This August, Students’ Council went from having no planned meeting to having a very full schedule! Our committees have been meeting regularly over the past month and making sure students have a say in everything from budgeting to Fall Break.

Feds’ General Operating Budget

The Budget & Appropriations Committee worked diligently to put together our first ever draft report for the Feds General Operating Budget. This report, intended to better inform Councillors and Directors as they cast votes for the 2018 Fiscal Year budget, will be finalized and made available to the student body together with a Corporate Overview provided by the Board of Directors on the health of our student-owned and operated businesses.

Now that Council has approved the Feds budget, the Board will be voting to approve it as well.

Fall Break Referendum

Council convened for a Special Meeting to approve the language for a Fall Break Referendum that will ask whether we, the student body, want to implement a full-week pilot, continue with the current structure, or eliminate the Fall Break altogether. The results of the referendum will be sent to the University Senate for adoption for a fall 2019 implementation period. Stay tuned - more information on the Fall Break Referendum will be available soon!

What’s coming in September?

Council will hear a motion to approve-in-principle a Legal Protection service. The decision follows on the heels of the Legal Survey run in winter term.

The proposed service would include access to a toll-free helpline to get advice from a lawyer.

Legal insurance coverage would provide for up to $100,000 per case, to a maximum of $500,000 in legal fees for litigation related to labour law, housing law, and students’ academic rights.

There’s much more to be expected from private member motions from your representatives!

Check out our webpage to see meeting agendas and minutes or subscribe to the Council mailing list to get the information as it goes out to your Councillors.

We're now live-tweeting Council meetings! Follow us @UWFedsCouncil.

On behalf of your Students' Council, we wish you a great start to the fall term!