News on CSGS — Computer Science Graduate Society

New Website

Tue, 06 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -0400

Welcome to the new CSGS website! Find society news, cookie breaks, and our constitution here.

Cookie Breaks

Mon, 08 Jan 2024 00:00:00 -0500

Do you need a break? Come join us for our weekly cookie breaks! Chat with your peers, play board games, and have some light refreshments. We usually send out notifications through the graduate cs mailing list and on Discord.

General Meeting (Oct 2023)

Mon, 02 Oct 2023 00:00:00 -0400

See the results at the bottom of the page!

On October 13, 2023 at 1PM, we will hold our first general membership meeting (GMM). The rough agenda items include introduction to CSGS, a vote on a new constitution, and general election.

Board Game & Movie Night

Wed, 15 Mar 2023 00:00:00 -0400

Here’s what’s in store for the night:

🎲 Board Game Extravaganza: Challenge your friends and classmates to a variety board games. We will have plenty of games present, most notably “Coup” and “Secret hitler”. Let the games begin!

Pub Night

Wed, 08 Feb 2023 00:00:00 -0500

CSGS will be at Fox & Fiddle (Wellesley) on Feb 17th. Join us for a lively pub night where you can catch up with your fellow classmates, make new connections, and enjoy a drink or two. We’ll be meeting at Bahen at 7pm but feel free to join us at the pub at 7:30pm. Snacks are So put on your best smile, grab a drink and let’s raise a glass to a successful semester ahead!

Trip to the Christmas Market

Thu, 22 Dec 2022 00:00:00 -0500

Reimbursement Update (Dec 22, 2022)

Hello everyone!

Thank you for joining us on the visit to the Christmas market! We hope you had a great time and enjoyed the festive atmosphere.

As a token of our appreciation, we are offering monetary reimbursement for your participation as per our invitation. Please click on the following link to request your reimbursement (by Jan 31, 2023): https://forms.gle/HdnBHhUE86oC7uHT9

By-Election (Nov 2022)

Fri, 04 Nov 2022 00:00:00 -0400

Congratulations to Shirley Wang, our new CUPE 3902 Representative!

As we didn’t elect a Representative to CUPE 3902 at our last general meeting , we will be holding a by-election this month. Some of our current initiatives and actions make filling this position crucial in adequately representing and supporting our students to CUPE 3902 and in teaching contract issues.

Teaching Assistant Applications (Winter 2023)

Fri, 04 Nov 2022 00:00:00 -0400

Main round TA applications have now opened for Computer Science!

St. George (due Nov 23): https://tapp2.cs.toronto.edu/#/public/postings/Vsyn66PZdXiWjtH9K7oaYUdG
Scarborough CS, Math, Stats (due Nov 7): https://www.utsc.utoronto.ca/webapps/cupehiring/dept/cms/app/ta
Mississauga Math, CS, Stats (due Nov 22): https://utapcsc.utm.utoronto.ca/utap/

We are also investigating TA hiring practices in a few departments at the University of Toronto. I would greatly appreciate it if you filled out our (optionally anonymous) survey, especially if you aren’t a TA but would like to be. It would be most helpful if responses are received by November 18, 2022, but we still welcome responses after! https://forms.gle/2n12xmeXudaf3Jn28

Halloween Party (Oct 2022)

Fri, 28 Oct 2022 00:00:00 -0400

Halloween time is creeping upon us! Join us for a spooktacular celebration with CSGS on Friday, October 28th at BA 3200! Food and board games will be provided at the location. About an hour after, stay for the classic movie Halloween with Michael Myers. Come one, come all in the threads of the season. Don’t miss this bash, tis an act of treason. Be here by seven or meet your fate!

Standing Committee for Better Graduate Funding

Mon, 17 Oct 2022 00:00:00 -0400

You may have heard of the effort started by Claas Voelcker and Silvia Sellán to increase the minimum departmental graduate student funding. At their request, I will be creating a CSGS Standing Committee for Better Graduate Funding, which will integrate their efforts and will serve to regularly meet with the Department Chair and exert pressure on the departmental leadership to follow through with their commitment to increase our funding. If you want to join this committee, please contact me (csgsbs-president@cs.toronto.edu )! If you want to stay up to date with the actions of the committee, subscribe to their mailing list: https://groups.google.com/g/living-wage-cs-uoft/

General Meeting (Sept 2022)

Tue, 27 Sep 2022 00:00:00 -0400

Hi all,

We are holding a general meeting for the Computer Science Graduate Society (CSGS) on Tuesday, September 27th at noon. The meeting will be in BA 3200. A Zoom link will also be provided for those who can’t attend in person. It will last for about an hour, and lunch will be provided (vegan options included). At this meeting, we will hold elections – more on those below!

Matrix

Tue, 01 Dec 2020 00:00:00 -0500

Matrix is no longer online :(

The CSGS runs a Matrix server for instant messaging amongst CS grad students. You can register at: riot.turing.casa/#/register . To register, you will have to use your @cs.toronto.edu email address. Some people reported difficulties with the verification email. Be sure to check your junk mail.