Announcement: The 2026 September general GSA elections are now in progress! 

A Chief Returning Officer (separate role from the GSA) manages the election process - see below.

The timeline for the September 2026 GSA Elections is as follows:

• September 16 - 22, 2026: Nomination Period Open 

• September 23 - 29, 2026: Voting Period

• September 30, 2026: Results

To nominate yourself as a candidate, please submit the following information by  September 22nd, 2026 at 11:59pm EST to the GSA elections email, gsa.elections@utoronto.ca

• Full Name

• Pronouns (optional)

• Cohort (Year 1, Year 2, AS or ITR)

• Position of Interest

• A brief statement (maximum 150 words) explaining why you are the right fit for the position and your vision and goals for the Graduate Student Association. Note: If you are nominating yourself for multiple positions, you may provide a separate statement of interest for each position 

If you have any questions, please email gsa.elections@utoronto.ca. 

Vacant Positions on GSA Executive Team:

• Co-President (1 position)

• Social Event Coordinator (1 position)

• Director of Equity (1 position)

• Year 1 Representative (1 position)

• Year 1 Interprofessional Education (IPE) Representative (1 position)

• Advanced Standing (AS) Student Representative (1 position)

• Indigenous Trauma and Resiliency Representative (1 position)

• International Student Representative (1 position)

To learn more about each role, please read our GSA constitution document, available on “Our Team & Governance”.

Vacant Committee Positions: 

Practicum Advisory Committee 

• • GSA Executive

  • ITR Student Representative

  • Year 1 Student Representatives (2)

  • Year 2 Student Representatives (2)

  • Advanced Standing Student Representative 

MSW Studies Committee

• • GSA Executive

  • ITR Student Representative

  • Year 1 Student Representative

  • Year 2 Student Representative

  • Advanced Standing Student Representative

Faculty Council Committee

• • GSA Executive

  • ITR Student Representative

  • Year 1 Student Representative

  • Year 2 Student Representative

  • Advanced Standing Student Representative

To learn more about each role, please read our student representation document, available on “Our Team & Governance”.

May - April (Annually)

• • Co-President (1 position/2)

  • Secretary (1 position)

  • Treasurer (1 position)

  • Social Media Coordinator (1 position)

  • Communications Coordinator (1 position)

  • Year 2 Representative (1 position)

  • Year 2/advanced standing IPE Representative (1 position)

September - April (August) Annually (optional to continue role over the summer if enrolled as a summer student)

• Year 1 Student Representative (1)

• Co-President (1 position/2)

• International Student Representative (1)

• Advanced Standing Student Representative (1)

• Year 1 IPE Representative (1)

• Indigenous Trauma and Resiliency Representative (1 position)

• Director of Equity (1)

Note: As per the GSA Constitution Article 12 - Elections, subsection G - Vacant Positions, if in the event that all elections for an academic year are concluded and there remains vacant positions for Executive Committee roles, the GSA can then start to accept applications for these positions and will appoint the most qualified student without an election.

Elections will be conducted through SimplyVoting, an online voting platform provided by the University of Toronto. 

Eligible voters are registered as full-time and part-time MSW students at the Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work. 

Students can only vote for other students in their cohort, except when the position does not specify a cohort (general position) 

Voters are only permitted to vote once. 

No proxy votes were be permitted.