“Do you support a dedicated fee of $1.00 per full-time student per semester and $0.50 per part-time student per semester for UR Pride Centre for Sexuality and Gender Diversity, with the ability for students to opt out of paying the fee in the dedicated opt-out period?”YES: 409 NO: 65 Spoiled:...
Official Referendum Results
Posted: January 20, 2012 by Kent Peterson
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The accomplishments of last semester
Posted: January 8, 2012 by Kent Peterson
"[D]uring the election we promised to save students thousands of dollars by getting rid of the executive’s cheap food and booze they enjoyed in the Owl, as well as their free classes – it was a promise made, and so it was a promise kept."
That, and many other accomplishments and victories we were able to achieve by working together in this article (originally published in the...
Let’s all go to the Lobby (Week)!
Posted: October 31, 2011 by Kent Peterson
From October 21 to October 28 I was in Ottawa for purposes surrounding the Canadian Federation of Students (CFS). The first three days were to attend executive meetings from early morning to late at night. In addition to listening to exciting new proposals and giving reports, I was treated to updates about our campaigns, services, and solidarity work. For those of you who might be unaware, the CFS is a national...
Student Movement and Labour Movement United
Posted: October 24, 2011 by Kent Peterson
Last week found me in Saskatoon to attend the Saskatchewan Federation of Labour (SFL) executive council and then convention. I was invited to attend the executive council with voice-no-vote in order to express what the students' union has been doing lately in terms of solidarity work. After the couple days of executive council meetings, the annual SFL convention took place. I had previously been invited to be a...
No Apologies for a Job Well Done
Posted: September 20, 2011 by Kent Peterson
It has been an exciting time for the students’ union since the last board meeting.
Residence Move-in, Orientation, and Welcome Week were all smashing successes – all of which consumed a large portion of the executive’s time. However, no one committed more to Welcome Week than Ally Pilkey, who did a beyond exceptional job of planning and executing all the Welcome Week events.
An announcement was made at...
CFS Prairies Organizer Hired
Posted: August 15, 2011 by Kent Peterson
The University of Regina Students’ Union (the Union) is delighted that the Canadian Federation of Students (the Federation) has filled the Prairies Organizer position. “The current Union executive and the Federation have been working hard, together, to ensure the Federation has a strong presence here in Saskatchewan,” said Union President Kent Peterson.
Filling the Prairies Organizer position will be...
Skills for Advancing the Student Movement
Posted: July 26, 2011 by Kent Peterson
On July 22, 2011, the Vice-president of External Affairs and I went to Pinawa, Manitoba for the Canadian Federation of Students Manitoba Component’s Skills Symposium. The University of Regina Students’ Union Local 9 was graciously invited to attend, and I am most glad we decided to go. There were three full days of seminars, presentations, and workshops, as well as networking events and a chance to learn...
A Budget that Invests in Students
Posted: July 14, 2011 by Kent Peterson
On July 11th, the University of Regina Students’ Union Board of Directors approved a positive, fair, and balanced budget.
The budget includes a number of key items. First, it is a balanced budget. Total revenues are budgeted at $4,070,243.79, with total budgeted expenses at $4,404,693.23. This leaves a responsible surplus of $29,550.55, or 0.73% of total revenue.
We kept a number of...
Working Together
Posted: July 10, 2011 by Kent Peterson
This last week found me in Ottawa for my first CFS National Executive meeting, attending as the Saskatchewan Representative. July 7th to the 11th featured many hours of meeting, orientation, and networking events with student leaders from across the nation. Such opportunities to meet and learn from people representing hundreds of thousands of Canadian students is invaluable in terms of...
Official Unveiling of our New Logo
Posted: June 24, 2011 by Kent Peterson
After nearly 20 years of the same look, the Union has a new logo and refreshed colours! The new logo is in the shape of shield, to signify that we...