁 Free mental-health-themed giveaway for attendees! 
 
Let’s begin the term by honouring who we are, where we are, and how we want to show up. Link in bio to register!

Calling all graduate students at University of Waterloo! 📢 It’s your time to shine and represent your department on the GSA-UW Council. Nominations for GSA Councillor Elections - Winter’26 are now open until Jan 23rd! Visit our website for open positions and submit your nomination today!

✨ Find Your People at the Connection Collective! ✨ 
 
The GSA is teaming up with the Student Success Office to host a grad-student-only Connection Collective event! 
 
🎤 Hear from fellow grad students as they share their experiences 
❓ Join a Q&A to ask your own questions 
🍪 Enjoy light refreshments while you mingle 
 
📅 Monday, January 19 
⏰ 6:00 – 7:30 PM 
📍 Graduate House - Green Room 
 
Registration link in bio 🔗 
 
Come connect, learn, and build your grad community. We can’t wait to see you there! 💛👥