PRESIDENT

Joseph Mulongo
EdD Candidate - Theory & Policy Studies

president.gsu@utoronto.ca

• Personal Statement

• Duties

• Committees

• Contact Joseph

PERSONAL STATEMENT

It is my third year on the GSU executive. I have served as Executive-at-Large, Treasurer and now President. Serving for these three years has expanded my experience in advocating for student issues. Together with fellow members of the executive I have advocated for accessible post-secondary education, increased funding, space for student representation on various university committees and equity. As president my mandate this year is to continue to advocate for quality in the graduate student experience. This will entail engaging graduate student discussion around issues that concern their academic and social life, protecting academic freedom, intellectual property rights, copyrights, supervision and post-residency fees. I will continue to focus efforts on increasing graduate student participation in decision-making processes through consultation across departments, advocating for acceptable minimum guaranteed funding and monitoring the impact of graduate student expansion. I welcome graduate students to contact me on all these issues, and any others that concern you. Further, I encourage you to actively participate in student activities within your own department.

DUTIES OF THE PRESIDENT (from GSU By-law)

1. to be responsible for the guidance of the affairs of the Corporation;
   
   
2. to chair or to delegate responsibility for chairing the meetings of the Executive;
   
   
3. to be a member, or to be represented by a designate member, ex-officio, on all committees of General Council and the Executive;
   
   
4. to be responsible for the execution of all the Corporations legislation and to present a legislative programme at the Fall General Council Meeting and to report on the general progress of the Corporation at the last General Council Meeting before the new President takes office in the Spring;
   
   
5. to abide by any resolution passed by a majority vote in General Council;
   
   
6. to cast a deciding vote in the case of a tied vote in any meeting over which s/he presides;
   
   
7. to be responsible for the internal running of the Corporation building and offices;
   
   
8. to accept overall responsibility for all actions of the Corporation;
   
   
9. to act as official representative of the Corporation;
   
   
10. to represent the concerns of the Corporation as an ex-officio member of the School of Graduate Studies Council;
    
    
11. to conduct the official correspondence of the Corporation and to report to General Council at the first meeting following thereafter;
    
    
12. to represent the Corporation on the Council on Student Services or its successor;
    
    
13. to chair the Management Committee of the Executive;
    
    
14. to oversee the Finance Office in its maintenance of records of the monetary transactions of the Corporation;
    
    
15. and to perform such other duties as may be assigned from time to time

COMMITTEES:

GSU Sub-Committees

• Outreach
  
  
• Social Justice
  
  

Caucuses & Coalitions

• International Students Caucus
  
  

University of Toronto Committees

• Monitor Governing Council
  
  
• Visions 2030
  
  
• Graduate Education Council
  
  

GSU Internal Committees

• Health & Dental Insurance
  
  
• Management
  

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CONTACT:

Email president.gsu@utoronto.ca, or see other ways to contact GSU.

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