Committees of the UWSA
By-Law and Policy Committee
The By-Laws and Policy Committee shall make recommendations to the Board of Directors about amendments to these By-Laws, and changes to UWSA Policy.
Chair of the Committee:
- (Chair of the Board of Directors) – chair@theuwsa.ca
Voting Members of the Committee:
- Omega Budhathoki (President) – pres@theuwsa.ca
- Arpandeep Singh (Vice-President Student Affairs) – vpsa@theuwsa.ca
- Cannan Daree (Vice-President External Affairs) – vpea@theuwsa.ca
- Brie Villeneuve (Disabled Students’ Director) – accessibility@theuwsa.ca
- Aleecia Doyle (UWSA Senator) – Urbaninnercity@theuwsa.ca
- Teddy Rubenstein (Emerging Leader Director (2-year term)) – emergingleader2@theuwsa.ca
Non-Voting Member of the Committee:
- Priyanka Kumar (Executive Director) – d.bansal@theuwsa.ca
- Diksha Bansal (UWSA General Manager) – ed@theuwsa.ca
Campaign and External Relations Committee
The mandate of CERC shall be to recommend social justice and political campaigns to the Board of Directors that further the goals of both the UWSA and the larger student movement. CERC shall recommend active strategies for positive change for students to guide the Vice President External Affairs’ lobbying work.
Chair of the Committee:
- Cannan Daree (Vice-President External Affairs) – vpea@theuwsa.ca
Voting Members of the Committee:
- Desiree Fredette (Community Liaison Director) – communityliaison@theuwsa.ca
- Parhoor Sihota (Environmental Ethics Director) – environmentalethics@theuwsa.ca
- Prempreet Singh (Emerging Leader Director (2-year term)) – emergingleader1@theuwsa.ca
- Tait Palsson (Part-Time/Mature Students’ Director) – parttimemature@theuwsa.ca
- Peace Ogunbor (Women, Trans, and Non-Binary (WTNB) Students’ Director) – wtnbs@theuwsa.ca
Non-Voting Member of the Committee:
- Ted Turner (Manager of Special Projects Strategic Initiatives) – t.turner@theuwsa.ca
Daycare Management Committee
The Daycare Management Committee shall be entrusted by the UWSA with the responsibility of managing the affairs of the UWSA Daycare. This responsibility shall include, but is not necessarily restricted to: the creation and continuance of Daycare Policy and By-Laws; and the setting of the annual Daycare budget.
Chair of the Committee:
- Kim Bhanthal – bhathalk@hotmail.com
Vice-Chair of the Committee:
- Rorie McLeod
Treasure:
- Natalie VanRosmalen
Members of the Committee:
- Kim Bhathal
- Robyn Liddle
- Nathan Laser
- Nadine Vroom
- Brandon Deamalen
- Natalie VanRosmalen
- Debbie Froese
- Andrei Hillonov
- Matthew Busilla
- Aleecia Doyle
- Sanoji Wijenayake
- Rorie McLeod
- Sheri-Lynn Skwarchuk
- Catherine – Laura Dunnington
- Raihan Mahmud
- Cristina Ortega
- Nicola Plett
- Alberto Caballero
Executive Committee
The Executive Committee shall act as Management on behalf of the Board of Directors.
Voting Members of the Committee:
- Arpandeep Singh (Vice-President Student Affairs) – vpsa@theuwsa.ca
- Cannan Daree (Vice-President External Affairs) – vpea@theuwsa.ca
- Marnie Bloom (Education Director) – education@theuwsa.ca
- Anjanpreet Kaur (Recreation & Athletics Director) – recandathletics@theuwsa.ca
- Shreya Sharma (International Students’ Directors) – international@theuwsa.ca
Non-Voting Member of the Committee:
- Omega Budhathoki (President) – pres@theuwsa.ca
- Priyanka Kumar (Executive Director) – d.bansal@theuwsa.ca
Finance and Operations Committee
The Finance and Operations Committee shall oversee, report, direct and control all financial operations of the UWSA on behalf of the Board of Directors.
Co-Chair and Non-Voting Members of the Committee:
- Priyanka Kumar (Executive Director) – d.bansal@theuwsa.ca
- Tunmise Oluwatunmise Ogunmola (Business Manager) – tunmise@theuwsa.ca
Voting Members of the Committee:
- Omega Budhathoki (President) – pres@theuwsa.ca
- Arpandeep Singh (Vice-President Student Affairs) – vpsa@theuwsa.ca
- Cannan Daree (Vice-President External Affairs) – vpea@theuwsa.ca
- Dev Jani (Business and Economics Director) – busecon@theuwsa.ca
Student Life Committee
The Student Life Committee shall receive and rule on applications for recognized and affiliated student groups, student group funding applications, provide feedback on UWSA events, and provide feedback and approval for non-campaign-based event proposals.
Co-Chairs of the Committee:
- Arpandeep Singh (Vice-President Student Affairs) – vpsa@theuwsa.ca
- Alex Nguyen (Events and Communications Manager) – a.nguyen@theuwsa.ca
Voting Member of the Committee:
- Shreya Sharma (International Students’ Directors) – international@theuwsa.ca
- Elye Jess- Isima (Racialized Students’ Director) – racialized@theuwsa.ca
- Parhoor Sihota (Environmental Ethics Director) – environmentalethics@theuwsa.ca
- Tyler Finlayson (Emerging Leader Director (2-year term) – EmergingLeader3@theuwsa.ca
- Anjanpreet Kaur (Recreation & Athletics Director) – recandathletics@theuwsa.ca
- Students-at-large
Indigenous Advisory Circle
The Indigenous Advisory Circle works to ensure that the governance, programs and services of the UWSA are operated in true and meaningful collaboration with Indigenous People.
Chair of the Committee:
Members of the Committee:
