Student Life Committee

The Student Life Committee shall:

  1. coordinate inter-constituency campus events and activities;
  2. plan campus events that enrich the social and personal lives of the active members of the Society and ensure visible and effective advertising for such events and for other campus events of interest to active members;
  3. assist in managing and coordinating ceremonies and dinners, including but not limited to the Great Trekker Award ceremony, Just Desserts, and the All-Presidents’ dinner;
  4. examine new and innovative ideas for engaging students in the Society’s activities and for other projects enabling the Society to fulfill its constitutional objectives and its mission statement;
  5. advise the Executive Committee and Council on how to communicate information about activities and issues facing the Society to the membership in a full, succinct and timely manner;
  6. establish channels, protocols and programs aimed at encouraging input from and consultation with the Society’s membership;
  7. oversee and administer the Society’s publications in accordance with Section IX D of the Code;
  8. oversee the management of the electronic communication network within the Society;
  9. oversee the Society’s web pages;
  10. arrange for the preparation and insertion of a Society information supplement into a campus publication or publications on a regular basis;
  11. review the Society’s relationship with external media, including but not limited to the Ubyssey and CiTR;
  12. assist and liaise with the executive coordinator of student services with regard to all the Society’s services;
  13. consider issues regarding campus and student safety and liaise with campus security;
  14. develop priorities and policies concerning equity issues within the Society and recommend such priorities and policies to Council;
  15. investigate barriers to engagement within the Society, and identify those areas where there exists an inequity of opportunity;
  16. oversee Society programs that are designed to promote equity, including:
    1. establishing metrics by which the success of such programs can be measured, and,
    2. evaluating the success of such programs;
  17. manage and allocate the Sexual Assault Initiatives Fund, subject to the Funds description in Section IX B, Article 6;
  18. administer the Student Initiatives Fund in accordance with Section IX B, Article 6;
  19. liaise with such University bodies as Athletics, Student Housing and Hospitality Services, and Classroom Services, and with such units within the Student Development and Services office as International House, Orientations, the Access and Diversity Office, and the Equity Office;
  20. report on its activities at every Council meeting; and
  21. have such other duties as are outlined in the Bylaws or the Code or assigned by Council from time to time.

The Student Life Committee is currently comprised of:

  • Harsev Oshan (Chair)
  • Kiran Mahal (VP Academic)
  • Caroline Wong (VP Administration)
  • Ian Campbell
  • Barnabas Caro
  • Eric Toyota
  • Ekateryna Baranovskaya
  • Christopher Roach
  • Mary Leong (Member at Large)
  • Serena Ng (Member at Large)
  • David Lee (Member at Large)

The Student Life Committee meets every third Wednesday (starting from June 1st) at 4pm.