The office hours of the executive are not fixed due to academic workload, TA’ships, meetings or other reasons.
President
Alia Karim | Ph. D Level 4 | Environmental Studies | president@yugsa.ca
As president and leader of the YUGSA, my responsibility is to serve the graduate community and act as a representative for each and every student. I chair the council meetings, work on campaigns and sit on a wide number of committees at York U. One of my commitments as President is to see a much stronger link between our allies (such as CUPE 3903 and York’s Cross-Campus Alliance), improving student services/advocacy, and creating a stronger link between the Keele and Glendon campuses. This promises to be a very important year for graduate students at York. Feel free to email me your ideas, comments and suggestions as I look forward to working with you.
Vice-President Internal
Kurosh Amoui | Ph. D Level 5 |Social & Political Thought | internal@yugsa.ca
As VP Internal, I am in charge of coordinating all of our internal, councillor, executive and part of our external affairs in addition to overseeing our services. I maintain the website and our communications to the membership through our newsletters. As an employer representative I am in charge of hiring and labour management.
Vice-President Campaigns
Jacob McLean | Ph. D. Level 3 | Environmental Studies | campaigns@yugsa.ca
As VP Campaigns I develop political and equity-based campaigns on issues affecting graduate students. In a time of accelerating cuts to graduate students’ jobs, funding, and services at York, it’s more important than ever to unite students and campus allies to push back. I hope to continue expanding the Fight for $15 and Fairness campaign and building upon our recent victories to make York a $15 and Fairness campus. I am also responsible for working with members of the Canadian Federation of Students and bringing attention to important issues other graduate students face to YUGSA meetings.
Vice-President Gender (interim)
Susannah Mulvale | Ph. D. Level 3 | Psychology | gender@yugsa.ca
As VP Gender, I am committed to continue serving all graduate students. I will liaison with members of YUGSA and be an advisor to the President on the Status of Women, the Centre for Women and Trans People, the Trans Feminist Caucus of CUPE, TBLGAY York, and other groups with similar concerns on and off our campus. I am available for consultation with graduate students on matters related to gender issues; bringing these matters before our Executive or Council, when appropriate, for information, discussion, and or for taking action as needed. I look forward to serving you.
Vice-President Equity (interim)
Yasir Hameed | Ph. D Level 2 | Environmental Studies | equity@yugsa.ca
As VP Equity, I strive to ensure that all York Community Members are successful in their endeavors. I am here to help graduate students through difficult circumstances by advocating on their behalf. By working with students and various advocacy groups to tackle equity-based issues, I believe we can bring positive change to the York Campuses. This year, I plan on tackling issues facing ableism at York as well as seeing that student representatives are elected by the student population for campus wide governance groups.
Vice-President Finance (interim)
Dominico Cerisano | Ph. D Level 5 | Social & Political Thought | finance@yugsa.ca
As VP Finance and Services I am responsible for the health of YUGSA’s budget. In the course of my term as VP Finance I will create a fiscal budget for the year, adjudicate funding and donation applications for students, and disperse operating grant funds (OGFs) to departmental graduate student associations (DGSAs).