Greetings from the Graduate Student Committee!
The CASCA Graduate Student Committee presents Graduate Student Highlights: Each month, the GSC highlights the work of an outstanding Canadian graduate student by sharing their work with our members.
See also Canadian Telescope Seminars (CaTS), where we spotlight the diverse astronomical observatories or telescope missions that Canada is involved in!
Follow us on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook under the handle casca_gsc.
If you have any questions/comments, please reach out to us at cascagsc@gmail.com
Useful links:
Previous Grad Student Workshops
Mandate and terms of reference
The Graduate Student Committee, or GSC, was formed in 1998. Its mandate is to reflect the views of and address issues important to graduate students across Canada. The GSC consists of representatives of each institution in Canada which has a graduate program in astronomy and chooses to participate as well as an elected committee of seven executive members:
- Chair
- Vice-Chair
- Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) Committee Representative
- Education and Public Outreach (EPO) Committee Representative
- Sustainability Committee Representative
- French Translator
- Social Media Manager
The description and expectations of each role can be found in the Terms of Reference below. The GSC holds elections for executive positions annually during the Graduate Student Workshop at the CASCA AGM. Please email the GSC or ask your university representative if you have any questions about these roles or are interested in getting involved.
Full Terms of Reference, approved by the board June 14 (2021)
Archived reports:
May 2024
Dec 2023
May 2022
Dec 2021
May 2021
Dec 2020
May 2020
Dec 2019
June 2019
Dec 2018
May 2018
May 2017
May 2016
May 2015
June 2014
Jan 2014
May 2013
Dec 2012
Dec 2011
May 2011
May 2010
May 2009
Dec 2008
May 2008
Dec 2007
May 2007
Nov 2006
May 2006
Nov 2005
May 2005
June 2004
Nov 2002
June 1999