Students' Council
The purpose of the Students’ Council is to uphold the goals of the Federation of Students
under its Charter and its by-laws, and to establish policies of the Corporation.
Students’ Council is made up of representatives from all faculties, disciplines and
affiliated colleges, with the number of seats in each constituency being calculated by a
formula based on enrolment. In general, these positions are elected each winter term.
Council provides a representative forum for student input into Federation activities,
appoints Commissioners and designates the Committees of Students’ Council. It also
administers and oversees the budgeting of membership fees. Committees of council deal with other areas including administration of clubs, funding for activities & projects, budgeting, education policy (local, provincial, federal), elections, referenda and more.
The President and three Vice-Presidents are ex-officio voting members of Students’
Council.
Students’ Council oversees the Executives in the performance of their jobs in areas where
Students’ Council has oversight responsibilities. Any councillor may request to add items for consideration at Council in accordance with all relevant bylaws, policies and procedures of the Federation of Students.
A majority of members of Students’ Council are elected to, and take office at the same
time as our President and Vice-Presidents (which is May 1 of each year). Where a constituency has a number of students registered in the co-op stream that is greater than the number of students registered in the regular stream, half of the seats in the constituency (rounding down) are held over for election in the Spring term, before May 30th .
Vacancies on Students' Council sometimes occur. Check here for updates.
Non-voting members of Students’ Council include: the Speaker, the Secretary, and Chairs
of Committees of Council who are not already a member of the Council, the Presidents of
the recognized student societies, the Presidents of all Federated and Affiliated Colleges
and Residence Councils, the President of the University, and all past presidents of the
Federation of Students.
Council meetings dates for the fall '09 term:
- September 27th, 12:30PM (MC 2017)
- October 18 2009, 12:30PM (MC 2017)
- November 15 2009, 12:30PM (SLC, MPR)
- December 6 2009, 12:30PM (SLC, MPR)
Council meetings are scheduled to be held in the Student Life Centre Multi-Purpose Room.
If interested, an archive of minutes and agendas from council meetings can be viewed (Updates coming shortly).
