Announcement: The 2025 September general GSA elections are now in progress. 

A list of our complete team members, their roles and a little bit about their stories can be found under the Our Team section on the website.

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

The timeline for the September 2025 GSA Elections is as follows:

• September 8 - 21, 2025: Nomination Period Open 

• September 23-29, 2025: Voting Period

To nominate yourself as a candidate, please submit the following information by  September 21st 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 

Vacant Positions on GSA Executive Team:

Co-President (2 position)

Treasurer (1 position)

Social Event Coordinator (1 position)

Communications Coordinator (1 position)

Director of Equity (1 position)

Year 1 Representative (1 position)

Year 1 IPE Representative (1 position)

Advanced Standing Representative (1 position)

Indigenous Trauma and Resiliency Representative (1 position)

International Student Representative (1 position)

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 were conducted through SimplyVoting, an online voting platform provided by the University of Toronto. 

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

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

Voters were only permitted to vote once. 

No proxy votes were be permitted.