The Arts and Science Students’ Union is hiring a part-time student position for the year. If you want to come work for ASSU and help us provide great service to our students check out our job posting below.
The deadline to apply is Friday, September 27th and you can send your applications to students.assu@utoronto.ca
Check out the job posting here: Job Posting Sept 2019
The Arts and Science Students’ Union are currently holding our regular Fall term by-elections. We have two positions available on our Executive team for the 2019-2020 academic year. Nomination forms can be picked up in the ASSU office in SS1068. The nomination period is open until Thursday, September 19th at 5pm.
For more information get in touch with us at students.assu@utoronto.ca
Are you interested in volunteering in the community? Project: Universal Minds is ASSU’s high school tutoring program. U of T students meet one-on-one with local high school students to help them in English, Math, or Science.
We are currently taking applications for the upcoming academic year. You can find out all the info, as well as applications here.
The ASSU office will be closed from August 26th to August 30th. We will reopen on September 3rd at 10am. We can wait to see you all back on campus for the start of the Fall term.
Starting Wednesday May 15th, the ASSU office be open for our modified summer hours. We are open Monday and Tuesday from 10am-5pm, and Wednesday and Thursday from 10am-6pm. The ASSU Office is closed on Fridays.
Have a great summer!
The ASSU Executive represents the academic concerns for over 25,000 full-time Arts & Science students on the St. George campus. Their responsibilities include, but are not limited to – holding weekly office hours, attending Executive meetings, reporting at ASSU Council Meetings, sitting on various ASSU committees, representing ASSU at Faculty meetings, working with and helping Course Unions, working on ASSU projects and any other academic concerns affecting A&S students that might come up during the year.
If you have the time commitment and the passion, why not consider running for the ASSU Executive! Any Full-time, Arts & Science Student registered on the St. George campus, or ASSU-fee paying student can run for a position.
Nominations Open:
Thursday, February 28th – 10 a.m.
Nominations Close:
Thursday, March 14th – 5 p.m.
Elections:
Friday, March 22nd – 5 p.m.
Nomination forms available at the ASSU Office
On January 15th, 2019, ASSU Council approved a motion asking for a levy referendum to be held to increase the ASSU levy that all full-time Arts and Science Students pay. The referendum also asks for the ASSU fee to be tied to the cost-of-living as determined by the CPI and UofT’s Governing Council.
The Executive of the Arts and Science Students Union have released a statement about this levy referendum which you can read here
Voting takes place on-line, and in person at the Sid Smith Lobby on February 13th and 14th.
The ASSU Office will be closed for the Fall Reading week. We will re-open on November 12th at 10am. Have a great Reading Week everyone! We’ll see you back on campus on the 12th!
Our tentative day program is here!
The Undergraduate Research Conference is a full-day event organized by the Arts and Science Students’ Union, which aims to recognize and showcase the scholarly research of UofT students. Come join us as we celebrate the research projects of diverse and multidisciplinary academic fields, within the natural sciences, quantitative sciences, humanities, and social sciences.
Admission is FREE to all U of T students – check out the program and abstracts to see which presentations you want to check out! This is a great way to see the kinds of research your peers are doing, and how they present their research to you.
We hope this conference will empower UofT students by recognizing the great work that is being produced on our campus, and encourage peer-to-peer information sharing.
For more information click here
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