Graduate Assistants Equity Workshops

Graduate assistants must complete the live virtual workshop offered via Zoom and the Canvas course for the academic year.

The live virtual workshop is offered 10 times during the fall semester and six times during the spring semester to accommodate graduate assistants’ schedules.

You must complete each component only once.

The Office of Human Resources sends all communications for the workshops to your email address on file from registrations2@ohr.wisc.edu. Please refer to your registration confirmation or reminder for the link and login instructions. Please check your spam folder if you can’t find the emails in your inbox.

To cancel your registration more than two days before the scheduled session date:

1. Log into the OHR Professional Development portal using your NetID.
2. Find the session you need to cancel under your “Current Registrations” and click the “Cancel” button to the right of the course information.

To cancel a session within two days of the date, email registrations2@ohr.wisc.edu and OHR staff will take care of the cancellation.

Once you’ve canceled your registration, you can register for another session listed in the schedule.

To verify you’ve completed both requirements for TAs to be eligible for reappointment, log into the OHR Professional Development portal using your NetID and click on the “Certificates” tab.

After you’ve fulfilled the live, virtual session and the Canvas online module, your Graduate Assistants’ Equity Certificate will show “Complete” and a green check mark on the top row and the two individual records below.

View more detailed instructions with screenshots and examples (PDF).

If you need an accommodation to participate fully in the virtual workshops, please contact the divisional disability representative (DDR) for your college, school or division.

Yes, TAs, PAs, and RAs may participate in these workshops in pay status. If you have any further questions, please contact your college, school, or division’s Human Resources department.

Please get in touch with the office of the dean or director of your school, college, or division with any questions about the reappointment expectations or pay rates for TAs, PAs, and RAs.

For more information on who to contact, head over to UW-Madison’s Human Resources website, click on “Contact HR,” and there you can view a list of HR contacts by division, school, or college (PDF).

Please direct questions about the program curriculum to Luis Piñero, Workplace Climate Consultant and Deputy Title IX Coordinator, Office of the Vice Provost for Faculty and Staff Affairs, UW-Madison.

The Graduate Assistants Equity Workshops are presented and sponsored by the Office of the Vice Provost for Faculty and Staff Affairs, UW-Madison; the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research and Graduate Education; the McBurney Disability Resource Center; Graduate and Professional Students with Disabilities; the Office of Compliance; the Violence Prevention program in University Health Services; the Office of Student Assistance and Support; the Employee Assistance Office; the Ombuds Office; the Office of Human Resources; and University Veteran Services.