Ryerson Students' Union

Ryerson Students' Union
Institution Ryerson University
Location Toronto, Ontario
Established June 27, 1967
President Obaid Ullah
Vice presidents Education:
Victoria Morton
Equity:
Tamara Jones
Operations:
Neal Muthreja
Student Life & Events:
Harman Singh
Members 35,000+
Affiliations CFS
Website www.rsuonline.ca

The Ryerson Students’ Union (RSU) is the students' union that represents full-time undergraduate and graduate students at Ryerson University. All full-time students are required to be members and pay a levy. This money is used to fund student groups, events for students and campaigning.

The Board

The Board of Directors set the direction and the executive manage the day-to-day operations of the corporation. Students elect 2, 3, 4, or 5 members from each faculty, depending on the size of the faculty, to the board, in addition to student representatives from the University’s Senate, student groups, course unions and residence.

The Current Board of Directors

Executive Committee

  1. Obaid Ullah
  2. Victoria Morton
  3. Neal Muthreja
  4. Tamara Jones
  5. Harman Singh

Faculty of Arts

  1. Daniel Lis
  2. Marzia Riaz
  3. Anjelo Robb

Ted Rogers School of Management

  1. Michelle Park
  2. Anthony Esguerra
  3. Sandra Bahoua
  4. Nav Marwah
  5. Nasrudin Numin

Faculty of Communications and Design

  1. Eleanor Chan
  2. Katii Capern
  3. Kelly Kitagawa
  4. William Fraser

Faculty of Community Services

  1. Anna Stevenson
  2. Michael Friedman
  3. Dahab Ibrahim
  4. Chrys Saget-Richard
  5. Abisola Asha

Faculty of Engineering and Architecture

  1. Naveed Khan
  2. Michael Foppiano
  3. Monica Kwong
  4. Ruken Dilsha Izon

Faculty of Science

  1. Robinder Jangi
  2. Maryam Golbazi

At Large Representative Directors

Course Union Director

Betty Wang

Campus Groups Director

Yuli Jadov

Senate Director

Amar Latchman

Graduate Representative Directors

Carolyn Qin, Issuru Weerasekra

Equity Service Centers

The RSU has six Equity Service Centres: The Centre for Women & Trans People, The Good Food Centre, Racialised Students’ Collective, RyeACCESS, RyePRIDE, and the Trans Collective. These centres serve as a space for students from different marginalized backgrounds to come together and organize equity and social justice initiatives, events, and campaigns.

In 2010, The Board of Directors voted to change the name from "Community Service Groups" to "Equity Service Centers" to better reflect their mandate.

The Equity Service Centres each have their own office on the second floor of the Student Centre and are open to all students, so drop by and get involved!

Services

The RSU works to save students money by providing discount and cost-saving services. By pooling their resources, The RSU provide a range of services such as the Members' Health & Dental Plan, Discount TTC Metropass, Used Book Room, CopyRITE Printing Service, Member Services Office, Tax Clinic, Legal Service, Academic Advocacy, Graduation Photos, Campus Lost & Found, Members' Handbook & Dayplanner, Computer Lab, and International Student Identity Card (ISIC) are some of the benefits of membership in the Students' Union.

The RSU is the hub of activity on campus, organizing weekly free events for all students, including pub nights, carnivals, karaoke nights, coffee houses, and more. In addition, the RSU funds and supports over 150 Student Groups, Course Unions, and Graduate Student Associations. These groups are social, cultural, religious, and interest-based groups. The Students’ Union works to advocate on student's behalf, raising their concerns to University administration. The RSU also offers free legal and advocacy services for students

The RSU also organizes various campaigns and initiatives. Victories such as the fall reading week, permanent closure of Gould Street, and the discount student metropass are all examples of the RSU's advocation.

Criticism

The RSU has been criticized for funding a racist student group [1] and for banning a men's issues student group on campus.[2] In 2015, former RSU vice-president education Jesse Root was accused of deleting emails in violation of Ontario's privacy laws. [3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://www.ryersonian.ca/white-students-barred-from-funded-rsu-student-group-event/
  2. ↑ http://archive.ryersonian.ca/article/27610/
  3. ↑ http://theeyeopener.com/2015/09/prof-emails-were-illegally-deleted/
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