The University of Calgary Students' Union is an organization representing students at the University of Calgary . Every Undergraduate registered at the University of Calgary is a member of the Students' Union. The Students' Union is a multifaceted organization serving as part student government , part lobby group , and part business . Students are elected to serve on the Students' Union for one year following elections held each March.
11-561: The Students' Union's highest governing body is the Students' Legislative Council and it is where all resolutions, major policies, and positions are voted on. It consists of the five executives and 19 faculty representatives. SLC also delegates authority to different committees to ensure it maintains transparency and efficient functioning. Representatives Representatives Representative Representatives Representative Non-Voting Officials There are currently 21 Faculty Representatives on
22-472: A faculty reaches the 4000 student threshold it will have three representatives etc. Faculty representation is as follows: The University of Calgary Students' Union participates in the Canadian Alliance of Students Associations . Previously, they were a member of Council of Alberta University Students on the provincial level. As a student-led and staff-run organization supported by student volunteers,
33-562: The Canadian Federation of Students to try to organize efforts to lobby the federal government on education issues. In 1994, as the result of a conference held at Carleton University , a number of student leaders decided to form a new Canadian post-secondary student organization. The foundations for the new organization were laid down, and the framework for a constitution was built upon it. In 1998, Patrick Fitzpatrick, then acting Director of CASA, pled guilty to fraud charges after it
44-582: The Den and Black Lounge (a full-service restaurant and bar), the Campus Food Bank, “Mac Hall" concert facilities, and MacEwan Conference and Event Centre within the building. The proceeds of these operations are reinvested directly into SU student programs, awards, and events. Additional services include the off-campus housing registry, campus lost and found, travel and conference funding, campus "Safewalk," and various wellness and awareness weeks. The Student Union at
55-423: The Students' Legislative Council which is based on a representation by population model. Every undergraduate faculty is represented by at least one Faculty Representative with a representative gained for every 2000 students in a given faculty. All faculties with less than 2000 students registered have one Faculty Representative. Once a faculty reaches the 2000 student threshold it will have two representatives and when
66-580: The Students' Union has a diverse organizational structure to manage the scope of its businesses, services, programs, and events. Under the direction of elected student leaders, the SU has a team of approximately 50 full-time staff, more than 200 part-time staff, and more than 300 volunteers who deliver a wide range of services to the organization and undergraduate students. The SU operates MacEwan Student Centre and has services including Bound and Copied (the campus copy centre and cheap book store), Stör (a convenience store),
77-531: The University of Calgary is currently in a dispute with the university itself over the ownership over the MacHall. The Students Union claims that they own 55% of the building, back from an agreement back in 1969, while the university denies this. Though the students union attempted to solve the issue quietly, there had been on-going negotiations around MacHall, on October 21, 2015, the SU sued the University of Calgary over
88-561: The building. Canadian Alliance of Students Associations The Canadian Alliance of Student Associations (CASA) is a federally focused student advocacy organization. CASA currently has 24 members, who represent over 275,000 students from across Canada. With a formal partnership with the Quebec Student Union, CASA represents 365,000 students. CASA works towards an accessible, affordable, innovative and high-quality post-secondary education system. CASA's origins can be traced to
99-399: The dispute. In the past, the University wanted to treat the SU as tenants, as opposed to the partial owners of the building, and the University the sole owners but the SU refused because it would lower their revenue and not allow them to decide what the building is used for. In 2018, the dispute was settled, with the SU receiving expanded rights to manage the building perpetually for the life of
110-583: The first Winds of Change conference hosted by the University of Alberta in 1990. In what would become an annual meeting, student leaders from across the country were invited to come together to discuss challenges facing post-secondary education students in Canada. In 1993 the federal government announced that all of Canada's social programs would be reviewed. Sweeping and significant changes were likely to come, which prompted several student unions not affiliated with
121-433: Was discovered that he embezzled money from the organization. In 2003, Liam Arbuckle, then National Director, resigned after it was alleged that he provided confidential information to a candidate hoping to succeed him. CASA was incorporated June 27, 1995. CASA currently has members in seven provinces and represents undergraduate, graduate, college and polytechnic students. CASA has a board of directors that helps guide
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