URGSA General Election Results

President:

Aoun Muhammad 84 (55.3%)

Anastasiia Sheichuk 68 (44.7%)

Vice President Student life:

MD. Nazmul Islam 76 (52.8%)

Princess C. Joshua 68 (47.2%)

Vice President External Relations:

Muhibullah 79 (56.8%)

Yu Zheng 60 (43.2%)

Vice President Finance:

Mohamad Sadegh Khosravani 96 (64.4%)

Shiva Riazian 53 (35.6%)

Vice President Academic Affairs:

Sirvan Parasteh 90 (56.6%)

Yi He 39 (24.5%)

Reed Langen 30 (18.9%)

Faculty of Arts Council Committee: 

Andy McLennan

Council Committee Science: 

Vaibhav Tripathi

Council Committee Engineering: 

Amin Khorram



Upcoming: GSA General Elections

Dear graduate students,

It's that time again for the University of Regina Graduate Students Association (URGSA) General Elections.

We are now accepting nominations for the 2022-23 URGSA Executive and council committee.  

The positions that are open for nomination include:

President

VP Academic Affairs

VP External Relations

VP Student Life

VP Finance

Council committee positions (only students of the corresponding faculty are eligible to apply): 

 Arts

Education

Engineering & Applied Science

Johnson-Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy

Kenneth Levene Graduate School of Business

Kinesiology & Health Studies

Media, Art, & Performance

Nursing

Science

 Social Work

 We welcome you to get involved in the GSA by becoming a part of the GSA committee and helping to serve graduate students all year long. To apply, please send a nomination package to urgsa@uregina.ca by April 3rd, 2022 at 11:59 pm. Please read the instructions on the Nomination package carefully before submitting your nominations. Campaigning will run from April 4th, 2022 at 9:00 am to April 16th, 2022 at 9:00 am 

Voting will take place via UR Self-Service between April 18th, 2022 and April 19th, 2022 at 11.59 pm. Please see the attachment or visit our website (listed below) to download a nomination package as well as view the constitution and bylaws for a brief description of the positions and responsibilities.

 The nomination package can be downloaded at: http://www.ureginagsa.com/nomination-package/ 

To know more about the governance of URGSA, read our constitution at: http://www.ureginagsa.com/constitution/

To know more about the positions and responsibilities, check out URGSA Bylaws at: http://www.ureginagsa.com/urgsa-bylaws

The 2022-23 term will commence from May 2022 and end April 2023. The position of Graduate Student Executives and council members are mainly voluntary, but a small honorarium will be paid for your time and effort spent on URGSA's activities and planning.

If you have any questions or want to know more about the URGSA, please send us an email at urgsa@uregina.ca

For more updates on the URGSA, like and follow our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/URGSA/

If you have any questions about the election process or the positions that are available, please feel free to e-mail us at urgsa@uregina.ca.

3MT 2021 Winners

The 3 Minute Thesis (3MT) competition finale results are out. Firstly, kudos to all the Judges, finalists of the 3MT, MC of the event Ethan Williams and the audience for being a part of the event and making it a successful one. 

The winner of the 3MT competition is Whitney Blaisdell - won $1500, and she will represent UofR in the Western Regional 3MT® competition.

Second Place: Zohra Zahir - $1000

Third Place: Angele Poirier - $500

The winner of the People's Choice Award is Shima Aghaaminiha - $500.

The video of the event is uploaded on the URGSA website, Facebook page and YouTube you can watch it anytime using the following links:

URGSA Website: http://www.ureginagsa.com/

Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/URGSA/videos/965687643890091/

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-ix84niIuo&t=2s&ab_channel=URGSA

 And you can find the finalist presentation in the following link - https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Gt-pPgt_9uWdkme05qJJhRXidSVvaLEs?usp=sharing

 The GSA will announce new upcoming events shortly, so keep an eye on the Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/URGSA) and the URGSA webpage (http://www.ureginagsa.com/) for more news about the events stay tuned.

University of Regina Virtual 3MT 2021

The biggest event of the GSA, 3MT competition finale is happening on March 18th, 2021 (Thursday) starting from 6PM – 8 PM on Zoom and Facebook Live. Also, The full event video will be made available on our URGSA website and the YouTube channel soon after the event.

We cordially invite you to attend the event and encourage our presenters. You can attend this competition by Facebook live on our graduate student association Facebook page (link will be provided sooner).

Further updates will be informed through email.

GSA General Elections 2021-22

Dear graduate students,

It's that time again for the University of Regina Graduate Students Association (URGSA) General Elections.

We are now accepting nominations for the 2021-22 URGSA Executive and council committee.  

