Support Resources

London: Your Home Away From Home

• Check out this Self-Guide to London, Ontario!
• There are various discounts in London (e.g. 10% off on Tuesdays at Loblaws, Valu-mart, Food Basics, Metro, etc). Keep an eye on the flyers, too! Familiarize yourself with your Local Food options.
• London is typically cold in the Winter so take advantage of our discount with Columbia Sportswear offered three times a year. Don’t forget winter tires and a snow shovel!
• Take note of the London Hospitals, London Libraries, Garbage/Recycle schedule, London Hydro (Water/Electricity/Heat), and Internet providers.
• Make yourself aware of the Ontario Residential Tenancies Act.

• Western University: The Basics

  • Your WesternID provides you access to the Grad Student Portal (SOGS bursaries), Western 365 Email, Student Centre (tuition, scholarships, government funding, class schedule, grades, tax, transcripts, apply to graduate, change in degree status), and OWL (course management).
  • Your WesternONE (Student card) also functions as your bus pass, your library card, and your Campus Recreation (Gym) Pass. You can also use it for Office and AV Keys, Parking pass (if applicable), Campus and/or Rez Meal Plan card (if applicable), and as your identification card for exams.
  • See here for a list of support and equity services available at Western.

   

• Your Friendly Neighbourhood SOGS

  

  • SOGS produces a Graduate Orientation Handbook. If you are a new student, you will receive a hard copy of it at SGPS Orientation.
  • Full-time students receive a SOGS bus pass.
  • Full-time students are automatically enrolled in the SOGS Health Plan.
  • SOGS offers a Food Bank for Non-TAs (PSAC 610 offers one for TAs).
  • SOGS offers a FREE International Student Identity Card through CFS.
  • SOGS provides an INTL Grad Student Guide to Western University.

Thriving in Graduate School: Taking Care of Yourself

SOGS and SGPS (School of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies) have worked together to amalgamate all the relevant resources for graduate students in a single place: the GRADUATE STUDENT LIFE & COMMUNITY HUB.

Graduate Student Associations/Councils

SOGS aims to keep track of Department Graduate Student Associations/Councils. If your Department Association/Council information is missing from this document, please contact sogs.communications@uwo.ca.