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| Photo: Focused and hard at work while at the 2015 Wellness Summit at the University of Calgary. |
Hello everyone,
With the heat pounding down on the city
recently, I hope you all are staying cool and hydrated as you enjoy some of the
exciting festivities the City of Edmonton has to offer during the summer! As
for Students’ Council this month, there are a few exciting things that I would
like to share with you all!
As I slowly begin to settle in on
the Finance Committee, I jumped on the opportunity to proxy for Vice-President
Bondarchuk to represent him on the Student Group Services Granting Committee
for the four upcoming granting periods. This will not only allow me to
contribute more to the committee as I have promised earlier last month, but
also, enable me to connect to students and see some of the amazing things different
Student Groups are working on throughout the year. Additionally, I was also
appointed as a Member of Council to sit on the Students’ Union Awards Adjudication
Committee. Throughout my first year, I was fortunate enough to have received
funding from the University’s Entrance Awards. Thus, by being a member on the Students’
Union Awards Adjudication Committee this year, I hope to be able to give back to
the University and recognize students for some of the great things they have
done in community.
Earlier this month, several
Councillors, Executives, and I had the opportunity to travel down to Calgary
and attend the 2015 Wellness Summit at the University of Calgary. It was
definitely an eye-opening experience for me. Throughout the conference, I was
able to hear from a series of student panelists from Alberta discussing positive
strategies they have implemented at their home institution that has improved
outreach on mental health concerns of students and support initiatives that has
successfully targeted stress and anxiety. Furthermore, I also attended a
workshop during the conference where we gathered working ideas on what will one
day become the Alberta Post-Secondary
Mental Health and Addiction Framework, an unified approach for how the province can
address student health concerns. Before we left, we were also invite by some of
the members of the University of Calgary Students’ Union to dinner as well as a
tour of their Students’ Union Building. Over dinner, we discuss some of the
differences between our Students’ Union, but most interestingly, we both identified
similar concerns and issues that we all hope to address by the end of our term.
Lastly, back in Council, there were
several exciting news announced. First being that the twenty-five market
modifiers that were approved by the Alberta government last December has been rolled-back.
As a result, students will be saving thousands of dollars in tuition in the upcoming
fall and winter semesters. Aside from this, the Executives also formally
presented their goals during the last Council meeting in June. I am incredibly
please to finally see a more thorough presentation of their goals, and also,
see how it aligns with the Students’ Union Strategic Plan that was ratified
earlier this Spring.
Thank-you for reading this through, and
I look forward to reporting back to you in July!
Until next time,
Alex Kwan
Students’ Union Councillor 2015-2016
GFC Councillor 2015-2016
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