Meet Your Grad Studies Team
The support team for graduate studies in the College of Social and Applied Human Sciences (CSAHS) is now more centrally located in Macdonald Institute (MINS).
While the full-time graduate program assistants (GPAs) have physically moved to the CSAHS Dean's Office, their roles remain committed to helping the College's grad students and departments. Each department will continue to have a GPA that can assist you virtually or in-person. If your department's GPA is unavailable or on vacation, another member of the GPA team can help you.
Your Graduate Program Assistant Team
Criminology and Criminal Justice Policy
Heather Douglas
Email: ccjpgrad@uoguelph.ca
Office: MacKinnon Building, 6th Floor
Family Relations and Applied Nutrition
Sociology and Anthropology
Shauna Porter
Email: fran.graduate@uoguelph.ca | soangrad@uoguelph.ca
Office: Macdonald Institute, Room 137
Geography, Environment and Geomatics
Nance Grieve
Email: geograd@uoguelph.ca
Office: Macdonald Institute, Room 151
International Development Studies (Collaborative Specialization)
Daphne Campomanes
Email: ids@uoguelph.ca
Office: MacKinnon Building, 7th Floor
Social Practice and Transformational Change
Faythe Van Esch
Email: sopr@uoguelph.ca
Office: Main Office, H.L. Hutt Building
Political Science
Renee Tavascia
Email: pols.graduate@uoguelph.ca
Office: Macdonald Institute, Room 147
Psychology
Duska Males
Email: psycgpa@uoguelph.ca
Office: Macdonald Institute, Room 149
Frequently Asked Questions
When should I contact or visit my GPA?
The graduate program assistants, the assistant manager of graduate operations, and the other members of the Associate Dean (Research & Graduate Studies) Office are here to help graduate students and departments! If you need help navigating graduate studies, reach out to us! If the GPAs are unable to assist you with something, they will provide a warm introduction to another member of the graduate studies team who can.
What do GPAs help with?
- Forms, including forms on your advisory committee, progress reports, extensions, leaves of absence, plan of study, withdrawals, part-time study and more.
- Course waivers
- Ontario Graduate Scholarship (OGS) & Tri-agency scholarship applications (SSHRC, CIHR, and NSERC)
- Funding and general scholarship questions
- Admissions documents
- Payroll deduction/Graduate Settlement
- Defense documents
- Assignment of student study spaces
Getting to Macdonald Institute (MINS)
University of Guelph Campus Map
The Macdonald Institute building (MINS) is located at the north end of campus. To find us:
- Cross College Avenue near Creelman Hall to reach North Campus.
- Go around the left side of Macdonald Hall (the LANG building) and follow the sidewalk to Macdonald Institute.
- Entrances:
- By Stairs: Enter through the front doors and turn left in front of the central staircase. Take the first right and follow the hallway down to the Dean's Office in Room 111.
- By Ramp: Take the ramp to the accessible entrance on the east side of the building. Continue down the hallway, past the central staircase. Turn right and follow the main hallway down to the Dean's Office in Room 111.
- By Elevator: Continue down the sidewalk to Macdonald Stewart Hall (MACS). Enter through the ground floor doors and continue through the foyer, turning left. Turn right down the main hallway and continue to the elevator. Take the elevator up to the second floor of MACS. Turn left out of the elevator and turn left again to return to the main hallway. Go through the two doors at the end of the hallway to return to MINS. Turn left down the main hallway and continue to the Dean's Office in Room 111.