GA Positions
Graduate Assistants (GAs) are employed by academic department to assist with teaching-related duties.
Graduate Assistants are unionized and governed by a Collective Agreement (CUPE 4580).
Please refer to the Faculty of Graduate Studies for more information.
Full-time doctoral and Master's students in eligible programs may be offered a Graduate Assistantship (GA) for up to 140 hours per term. Under the current GA/TA collective agreement, a Master’s students who is offered a GA position will receive GA support for a total of three terms. One additional GA term may be provided depending on availability. The value of a full 140-hour Master's GA is $5,5742.80 per term and a doctoral GA - $6,398.00 per term (rates as of Sept. 1, 2023).
M II – $41.02 per hour
All rates include 4% vacation pay.