By Eshpreet AnejaThis past October, OUSA held their bi-annual general assembly. Hosted by Laurier University on their Waterloo campus, university student unions across the province sent delegations of student leaders to discuss policy papers to lobby the municipal government on student-centric issues. Sound intimidating yet? That’s exactly how I felt walking into my first OUSA general […]
By Muskaan Dadlani You might have come across a few headlines detailing Canada’s Minister of Housing, Sean Fraser, visiting our campus earlier this semester. Fraser’s visit with the University Students’ Council concerned the ongoing student housing crisis in the country – an area of advocacy led by the USC’s Vice President of External Affairs, Emily […]
By Sara Paulo In recognition of World Mental Health Day this past October, the USC would like to showcase the dedicated efforts of the University Affairs portfolio. This team has worked tirelessly to highlight the importance of student mental health and overall well-being, emphasizing the significance of these critical issues through policy work and initiatives. […]
By Light Naing As we’re reaching the end of the school year, the USC would like to highlight the amazing efforts your student council has made this year. The Council is the governing body of the USC, made up of student representatives from your respective faculties. It is responsible for drafting policies or initiatives and […]
To the Undergraduate and Professional students of Western University, University Senate, and Western Administration, University-facing advocacy for the 2022-2023 academic year focused mainly on one key issue: returning to campus. After 3 years of hybrid and virtual learning, approximately 35,000 students were welcomed back to campus, with a renewed focus on community building and student experience. The […]
When you hear the word advocacy, you usually think of large scale, immediate change. By nature of its definition, advocacy usually involves feelings of grandeur, but also of disbelief and doubt. Advocating literally means trying to make a change that is outside of your immediate control. If you’ve had any sort of involvement with the […]
By Anushka Goswami Menstruation: it haunts your dreams and shows up at the worst times possible. Walking around campus, running to class, standing in the Spoke line, or even during your presentation, it’s bound to happen. The feeling of uncertainty and panic starts to set in: do I have a pad? Did I bring my […]
By Light Naing The USC recently attended OUSA’s first in-person General Assembly in two years – and it was a smashing success! The Ontario Undergraduate Student Alliance (OUSA) is an organization representing the interests of approximately 150,000 professional and undergraduate university students in eight students’ unions across Ontario, and the USC is one of them. […]
You might have seen them in the UCC Atrium a couple weeks ago for their Hunger Free October campaign. Or maybe you explored the UCC Lower Level and stumbled upon their food bank. That’s all the work of Food Support Services, a USC program committed to reducing food insecurity and hunger in the Western community […]
As we reach the halfway point in our term, we wanted to provide an update on our advocacy efforts surrounding Anti-Sexual & Gender-Based Violence (A-SGBV). A-SGBV remains a priority for the USC as it’s an issue that affects so many students in such personal ways. Our team has been hard at work behind the scenes, […]