The Legislative Council is the legislative arm of the SSMU. Thirty councillors elected by specific constituencies, including school and faculty associations and councils representing particular student demographics, and the seven (7) SSMU Executives comprise the voting members of Council. The Speaker, Parliamentarian, General Manager, and Recording Secretary are non-voting members. According to Article 3 of the SSMU Constitution, Council is the governing body of the Society and “shall be empowered to make all decisions and take all actions on behalf of the Society.”
All SSMU members are welcome to attend open sessions of Council, which are generally held every second Thursday beginning at 6pm. In the Fall 2021 semester, all sessions of Council will be conducted via Zoom. If you would like to attend these online sessions as a member of the gallery, please fill out this form.
For 2021-2022, the dates of Council are:
Thursday, September 15, 2022 at 6:00PM EST via Zoom
Thursday, October 6, 2022 at 6:00PM EST via Zoom
Tuesday, October 25, 2022 at 6:00PM EST via Zoom
Thursday, November 3, 2022 at 6:00PM EST via Zoom
Thursday, December 1, 2022 at 6:00PM EST via Zoom
While Council is run according to Code Véronneau, its proceedings should be accessible to all members; don’t hesitate to ask the Speaker, Parliamentarian or a Councillor (including Executives) how you can participate in the debate. Council meetings can last several hours, so if you are interested in a particular issue, it may be wise to check the agenda in advance and/or ask a Councillor to contact you (e.g. by text message) when the item relevant to your issue is coming up. The agenda order can also be amended to accommodate your schedule, so get in touch with a Councillor if this is something you require. You can peruse its agenda and “documents in advance” (reports of Executives and Committees, as well as proposed resolutions and policies) below.
Speaker of Council acts as the chair of Council. They are responsible for the smooth procedural functioning of Council meetings which includes the call to order (which opens the meeting), granting the floor (i.e. giving people permission to speak) and stating motions and putting them to a vote. The Speaker is guided in their tasks by Code Véronneau in addition to the Constitution, Internal Regulations and any relevant resolutions of Council.
Parliamentarian is also responsible for running Council with the Speaker. While the Speaker controls the floor and grants Councillors speaking rights in an appropriate fashion, the Parliamentarian takes care of the organization, projection and amending of motions and reports during Council.
SSMU Committees make recommendations to Council on everything from the allocation of funding to student groups to the approval of new clubs to the adoption of new policies. Each Councillor sits on at least one SSMU Committee. The Committee Terms of Reference contains all of the information about the various committees at SSMU.
The voting members of SSMU’s Legislative Council comprise thirty councillors elected by specific constituencies, including school and faculty associations and councils representing particular student demographics, and the 6 SSMU Executives. The Speakers, Parliamentarian, General Manager, and Recording Secretary are non-voting members.
Councillors’ primary responsibility is to represent the interests of their constituencies in SSMU governance. Don’t hesitate to get in touch with your representatives!
This year’s representatives are:
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Arts | David Mickelson | artsrep1@ssmu.ca |
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Arts | Mathew O’Boyle | artsrep2@ssmu.ca |
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Arts | Angelica Voutsinas | artsrep3@ssmu.ca |
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Arts | Aye Cham | artsrep4@ssmu.ca |
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Arts and Science | Natan Sakajiri | artscirep@ssmu.ca |
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Athletics | Sedami-Habib Djossou | athleticsrep@ssmu.ca |
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Clubs | TBD | clubsrep1@ssmu.ca |
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Clubs | Nadia Dakdouki | clubsrep2@ssmu.ca |
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Dentistry | Mahidul Syed | dentistryrep@ssmu.ca |
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Education | Julia Nam | edrep@ssmu.ca |
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Environment | Katie Thomas | envirorep@ssmu.ca |
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Engineering | Gavin Pollard | engrep1@ssmu.ca |
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Engineering | Mahia Reed | engrep2@ssmu.ca |
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First Year Council (FYC) | Maddie Daniels | fycrep@ssmu.ca |
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Inter-Residence Council (IRC) | TBD | ircrep@ssmu.ca |
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Law | Emily Thom | lawrep@ssmu.ca |
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Management | Inayyat Seth | managementrep1@ssmu.ca |
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Management | Harry Griffith | managementrep2@ssmu.ca |
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Medicine | Benson Wan | medicinerep@ssmu.ca |
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Music | TBD | musicrep@ssmu.ca |
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Nursing | Lenardo Miguel Dadulla | nursingrep@ssmu.ca |
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PT/OT | Elisa D’Amore | ptotrep@ssmu.ca |
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Science | Daniel Adler | sciencerep1@ssmu.ca |
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Science | Amelia Whitcomb | sciencerep2@ssmu.ca |
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Science | Grace Parish | sciencerep3@ssmu.ca |
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Senate Caucus | Coco Jie Wang | artssenator1@ssmu.ca |
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Senate Caucus | TBD | |
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Services | TBD | servicesrep@ssmu.ca |
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Social Work | TBD | socialworkrep@ssmu.ca |
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Social Work | TBD | socialworkrep@ssmu.ca |
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President | Risann Wright | president@ssmu.ca |
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VP Internal Affairs | Cat Williams | internal@ssmu.ca |
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VP Student Life | Hassanatou Koulibaly | studentlife@ssmu.ca |
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VP Finance | Marco Pizarro | finance@ssmu.ca |
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VP External Affairs | Val Masny | external@ssmu.ca |
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VP University Affairs | Kerry Yang | ua@ssmu.ca |
| Position | Name | Email Address | |
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Speaker of Council | Alexandre Ashkir | speaker@ssmu.ca |
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Speaker On-Call | – | speaker@ssmu.ca |
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Parliamentarian | Jasleen Kaur | parliamentarian@ssmu.ca |
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Recording Secretary | Sierra Fallis | recsec@ssmu.ca |
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Recording Secretary | – | recsec@ssmu.ca |
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General Manager | – | gm@ssmu.ca |