The positions that are open for nomination include:

President

VP Academic Affairs

VP External Relations

VP Student Life

VP Finance

Council committee positions (only students of the corresponding faculty are eligible to apply): 

 

Arts

Education

Engineering & Applied Science

Johnson-Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy

Kenneth Levene Graduate School of Business

Kinesiology & Health Studies

Media, Art, & Performance

Nursing

Science

 Social Work

 

We welcome you to get involved in the GSA by becoming a part of the GSA committee and helping to serve graduate students all year long. To apply, please send a nomination package to urgsa@uregina.ca by Sunday, March 14th, 2021 at 11:59 pm. Please read the instructions on the Nomination package carefully before submitting your nominations. Campaigning will run from Monday, March 15th, 2021 at 9:00 am to Sunday, March 28th, 2021 at 9:00 am 

Voting will take place via UR Self-Service between Monday, March 29th, 2021 12:01 am and Tuesday, March 30th, 2021 at 11.59 pm. Please see the attachment or visit our website (listed below) to download a nomination package as well as view the constitution and bylaws for a brief description of the positions and responsibilities.

 The nomination package can be downloaded at: http://www.ureginagsa.com/nomination-package/ 

To know more about the governance of URGSA, read our constitution at: http://www.ureginagsa.com/constitution/

To know more about the positions and responsibilities, check out URGSA Bylaws at: http://www.ureginagsa.com/urgsa-bylaws

The 2021-22 term will commence from May 2021 and end April 2022. The position of Graduate Student Executives and council members are mainly voluntary, but a small honorarium will be paid for your time and effort spent on URGSA's activities and planning.

If you have any questions or want to know more about the URGSA, please send us an email at urgsa@uregina.ca

For more updates on the URGSA, like and follow our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/URGSA/

Consistent with our constitution, and to maintain a fair and democratic process, the URGSA has appointed Balaji Udayappan–former GSA Vice-president (Academic Affairs 2019-20) as a Chief Returning Officer (CRO). As CRO, Balaji will help ensure that URGSA Constitution and Bylaws are followed and that any disputes and conflicts are resolved with fairly according to the constitution and by-laws. 

If you have any questions about the election process or the positions that are available, please feel free to e-mail us at urgsa@uregina.ca.

3MT 2021 Announcement

It's finally here.

The biggest GSA event of the year.

It's time for 3MT!


Thank you to everyone for your patience as we finalized all the details for this year's event. Here's what you need to know:

WHO? Any graduate student with a research project, no matter the stage of your research. Even if you're just starting out, we'd love to have you compete!

WHAT? The 3MT competition is held in universities around the world. Participants are challenged with the task of condensing their research into a three-minute speech. For those who have never participated in a 3MT before, it’s a great opportunity to come up with an “elevator pitch” on your research. For information click here…

WHEN/WHERE? The deadline the participate in the heats is Tuesday, February 23 at 8:00 AM. You need to both register and submit a video to benjamin.freitag@uregina.ca prior to Feb 23. We recommend sending them via Filr (link is provided below) as most videos are too large for email.

https://www.uregina.ca/is/common/ur/FILR/index.html

Judging for the heats will not be live and will be conducted after the 23rd by the staff of the U of R. Winners from each heat will be invited to compete in the finals, which are open to the public; so, come learn about all the incredible research being conducted by your fellow U of R graduate students! Please note - this year's finals will not be televised on Access Communications but will stream live on URGSA Facebook page.

HeatS : Register on the below link for heats before 8:00 AM Tuesday, February 23, 2021

https://uregina.libcal.com/event/3594023

Finals: March 18, 2021 from 6:00 PM-8:00 PM


WHY? Prizes, prizes, prizes! There are $3,500 in scholarships available to be won, including $1,500 for first place and a $500 people's choice award. The first-place winner has the opportunity to represent the U of R at the Western Regional Competition. Participants will also receive a small prize just for competing in the heats.

If you have any questions about this year's 3MT, feel free to contact us directly at urgsa@uregina.ca

URGSA By-Elections

Dear graduate students,

 

It's that time again for the University of Regina Graduate Students Association (URGSA) By-Elections.

We are now accepting nominations for the 2020-21 URGSA council committee. 

 

The positions that are open for nomination include:

 

Council committee positions (only students of the corresponding faculty are eligible to apply): 

 

Arts

Education

Engineering & Applied Science

Johnson-Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy

Kenneth Levene Graduate School of Business

Kinesiology & Health Studies

Media, Art, & Performance

Nursing

Science

 Social Work

 

We welcome you to get involved in the GSA by becoming a part of the GSA committee and helping to serve graduate students all year long. To apply, please send a nomination package to urgsa@uregina.ca by Tuesday, September 22nd, 2020 at 11:59 pm. Please read the instructions on the Nomination package carefully before submitting your nominations. Campaigning will run from Wednesday, September 23rd, 2020 at 9:00 am to Wednesday, October 7th, 2020 at 9:00 am 

Voting will take place via UR Self-Service between Thursday, October 8th, 2020 12:01 am and Friday, October 9th, 2020 at 11.59 pm. Please see the attachment or visit our website (listed below) to download a nomination package as well as view the constitution and bylaws for a brief description of the positions and responsibilities.

 

 

The nomination package can be downloaded at: http://www.ureginagsa.com/nomination-package/  (also attached with this email)

To know more about the governance of URGSA, read our constitution at: http://www.ureginagsa.com/constitution/

 

To know more about the positions and responsibilities, check out URGSA Bylaws at: http://www.ureginagsa.com/urgsa-bylaws

 

The 2020-21 term will commence from October 2020 and end April 2021. The position of Graduate Student Executives and council members are mainly voluntary, but a small honorarium will be paid for your time and effort spent on URGSA's activities and planning.

