Student Employment

Graduate Assistantships (GA) are opportunities for students engaged in research and/or field development projects that contribute to their academic and professional development. GA's are unionized positions represented by CUPE 3902, Unit 7. As a member of CUPE3902, Unit 7, you can access benefits, including a Top-up Health and Dental Plan.

Note:

• Students holding a Fall/Winter GA and receiving a Graduate Funding Package will have their GA as part of their funding.

Eligibility 

• Appointments are conditional upon a student being legally authorized to work in Canada by having a Social Insurance Number (SIN) and Canadian-issued study permit by the commencement date of your appointment or, at the latest, within 14 days following the commencement date of your appointment.  Students will need a Canadian bank account to receive remuneration.
• Should you not have the noted requisite legal authority to permit you to be legally authorized to work in Canada by the commencement date, the Offer Letter will be automatically deemed null and void and of no further effect without any other obligations to you.
• You must be registered as a full-time student at OISE.
• Flex-time PhD students are eligible to be considered for a GA or R&D GA once during their program's first five years and must pursue full-time studies as per the CUPE 3902, Unit 7 Collective Agreement.
• For Fall/Winter, Fall, and Winter contracts, students who are full-time employees at the University of Toronto or elsewhere are ineligible to be considered for graduate assistantships under the CUPE3902, Unit 7 Collective Agreement. Full-time employment is defined as 35 hours per week, or where different, the number of hours specified in an employee's contract as full-time employment.
• Full-time graduate students are eligible to be considered for Graduate Assistantships under this Collective Agreement. Graduate students holding a combination of scholarships, fellowships, OISE-arranged Teaching Assistantships, OISE-arranged Course Instructorships, and Research Assistantships greater than or equal to the value of a full graduate assistantship ($13,382.84) during the academic year (September-August) are ineligible for a graduate assistantship. 
• For definitions of "Group A" and "Group B," refer to the CUPE 3902, Unit 7 Collective Agreement. 

Additional Information

Research & Development Graduate Assistantships (R&D GAs) are placements for students engaged in research and/or field development projects contributing to their academic and professional development. R&D GAs are unionized positions represented by CUPE 3902, Unit 7. As a member of CUPE 3902, Unit 7, you can access benefits, including a Top-up Health and Dental Plan.

Note: Students holding a Fall/Winter R&D GA and receiving a Graduate Funding Package will hold their R&D GA as part of their funding.

Eligibility

• To hold an R&D GA, you must be registered as a full-time student at OISE.
• Master's students (including Master of Arts, Master of Education, Master of Teaching, Master of Arts-Child Study & Education) are eligible to hold an R&D GA in the first two years of their program.
• Master of Art-School & Clinical Child Psychology students can hold an R&D GA in the first three years of their program.
• Full-time Doctoral (Doctor of Philosophy, Doctor of Education) students can hold an R&D GA in the first six years of their program.
• Flex-time PhD students are eligible to be considered for a GA or R&D GA once during the first five years of their program and must be pursuing full-time studies as per the CUPE 3902, Unit 7 Collective Agreement.
• You are ineligible for an R&D GA if you are holding a combination of scholarships, fellowships, OISE-arranged Teaching Assistantships, OISE-arranged Course Instructorships and/or Research Assistantships greater than or equal to the value of a full R&D GA during the academic year (September-August).
• You may not hold a Graduate Assistantship and an R&D Graduate Assistantship at the same time.
• For Fall/Winter, Fall, and Winter contracts, students who are full-time employees at the University of Toronto or elsewhere are ineligible to be considered for R&D Graduate Assistantships under the CUPE 3902 Unit 7 Collective Agreement. Full-time employment is defined as 35 hours per week, or where different, the number of hours specified in an employee's contract as full-time employment.
• Appointments are conditional upon a student being legally authorized to work in Canada by having a Social Insurance Number and Canadian-issued study permit by the commencement date of your appointment or, at the latest, within 14 days following the commencement date of your appointment.  Students will need a Canadian bank account to receive remuneration.
• Should you not have the noted requisite legal authority to permit you to be legally authorized to work in Canada by the commencement date, the Offer Letter will be automatically deemed null and void and of no further effect without any other obligations to you.

Additional Information