Once a student has accepted an assistantship offer, the department is responsible for appointing the student using the Graduate Student Appointment/Pay Action form on the Staff and Student Payments website.
After the appointment form is complete, departments should establish time use/research guidelines with the student and explain payment of the assistantship.
The Graduate Student Appointment/Pay Action form on the Staff and Student Payments website must be completed when renewing an assistantship.
Note: The salary component of a teaching and research assistant's stipend should normally increase by five (5) percent each year, assuming the assistant's performance has been satisfactory and the same number of hours are being worked each week. This increase should be above and beyond any increase approved during the annual negotiation of the assistantship collective agreement.
See the 2012-2013 Collective Agreement for Academically Employed Graduate Students (AEGS) for complete details about appointing and renewing assistantships.
Questions? Students with questions about their appointments should contact their department for information.
Department staff with questions about the Graduate Student Appointment/Pay Action Form should contact their department payroll contact.
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