If you have any questions or want to know more about the URGSA, please send us an email at urgsa@uregina.ca

For more updates on the URGSA, like and follow our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/URGSA/

Consistent with our constitution, and to maintain a fair and democratic process, the URGSA has appointed Balaji Udayappan–former GSA Vice-president (Academic Affairs 2019-20) as a Chief Returning Officer (CRO). As CRO, Balaji will help ensure that URGSA Constitution and Bylaws are followed and that any disputes and conflicts are resolved with fairly according to the constitution and by-laws. 

If you have any questions about the election process or the positions that are available, please feel free to e-mail us at urgsa@uregina.ca.

 

Thank you and have a great day!

Announcing the results of 3MT 2020

Firstly, We want to send thank you to all the Judges, Finalists of the 3MT, MC of the event and the audience for being a part of the event and making it a successful one.

The winner of the 3MT competition is Adam Sprott - won $1500, and he will represent UofR in the Western Regional 3MT® competition.

Second Place: Vanessa Peynenburg - $1000

Third Place: Larissa Shasko - $700

The winner of the People's Choice Award is Soumya Shukla - $500

In case you missed, The video of the event is uploaded on the URGSA Facebook page you can watch it anytime through this link: https://www.facebook.com/URGSA/videos/965687643890091/

The GSA will announce new upcoming events shortly, so keep an eye on the Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/URGSA) and the URGSA webpage (http://www.ureginagsa.com/) for more news about the events stay tuned.

Three Minute Thesis at University of Regina

The biggest event of the GSA, 3MT competition finale is happening on July 17th (Friday) starting from 5 – 7 PM on Zoom and Facebook Live. 

We cordially invite you to attend the event and encourage our presenters. You can attend this competition by Facebook live on our graduate student association Facebook page (link will be provided sooner).

Further updates will be informed through email.

GSA Executives Elections 2020-2021

Congratulation to newly elected GSA Executives.

  1. President

    • Kishore Bommavaram: 46 votes

    • Ketul Patel: 35 votes

    • Md.Shahadet Hossain: 33 votes

    • Abstain: 7 votes

  2. VP External Affairs

    • Jaimin Patel: 76 votes

    • Abstain: 34 votes

  3. VP Academic Affairs

    • Mrigank Kumar: 56 votes

    • Ishaq: 49 votes

    • Abstain: 11 votes

  4. VP Finance

    • Jayveer Chavda: 76 votes

    • Abstain: 35

  5. VP Student Life

    • Shrinath Manoharan: 60 votes

    • Isaac Adeoluwa Atayero: 38 votes

    • Abstain: 15 votes

3MT Announcement

It's finally here.

The biggest GSA event of the year.

It's time for 3MT!


Thank you to everyone for your patience as we finalized all the details for this year's event. Here's what you need to know:

WHO? Any graduate student with a research project, no matter the stage of your research. Even if you're just starting out, we'd love to have you compete!

WHAT? The 3MT competition is held in universities around the world. Participants are challenged with the task of condensing their research into a three-minute speech. For those who have never participated in a 3MT before, it’s a great opportunity to come up with an “elevator pitch” on your research. For more information click here…

WHEN/WHERE? Heats are only open to competitors. Please only sign up for one of the heats as there are a limited number of spots available. Winners from each heat will be invited to compete in the finals, which are open to the public; so, come learn about all the incredible research being conducted by your fellow U of R graduate students! Please note - this year's finals will not be televised on Access Communications.

                  Heat 1: February 24th from 2:00 PM-4:00 PM in ED 312 - sign up at https://uregina.libcal.com/event/3491092
                  Heat 2: February 25th from 7:00 PM -9:00 PM in CW 113 - sign up at https://uregina.libcal.com/event/3491094
                  Finals: March 18th from 5:00 PM-7:00 PM in RIC 119

WHY? Prizes, prizes, prizes! There are $3,500 in scholarships available to be won, including $1,500 for first place and a $500 people's choice award. The first-place winner has the opportunity to represent the U of R at the Western Regional Competition (travel, lodging, and registration expenses paid). Participants will also receive a small prize just for competing in the heats.

If you have any questions about this year's 3MT, feel free to contact us directly at urgsa@uregina.ca

2019 AGM

Come check out this year’s annual general meeting!

Date: Monday, April 8, 2019
Time: doors open at 4.30 pm, meeting from 5 - 6 pm
Location: The Owl Multipurpose Room,
Incentive: FREE PIZZA, POP, COFFEE, and COOKIES, DOOR PRIZES, and the opportunity to participate in GSA governance and meet the incoming executives!


The AGM is an opportunity for graduate students at the University of Regina to be directly updated on the activities of the GSA over the course of the past academic year and to vote on motions that will guide the future of the GSA moving forward. In order to have an effective AGM, we are required to meet quorum. Therefore, please add the AGM to your calendar and please come on out with all of your graduate student friends. It's a chance to hang out with your friends and enjoy the company and food.

Please bring your STUDENT ID.