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Cost of a Graduate Assistantship

Please find below the 2024/2025 costs for a Graduate Assistantship (GA) - CUPE 3903 Unit 3.

Single Term - 0.5 GA Assignment
 Cost to Researcher
 Wages $4,287
 Vacation 4% $172
 Benefits* $446
 Total Cost $4,905
Two Terms - 1.0 GA Assignment
 Cost to Researcher
 Wages$8,575
 Vacation 4% $343
 Benefits* $892
 Total Cost $9810

*The amount here, for which the researcher is responsible, represents the partial cost of the benefits that are provided to Graduate Assistants. This is subject to a future change such that researchers would be responsible for the full cost of benefits that are provided to Graduate Assistants. However, such a change would not occur part way through an employment contract between a researcher and the Graduate Assistant.