University of Alberta Students' Union

Infobox Canadian Student Association
name = University of Alberta Students' Union


motto = Working for students
established = 1909
institution = University of Alberta
president = Janelle Morin
vice president = John Braga, Steven Dollansky, Beverly Eastham, Kristen Flath
treasurer =
location = Edmonton, Alberta
members = 30 000
affiliated = Council of Alberta University Students
homepage = [http://www.su.ualberta.ca su.ualberta.ca]

The University of Alberta Students' Union is the student society that represents undergraduate students at the University of Alberta. Originally established in 1909, it is a non-profit corporation that operates under the authority of the Post-Secondary Learning Act (Alberta). Its membership consists of the roughly 30,000 cite web
year = 2006
url = http://www.registrar.ualberta.ca/sosfiles/2005-2006/SOS_2005_06.pdf
title = Summary of Statistics 2005-2006
publisher = University of Alberta
accessdate = 2006-03-20] undergraduate students enrolled at the university.

With an annual budget in excess of $9,000,000 and hundreds of paid and volunteer staff, the Students' Union serves as an advocate for students and provides a variety of services to its members. The Students' Union also operates a number of businesses, manages various targeted trust funds, hosts a wide variety of entertainment and educational events, and runs the Students' Union Building.

Council

Students' Council is the ultimate decision-making body of the Students' Union and is composed of representatives elected from each faculty (42), five executive members elected in a campus-wide general election each March, and one undergraduate student elected in the same election to serve on the University's Board of Governors.

Representation

Provincially, the Students' Union participates in the Council of Alberta University Students. While the Students' Union was a founding member of the Canadian Alliance of Students Associations, it is no longer affiliated with any federal lobby groups, having pulled out of CASA in 2003.

The Student's Union recently decided to move towards re-joining CASA in 2008. [ [http://www.thegatewayonline.ca/su-moves-to-join-national-lobby-group-20080319-2373.html SU moves to join national lobby group] ]

Bearscat

Bearscat is a service provided by the University of Alberta Students Union as an alternative to the Beartracks service operated by the UofA. Services of the website/application include: Scheduling, Add / Drop Classes, Class opening notification, and suggested textbooks. In the 2006/2007 academic season, Bearscat served 10.6 million pages, processed 1.2 million transactions, and designed 135 000 schedules. [ [http://www.bearscat.ca Bear Scat ] ]

Notable past presidents

Several people who have served as president of the University of Alberta Students' Union have gone on to achieve some level of fame.

James Harwood Ogilvie, who served as president in 1917-1918, [http://www.registrar.ualberta.ca/calendar/General-Information/History-Traditions/241.3.html Section 241.3 - General Information - University of Alberta ] ] went on to become a long time alderman on Edmonton City Council and an unsuccessful candidate for the Conservative Party in the 1935 and 1940 federal elections in Edmonton West.http://www.edmonton.ca/CityGov/ElectionHistory/Members%20of%20Council%20Biographies.doc]

Percy Griffith Davies was president in 1925-1926 and later served as a Conservative Member of Parliament from 1932 until 1935. [ [http://www2.parl.gc.ca/Parlinfo/Files/Parliamentarian.aspx?Item=59550208-5c14-4276-9388-48aca28d63d7&Language=E&Section=FederalExperience PARLINFO - Parliamentarian File - Federal Experience - DAVIES, Percy Griffith ] ]

Gerard Amerongen, president in 1943-1944, became a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta (and later its Speaker), representing Edmonton Meadowlark from 1971 until 1986. [ [http://www.godutch.com/windmill/newsItem.asp?id=779 goDutch.com :: Dutch community long has supplied parliaments with elected officials ] ]

Peter Lougheed, president in 1951-1952, was Premier of Alberta from 1971 until 1985. [ [http://www.queensu.ca/secretariat/History/people/lougheed.html The Hon. Peter Lougheed ] ]

Lou Hyndman, president in 1958-1959, was a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta (representing Edmonton West from 1967 until 1971 and Edmonton Glenora from 1971 until 1986) and provincial treasurer. [ [http://www.fieldlaw.com/OurPeople/LawyerDetails.asp?ID=6 Field Law - Our People ] ]

Marilyn Pilkington, president in 1968-1969, became Dean of Osgoode Hall in 1983 and has been one of Canada's most widely-quoted legal scholars.

David Leadbeater, president in 1969-1970, became the youngest alderman in the history of the Edmonton City Council, elected at the age of 27 and serving from 1974 until 1977.

Mike Nickel, president in 1985-1986, became an alderman (2004-2007), two-time mayoral candidate, and prominent conservative in Edmonton.

Mike Hudema, president in 2002-2003, is a prominent activist.

References

External links

* [http://www.su.ualberta.ca/ Official Site]
* [http://www.ualberta.ca University Site]

ee also

*The Gateway
*List of Alberta students' associations