VP External

Kyle Warwick, VP External

Kyle WarwickThe External Office of the AMS is responsible for lobbying the municipal, provincial, and federal governments on behalf of the students at UBC Vancouver. The vice president external also represents students to external organizations, such as Translink, and student unions at other schools. The nature of the external office is innately political, but never partisan, advocating on behalf of the student body as a whole.

The AMS external office deals with:

The U-Pass Program and Translink:

  • Ensuring affordable, sustainable access to high quality transportation
  • Ensuring the voices of the largest transit demographic are heard.

Different levels of government pertaining to student issues:

  • Ensuring tuition fees are maintained at reasonable, affordable levels
  • Making sure student financial assistance (loans, bursaries, government scholarships) is available
  • Advocating for sustained post-secondary education funding
  • Creating a unified student voice in BC and in Canada with other provincial and federal student organizations

Biography

Hello UBC students,

My name is Kyle Warwick, a student in my final year of Political Science in the Faculty of Arts. I’m very excited to serve as your VP External for 2012-2013. I have had the opportunity to get involved in a number of ways at UBC, starting out in student clubs, such as the Political Science Students Association, before moving on to an executive position in the Arts Undergraduate Society. I have also had the opportunity to serve as a Arts Representative and Committee Chair on AMS Council. In these roles, I’ve learned first-hand that UBC students have a truly remarkable potential to change this campus, and that students should not be afraid to stand up and advocate for ourselves.

I bring to this position a strong passion for student financial aid reform, and for improved transit to campus. These will be amongst my top priorities for this year. At the same time, I want to listen to students, so if you have any other external issues that you believe need attention, or if you have some ideas about how to go about making improvements for students, I encourage you to email me at vpexternal@ams.ubc.ca. The AMS wants to work hard on behalf of students, and in order to do that we need to know what your priorities are.

Have a great year,

Kyle Warwick