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CIRHR Statement re Graduate Student Funding Policy - CUPE3902 Unit 1

PDF iconCIRHR Graduate Student Funding Policy.pdf

Graduate Student Funding Policy – applies to studies in the funded cohort only

(updated as per the Unit 1 Collective Agreement, July 2021)

In your department, how do TA appointments fit within the University’s Graduate Student Funding Policy?

Virtually all TA appointments at the CIRHR fit within the University’s Graduate Student Funding Policy.

In your department, what is the amount of bargaining unit work that counts towards the funding guarantee in each year of study?

Following the amounts stated in the Graduate Student Funding Policy, the amount of work that may be counted within the funding package is:  

$8,043 as of September 1, 2021

$7,896 as of September 1, 2022

$7,755 as of September 1, 2023

The number of hours does not vary with year in the program.

Does the amount of work vary with the year in program?

The number of hours does not vary with year in the program.