Social Work Graduate Students’ Collective
The Social Work Graduate Student Collective is a great opportunity to become actively involved in your campus community as representatives of the student voice and as advocates for change in our development and learning. As a collective we aim to meet monthly to share reports and updates, develop new initiatives and conferences, and provide support for important causes. As the Social Work Graduate Student Collective, we have opportunities to have genuine discussions regarding matters that are most important to us as students of diverse backgrounds and lived experiences. Members of the SOWK GSC also participate in various university and departmental committees to ensure our collective voices are heard.
Our objectives include:
- Represent the collective interests and promotes the general welfare of graduate students of social work at Carleton University.
- Promote and maintain communication between the graduate students and other student associations, the School of Social Work, the university administration, and the larger community.
- Aid individual graduate students with specific problems related to the university community.
- Act to stimulate social, intellectual, and political contact among graduate students.
The SOWK GSC is recruiting graduate students in Social Work for the following roles in the School’s Governance:
- Co-Chair (1 position available) Note: Preference will be given to Foundation Year (Year 1 of 2) MSWs who can engage in successor recruitment for the 2027-28 school year
- GSA Delegate (2 positions available)
- Departmental Board Representative (1 position available)
- Events Coordinator (1 position available)
- Field Education Committee Representative (1 position available)
Meeting dates for 2026-27 are posted below (if available)
If you are interested in advocating for graduate students in the School of Social Work, please complete the application form here: SOWK GSC 2026/2027 Executive Applications!
Application deadline August 20, 2026 at 11:59 PM EDT.
2026-2027 Co-Chairs
- Drishti Patel(she/her) 2nd Year of Two Year MSW Program
Committee Representatives
- Black History Committee in Social Work
- Carleton’s Graduate Student Association (GSA) Delegate
- School of Social Work Departmental Board (2026-27 Meeting dates: 9:30 – 11:00 am Oct 14, Dec 2, Feb 10, Mar 24) Representatives are also members of FPGA Faculty Board
- Field Education Committee in Social Work (2026-27 Meeting Dates: Oct 7 & Feb 17 9:15-11:15 am)
- Graduate Programs Committee in Social Work (2026-27 Meeting Dates: 9-11 am Sept 25, Nov 4, Jan 20, & Mar 4)
- Martha Njoku (she/her) Year 3 PhD student
- Relational Resurgence Committee in Social Work (Paused for 2026-27)
- Social Justice Committee in Social Work (Paused for 2026-27)
Learning & Development Coordinator:
SOWK GSC Events Coordinator:
Contact the Social Work Graduate Students’ Collective using sowkgsc@gmail.com