Emily Luo
President
she/her/hers
EGSS
Education
Hello! My name is Emily, a Master’s student in the Faculty of Education. My research focuses on mitigating gender gaps in STEM through innovation. My passion for STEM has always been rooted in education, and I completed my Bachelor of Science (Honours) in 2022, followed by my Bachelor of Education in 2024. I am now a certified high school biology and math teacher. Currently, I’m involved in several research projects, including investigating the confidence and comfortability of pre-service teachers and their use of GenAI in education, validating measurement instruments using quantitative analyses, and collaborating with international partners on evaluating a COIL project involving pre-service teachers. I am delighted and honoured to serve as your EGSS Co-President, and some of my roles include ensuring your concerns are heard and addressed, supporting initiatives that enhance student life, and working closely with my colleagues, the other amazing individuals on the EGSS executive team, to organize events and workshops, creating opportunities to connect and support one another. I am committed to building a supportive graduate community where your voice is valued and represented!
Individual Responsibilities
- Act as the liaison between the Associate Dean of Graduate Studies, Director of Graduate Programs, the Graduate Studies and Research Office, and the membership as leader of the EGSS.
- Collaborate in a mutually amenable format to participate in strategic visioning and collaborate in leading the executive.
- Engage in professional development opportunities for leadership training.
- Create an ongoing document that contains presidential activities throughout the year, including all password and contact information for relevant associations and organizations. This is to ease the transition of the incoming executive.
- Prepare and distribute the agenda, time, and location for all EGSS meetings. Ensure that a reminder is sent to the executive one week prior to the meeting.
- Provide monthly leadership, support, and oversight to the executive by following up, planning meetings, and providing feedback to ensure they are empowered to fulfill their responsibilities.
- Organize a presentation about the EGSS for the September graduate student orientation session. All vacant executive positions should be identified and described at this event.
- Initiate the process for the membership to self-nominate for EGSS executive positions.
- Ensure eligibility of all nominated candidates as set forth in Article 5.1.
- Ensure all incoming members of the executive have access to the Constitution and the contact information for the outgoing executive member(s) in their incoming role to initiate the mentorship phase.
- Share election results with the Faculty Board and its standing committees as well as the Graduate Studies and Research Office.
- Together with the Treasurer, secure funding for EGSS sponsored events.
- Chair all EGSS executive meetings.
- At the end of term, work with the Treasurer to sign a letter addressed to the EGSS banking institution, allowing the incoming Co-Presidents and Treasurer to take over the EGSS banking account.