AGSEM

The Association of Graduate Students Employed at McGill (AGSEM) is the oldest Teaching Assistant Union in the province of Quebec. As a labour union, AGSEM represents graduate Teaching Assistants, Invigilators, and Course-Based Academic Casuals at McGill. AGSEM has bargained with the McGill administration to produce TA and Invigilator Collective Agreements, which are legal documents that protect student workers.

Recent News

Unit 3 Newsletter: All course-based Academic Casuals have a union!

Unit 3 Newsletter: All course-based Academic Casuals have a union! All graders, course tutors, undergraduate course assistants, graduate student assistants, student course assistants, course assistants, and graduate teaching fellows now have a union as AGSEM’s Unit 3! What we are able to win in our upcoming negotiations with McGill depends on the work we can accomplish, together. This newsletter has some important information to get involved in your new union.

We're Back and We're Not Going Anywhere - AGSEM Newsletter September 2024

Dear AGSEM members, old and new, We wish you a successful start of the academic year! Our union, the Association of Graduate Students Employed at McGill (AGSEM) is the oldest TA union in Quebec, and represents graduate Teaching Assistants (Unit 1), Invigilators (Unit 2), and Course-Based Academic Casuals (Unit 3) employed at McGill. Sign your AGSEM Membership Form! Sign your membership form for every semester that you work as a Unit 1 TA, Unit 2 invigilator, and/or Unit 3 academic casual.

AGSEM Executive Committee Stands In Solidarity with Students in Bangledesh

In light of the recent events in Bangladesh, the AGSEM Executive Committee condemns the extreme police brutality and spread of disinformation in response to the student protests, which took the lives of at least hundreds of students, left many with life threatening injuries, resulted in a nationwide, multi-day Internet blackout, police enforced curfews, and hundreds of arrests. The AGSEM Executive Committee stands in solidarity with all Bangladeshi students advocating for equitable access to employment and a fair and transparent democracy.