Getting Involved

One of the best things about our university is the amount of opportunities there are for getting involved in the community, and how many different types roles you can take on. I remember during my first week at school, going down Gould Street for the campus clubs day, I signed up for almost everything. My email had never been so flooded and I had never been more excited. Now, heading into my fourth year I’m still involved with many of the organizations that I signed up for on day one, as well as continuing to find new groups for new interests of mine.

If you’re looking for your special place on campus here are just a few examples of the huge amount of options you’d have.

For Academics

Board of Governors: The Board of Governors is responsible for the governance of the university; control of its property and revenues; the conduct of its business and affairs. Students who are part of this group often lobby for things like student project funding, increasing study space and increasing needs-based bursaries.

Senate: The university's Senate is responsible for maintaining, communicating, and implementing the university’s policies related to academic matters. You can get involved by either running for at – large positions or also as a representative for your own faculty.

Program Course Union (external link, opens in new window) : All programs have a course union. They represent your program and are made up of an executive team with committee members. Their jobs are to create fun events, speak on behalf of you to staff, as well as continue to work to improve the program and community.

Faculty Board of Directors: Many of the faculties (for example: Communication and Design, Art, Community Services, etc) have a board of directors. These positions range from President to your program director, which helps to make up the faculties society. Here’s an example of Ted Rogers School of Management’s society (external link, opens in new window) .

Student Union (external link, opens in new window) : The student union works to empower students and build community on campus by advocating for student rights, supporting student groups, events and initiatives, and providing discounted services. The union is made up of executive positions as well as board directors and staff members.

For Fun

Game Makers Union (external link, opens in new window) : The Game Maker’s Union (GMU) is where our school's game developers meet to swap ideas and collaborate on projects. Whether you have game development experience or not members are encouraged to begin and develop their own game projects. They also hold fun mini-jams on monthly basis where they all work together!

Sports and Business Association (external link, opens in new window) : The mission for the Sports and Business Association is to bridge students’ passions for sports with their interests in business world. To do this they host a diversified set of sports business events in collaboration with distinguished sports industry professionals and other student groups to bring everyone together!

For A Good Cause

Good Food Centre (external link, opens in new window) : The Good Food Centre (GFC) is one of six equity services provided by the student union to offset the challenges of post-secondary education. As a university community member, you shouldn’t have to choose between textbooks, rent, and/or food. That’s why the Good Food Centre offers two main services for students, staff, and faculty to access food without cost or at a substantially reduced cost.

Alternative Spring Break (ASB) (external link, opens in new window) : ASB is an entirely student-run and locally operated group. ASB can be simply described as traveling with a purpose. Students volunteer their time and work in developing countries while they experience and learn from another culture. The program is open to all faculties, giving students an opportunity to learn from other team members’ perspectives as well as their own experience on the project.

For a full list of student groups on campus, visit the Student Groups Listing (external link, opens in new window) .