Once annually, during the early Fall term, the standing members of GSS will elect Council, otherwise known as the legal Board of Directors.

Council is formed of “departmental” representatives and “at-large” representatives.

Departmental representatives for each faculty department within Graduate Studies at the University of Windsor. In some circumstances, due mainly to size, multiple facilities are represented by a single representative. The departmental representative positions are:

A
Actuarial Science (MActSc)
Applied Computing (MAC)
Applied Economics and Policy (MAEP)
Argumentation Studies (PhD)

B
Biological Sciences (PhD and MSc)
Business Administration (MBA, MBA/JD)

C
Chemistry and Biochemistry (PhD and MSc)
Civil Engineering (PhD, MASc and MEng)
Communication and Social Justice (MA)
Computer Science (PhD and MSc)
Criminology (MA)

E
Earth Sciences (PhD and MSc)
Economics (MA)
Education and Educational Studies (MEd, MEd International cohort, and joint PhD)
Electrical Engineering (PhD, MASc and MEng)
Engineering Management (MEM)
Engineering Industrial Engineering / Industrial and Manufacturing Systems / Materials / Mechanical Engineering / Mechanical Engineering - Automotive Option and IMSE
English (MA)
Environmental Engineering (PhD, MASc and MEng)
Environmental Science / GLIER (PhD and MSc)

F
Film and Media Arts (MFA)

H
History (MA)
Human Kinetics / Kinesiology (MHK and PhD)

L
Law (LLM)

M
Masters of Management (MoM)
Mathematics and Statistics (PhD and MSc)
Medical Biotechnology (MMB)

N
Nursing (PhD, MScN and MN; Graduate Diploma in Advanced Practice Oncology/Palliative Care; Graduate Diploma - Primary Health Care Nurse Practitioner)

P
Philosophy (MA)
Physics (PhD and MSc)
Political Science (MA)
Psychology (PhD and MA)

S
Social Work (PhD, MSW, and MSW/JD)
Sociology (PhD and MA)

V
Visual Arts (MFA)
At Large Council Positions:
International Students’ Liaison
Aboriginal Students’ Liaison
Women’s Issue Liaison