Matthew Molinaro

1 week ago | thevarsity.ca | Matthew Molinaro

On March 31, the University of Toronto Graduate Students’ Union (UTGSU) announced the unofficial results of the 2025–2026 student elections, with the GradForward slate winning all of the executive positions. The election results are pending approval at the UTGSU’s April 28 Board of Directors meeting. 1,300 voted out of 20,517 eligible voters, with a voter turnout of 6.3 per cent  — a slight decrease from last year’s 7.6 per cent voter turnout.

3 weeks ago | thevarsity.ca | Matthew Molinaro

On March 21, The Varsity sat down with the University of Toronto Graduate Students’ Union (UTGSU) President Amir Moghadam to discuss the union’s accomplishments over the past year. This year, the UTGSU tackled food insecurity, transit, gaps in base funding, and informing students about a provincial election. Moghadam is the uncontested UTGSU presidential candidate for the 2025–2026 academic year.

1 month ago | thevarsity.ca | Matthew Molinaro

On February 25, the University of Toronto Graduate Students’ Union (UTGSU) convened for its second Board of Directors (BOD) meeting of the year. On the agenda was an update from the union’s Communications & Engagement Specialist, bylaw and policy amendments on honoraria, and discussions of the provincial elections. President’s reportUTGSU President Amir Moghadam discussed the union’s financial support for the York University Graduate Students’ Union (YUGSA).

2 months ago | thevarsity.ca | Matthew Molinaro

On January 27, the University of Toronto Graduate Students’ Union (UTGSU) convened its first Board of Directors’ (BOD) meeting of 2025 to discuss its health and dental plan inflation increase and cap, election policies and logistics, accessibility on campus, and the union’s position on bike lanes.

Jan 6, 2025 | thevarsity.ca | Matthew Molinaro

On December 5, the University of Toronto Graduate Students’ Union (UTGSU) held its Annual General Meeting (AGM) to discuss financial positions, present the Executive Committee’s reports of the semester, amend bylaws, and pass member initiated motions. Other business involved members passing a new honorarium system for directors and a status change from a committee to a caucus for the Mental Health Committee GradMinds.