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
As per the ASSU constitution, ASSU Council elects five members of their Executive in the Spring, and two members in the Fall. On Friday, September 28th ASSU Council will meet to elect their two new Executives. Here are the statements from the candidates running in this by-election.
The ASSU office is back again open in our famous Sid Smith Office. Come by anytime (we’re open) to come say hi!
Our regular office hours are:
Monday, Tuesday, and Friday: 10am-5pm
Wednesday and Thursday: 10am-6pm
Nomination Period: begins March 1
Nomination forms for the 2018-19 ASSU Executive (President and four (4) Executive Members) will be available starting now available. You must pick them up from our office in SS1068.
The term of office will start on May 1, 2018 – so Executives must be in the GTA and available during the summer to participate in ASSU initiatives, planning and attend meetings in person. Two (2) more Executives will be elected in September.
The ASSU Executive represents the academic concerns for over 24,000 full-time Arts & Science students on the St. George campus. Their responsibilities include, but are not limited to – holding office hours every week in the ASSU Office, attending Executive meetings every few weeks, 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.
If you have any questions about ASSU and the executive, you may email us or walk in to the office, SS 1068, to talk to any of the executives or staff!
Our next award deadline is coming up fast so make sure you get your application in to our office.
On February 16th, our Ball award and Saeed award are due.
The Ali Saeed award is for international students in their 2nd year or higher with a CGPA of 3.0 who have demonstrated leadership in our community or campus. The Katharine Ball award is for members of a course union executive who have above and beyond during their tenure.
As well, our Ghosh award for Excellence in Teaching nominations are due. This award recognizes the fantastic instructors in our faculty.
All information about these awards and how to apply can be found here.
Every year, the Arts and Science Students’ Union (ASSU) gives out awards to students, faculty, staff, and community groups who have done great work on our campus. Through our awards, we hope to reorganize some of the people who make this campus, and our communities better places to live, work, and study.
If you think you might qualify, or if you have a great staff member or Prof that you wish to nominate, fill out an application today.
More information about our awards, including requirements and deadlines can be found here: http://assu.ca/services-resources/assu-awards/
The Arts and Science Students’ Union is extremely pleased to announce the winners of our 2016-2017 leadership awards.
This year we received a multitude of applications from a diverse and highly qualified group of students. The ASSU Scholarship committee, which is made up of representatives from our Executive, ASSU Council, and the Faculty of Arts and Science administration, debated for a long time before coming to their decisions.
The Scholarship committee passes on it’s thanks to all the applicants for making these decisions so difficult.
Our 2016-2017 Award winners are:
Winner – Vhil Castillejos
Runner-Up – Ji Yoon Lim
Runner Up – Daryna Kutsyna
Winner – Alana Changoor
Runner-Up – Willem Crispin-Frei
Runner-Up – Amanda Cheung
Winner – Marianne Alice Kalaczynski
Runner-Up – Novera Khan
Runner-Up – Nicole Gumapac
Hsiao-Wen Sun
Basit Ali
Sydney Vennin
The deadline for our ASSU Awards is fast approaching. For three of our most competitive awards, the Nowlan, Gardner, and Shihipar Awards, the deadline is January 20th, 2017. More information and the application can be found at http://assu.ca/services-resources/assu-awards/
The results have been counted and unfortunately our levy referendum failed to pass. We are understandably upset, but acknowledge that the majority of students were unwilling to support us at this time. We would like to thank all those students who voted— but especially those who voted yes. Even with the results the way they are, the ASSU Executive is dedicated to continuing to work for our students in every capacity we can, including continuing to provide support and funding to our course unions. We are also dedicated to continuing to make our membership’s education more affordable, through our awards, bursaries, and undergraduate travel grants. We hoped to be able to expand these awards and services in the future, but for now we’ll endeavour to find creative ways to alleviate the financial and academic stress which is the daily toll of U of T students.
This levy marked the first time that the Arts and Science Students’ Union used the University of Toronto’s on-line voting system, and we were hoping for an increase in participation. The final votes cast are disappointing in light of the size of our membership, and show only a small increase compared to our last paper ballot in 2010. Regardless of whether students supported the levy or not, we were hoping to see more engaging numbers.
This levy offered a chance for our Course Unions to engage our membership on the critical issues that face Arts and Science Students, but most of the discussion we witnessed centred on events that have been in the news lately about one instructor on our campus. It is with rueful irony that the Executive witnessed our union –and levy referendum, come under attack for their choice to speak out on that issue.
We would like to thank the Chief Returning Officer, Jesse Berlin, and Deputy Returning Officer, Emma Hansen for their work –especially operating an in-person poll over the course of two days. If anyone has questions or concerns regarding the vote in any way, please contact our CRO at cro@assu.ca.
The results will be formally submitted to our regular ASSU Council Meeting on November 15th for approval.
In solidarity,
The Executive of the Arts and Science Students’ Union
