Your #SheridanLife Update: June 2023

June was filled with Sheridan Pride celebrations, staff training, and development opportunities!?

We hope you've been keeping up with all the fun we had in June —from Sheridan Pride celebrations to staff training and development opportunities, there's a lot of exciting things happening at SSU. In case you missed it: We celebrated Pride with on- and off-campus events, hosted a BUSU ( Brock University Students' Union ) visit to our new HMC Student Centre, and attended the annual COCA conference! Take a look at June 2023 recap and find out what the Sheridan Student Union has been up to this month.??

Our Executive Team?

• Kyle Budge, your SSU President, along with our Finance and HR team members, attended the AMICCUS Conference, a 4-day Student Union Managers Conference focusing on sexual violence prevention and student advocacy work.?
• The team organized their first meeting with BUSU (Brock University Student Union) to exchange information about our respective Unions and Piya, your Governance Coordinator, provided a tour of the new Student Centre at HMC.

• Sarah, our VP of Advocacy established SSU’s first student-led Advocacy Committee, and has commenced the recruitment process. Sarah also held her first Pride Coffee Talk in June!??
• Sarah and Cameron Spencer, your VP of Community, participated in the Pride Flag raising ceremony alongside the Mayor of Mississauga to share our support for the 2SLGBTQ+ community at Sheridan. Your student leaders also actively participated in the Halton Pride and Toronto Pride events in June.??
• Our Executive team attended Convocation Ceremony 2023 to support the graduating students on behalf of SSU. Congratulations to this year’s Sheridan grads!?
• Ritz, your VP of Engagement, attended COCA 2023—which is an event, programming, and community-based conference for specific SU staff and student leaders—to learn how she and her fellow student leaders can better support your #SheridanLife!??
• All 7 members of our Executive team completed a First Aid and CPR Training course, acquiring certification. Go team!

Our Services Department

• We received a new batch of 164lbs of clothes for students to take from for our Dressed for Success Program now available at the Davis campus!

Our Clubs and Organizations?

• This month we welcomed three brand new clubs - one active club, the Sikh Students Association, and two new prospective clubs: ASL Sheridan and the Competitive Programming Club.?
• Throughout June, our SSU clubs hosted 14 events such as regular pop-up sessions each week from our Enactus Club to celebrating Pride month through coffee talks and game nights, hosted by our Pride club, to an event about sharing queer stories, hosted by our Writers Village club.?
• Our Clubs Coordinators were also hard at work planning out our first Summer Clubs Fair.

Our Events Team

• This June, some of our student leaders attended the annual COCA conference, along with several college and university Student Unions from across Canada. It was held in Vancouver, BC, and allowed our student staff to connect with other student leaders and participate in expert workshops.? We are looking forward to taking another set of student execs to next year’s conference in Windsor, ON!?
• Even with the COCA conference, we still managed to have 4 events over the course of this month.?
• June is Pride Month and we started it off strong with our Pride Kick-off Carnival at HMC! Community support groups joined us along with outdoor games and activities, including mini golf, tie dye, slushies, and more! About 50 folks joined us and the attendees and vendors alike are looking forward to doing it again in the future!?
• We also began our summer series of off-campus events with a trip to Canada’s Wonderland! Over 90 students joined us for this event and had a great time. We are looking forward to the rest of the events in the series!

Our Food Services and Spaces?

• Every day in June, our Food Services team created a new feature menu item at the Station Kitchen. Here are some top favourites, to name a few: Aloo Tikki Burger, Cheese Balls, & Chili Barbeque Fries.?

Our SSU Board of Directors ?

“We are delighted to announce that the SSU Board of Directors has granted approval for the new Health & Dental Plan, which includes expanding our Empower Me Plus program and adding gender-affirming care, which will be implemented in September 2023. This plan is specifically designed to cater to the supplemental healthcare needs of domestic students.??

This month, we focused on acquainting ourselves with the responsibilities associated with our roles as the Board of Directors. We successfully appointed new members to the Ancillary Committee, International Health Committee, and Finance Committee. In our discussions, we delved into matters concerning the Health & Dental plan that is currently provided to domestic students. Furthermore, we explored the potential inclusion of international students within the plan, examining the feasibility and implications of such an expansion.??

As a result of those discussions, the SSU Board of Directors has created an International Health Committee and successfully appointed Harjot Sidhu, Vidhya Ganapathy Subramanian, Siddhi Gandhi, Sara Haider, Rajdeepkaur Jat, and Ademidun Abimbola as the new members. The committee’s primary objective is to conduct research on the preferences of international students regarding participation in the supplemental health plan. Through this committee, the Board hopes to identify the types of services Sheridan students need and determine their willingness to pay for such services.??

Next month our goal is to engage with students, gather their feedback regarding the services we offer, and collaborate on finding effective solutions to meet their needs. Additionally, we aim to explore new ideas and suggestions from students that can be implemented in the near future, enhancing our services and further catering to their requirements."

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