Career Boost Graduate & Law Program

In order to qualify for the fall/winter Career Boost Graduate & Law program, all of the following criteria must be met: 

• You are a Canadian citizen, permanent resident, or Protected Person.
  • If you are a Protected Person, you must hold a Social Insurance Number (SIN).
• You are officially registered as a graduate student in a full-time graduate program or registered as a full-time law student for the above-noted semesters
  • Note: You are ineligible if enrolled in a Professional Master’s Diploma program (PMDip)
    
• You have a clear academic standing and a cumulative grade point average (CGPA) of 2.0 or higher (waived for first year, first semester graduate and law students)
• You are utilizing at least one of the following funding resources for the relevant above semesters:
  • Government assistance (either OSAP or out-of-province student funding);
  • Line of credit from a banking institution or private lender; or 
  • Accessing Registered Education Savings Plan (RESP) funding 

Note: If you are not utilizing at least one of the above mentioned funding resources, you may be asked to provide a written explanation and budget form as to why you did not apply for one of these resources.

You are not eligible for Career Boost Graduate & Law if: 

• You are an international student. For more information, please visit the Career Boost - International section of Student Jobs at TMU
  
• You are not actively enrolled and attending classes in all relevant above-noted semesters;
• Will only be attending full-time graduate studies for one semester; 
• You are graduating in October;
• You are registered as a part-time student for the above-noted semesters; or 
• You are in a Professionals Master’s Diploma program (PMDip)

In order to be considered for the spring/summer Career Boost Graduate & Law program, you must submit a separate spring/summer AwardSpring application (external link, opens in new window) . The spring/summer and fall/winter Career Boost applications are two separate applications. Even if you received fall/winter Career Boost Graduate & Law approval in the past, you must submit a new application for spring/summer.

All of the following criteria must be met in order to be eligible for spring/summer Career Boost Graduate & Law:

• You are a Canadian citizen, permanent resident, or Protected Person.
  
  • If you are a Protected Person, you must hold a Social Insurance Number (SIN).
• You were officially registered as a graduate student in a full-time graduate program or registered as a full-time law student for both fall and winter semesters of this current academic year
• • Note: You are ineligible if enrolled in a Professional Master’s Diploma program (PMDip).
• You have a clear academic standing and a cumulative grade point average (CGPA) of at least 2.0.
• Law students: You will be returning to Toronto Metropolitan University as a full-time law student in the upcoming academic year for both the fall and winter semesters.
• Graduate students: You will be enrolled full-time for the entire duration of the spring/summer semester (May to August) for which you request approval
• You have applied for at least one of the following:
  • Government assistance (OSAP or out-of-province student funding);
  • Accessing funding from a Registered Education Savings Plan (RESP); or 
  • Line of credit from a banking institution or private lender. 
• You demonstrate a financial need of at least $100 (determined through your Career Boost application)

You are not eligible for spring/summer Career Boost Graduate & Law if:

• You are graduating in June
• You are a newly accepted graduate or faculty of law student to Toronto Metropolitan University, and have not begun your full-time studies by the start of the spring/summer term

For details, please refer to the Am I Eligible section.

• You are welcome to apply for Career Boost Graduate & Law job opportunities before receiving an approval through email from Student Financial Assistance. Note that any job opportunity you are offered remains contingent on securing program approval.
• Provide a copy of your approval to the employer at the start of the job interview. 
• Confirm the work hours and rate of pay during the job interview.

• Ask the employer for a copy of the job responsibilities.
• Ask the employer to outline their expectations, protocol for keeping in touch with the supervisor, break times (if applicable), and reporting hours worked.
• Ask the employer how work assignments and supervision of work will be managed. 
• Submit a request in advance to the employer to change hours worked. Provide an explanation and ask about any consequences if hours or days of work are changed. 
• Enter hours worked to eHR on a biweekly basis. 
• Check that the employer approves work hours by the payroll deadlines in eHR. 
• Monitor hours and do not exceed maximum hours per week.

• Ask your supervisor regularly for feedback about work performance. 
• The employer, in consultation with Human Resources, may terminate employment if the student is not meeting job expectations or is frequently absent.
• Submit the Experiential Learning Reflection Interview at the end of your work term.