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 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 weekly office hours, 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.
Nomination forms available at the ASSU Office for:
– two (2) Executive Members
Nominations Open:
Thursday, September 7th – 10 a.m.
Nominations Close:
Thursday, September 21st – 5 p.m.
Elections:
Friday, September 29th – 4 p.m.
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
We, the Executive of the Arts and Science Students’ Union, are deeply saddened and angry at the news of the terrorist attack on a mosque in Quebec City last night. Just as evening prayers were commencing, the congregants were attacked because of their religion. An attack on a place of worship, targeting a specific minority community, is an attack on the very foundation of our national ethos. Now is the time to mourn those who were killed, but also to redouble our determination that the hatred and fear at the heart of this attack do not spread throughout our communities.
Though it is too early to determine the specific motivating factors for this attack, we must be cognizant of the atmosphere we find ourselves in. We have seen a marked increase in anti-Semitic, Islamophobic, and transphobic language here on our campus, and also in our communities. The same hate mongering that we have witnessed during the recent American elections is being mirrored in our own country’s politics. We cannot allow these sentiments to go unchallenged, and we cannot retreat into the fantasy that words have no power. Words matter. Hatred is not “Free Speech”, and to believe otherwise is to wilfully blind ourselves to what occurred in the prayer hall in Quebec City.
Early reports have identified the attacker as a fellow university student, and this morning there is a campus coming to terms with the reality that one of their students is capable of this monstrosity. We, as University of Toronto students must also come to terms with the reality that there is nothing different about our campus, nothing different about our communities, that protects us from this hatred. In order to fight against Islamophobia, antisemitism, and transphobia, we need to visibly demonstrate that Muslims, Jews, and Transpeople are welcome and integral members of our school, and communities. We need to demonstrate that when they are attacked our entire community is attacked.
As always, the Arts and Science Students’ Union is open for any student to grieve in any way they feel comfortable. We continue to endeavour to make our campus a safe and welcoming environment for everyone, and to work for the equity that our nation purports to strive for.
If you are capable, please consider attending one of the vigils on or near our campus:
https://www.facebook.com/events/1670402936319800/
https://www.facebook.com/events/373086053050464/
In solidarity and strength,
The Executive of the Arts and Science Students’ Union
