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Jay Muoio on running for Vice President Student Organizations
Strand Editors
March 12, 2020
What position are you running for, and what are the responsibilities of this position? I am running for Vice President Student Organizations, which is one of VUSAC’s four executive positions. This position is responsible for overseeing the club ratification process, being the liason between VUSAC and their clubs and levies, ...
Jenny Zhang on running for Arts and Culture Commissioner
Strand Editors
March 12, 2020
What position are you running for, and what are the responsibilities of this position? I’m running for Arts and Culture Commissioner! The main responsibilities will be to help produce The Bob Comedy revue (which I’ve had a blast being a part of for the past two years), to plan the ...
Jerico Raguindin on running for Sustainability Commissioner
Strand Editors
March 12, 2020
What position are you running for, and what are the responsibilities of this position? I am running for Sustainability Commissioner. This position represents student voices on issues relating to consumption, climate change, and the campus landscape. One of its responsibilities is to collaborate with students and clubs to promote sustainability ...
Kate Haberl on running for Academic Commissioner and Victoria College Council
Strand Editors
March 12, 2020
What position are you running for, and what are the responsibilities of this position? I am running for both the position of Academic Commissioner and a position on the Victoria College Council. The Academic Commissioner’s responsibilities are to give Victoria College students opportunities like the Networking Dinner to develop themselves ...
Leila Tjiang on running for Sustainability Commissioner
Strand Editors
March 12, 2020
What position are you running for, and what are the responsibilities of this position? I am running for Sustainability Commissioner! The responsibilities of the Sustainability Commissioner include all things sustainability at Vic, with a particular focus on advocating for student sustainability interests with the administration and on holding programming geared ...
Lulu Karra on running for Equity Commissioner
Strand Editors
March 12, 2020
What position are you running for, and what are the responsibilities of this position? My mandate as an equity commissioner is to represent students’ equity-based concerns at the college, advise the council and student organizations on inclusivity and accessibility, coordinate equity training to council and executives of clubs and levies, ...
New requirement changes for Computer Science POSt
Eric McGarry
February 11, 2020
Facing growing backlash, the Computer Science Department has decided to revise acceptance criteria for first-year students
The future of the University-Mandated Leave of Absence Policy
Ellen Grace
February 11, 2020
What does the Presidential & Provostial Task Force on Student Mental Health final report mean for UMLAP?
Hate Health and Wellness wait times? There’s an app for that
Maia Roberts
January 28, 2020
UofT rolls out MySSP for all students Content warning: mentions of suicide. When it comes to mental health support, the University of Toronto doesn’t exactly have the best track record. However, after three deaths by suicide on the St. George campus in the last two years alone, students are finally saying enough is enough, and demanding that the university do better. In 2019, UofT responded with a ...