Women Studies at UBC Graduate Students Association

Women Studies at UBC Graduate Students Association
Hey Everyone! I am one of the new MA students this year and will be involved with the WSGSA. I am looking forward to all the planned activities and organizing! Thanks for facilitating the meeting Sam and Manuela. Thanks also to everyone who made my welcome to UBC such a WONDERFUL experience so far. I look forward to meeting everyone else over the year!

Jane

ANYBODY OUT THERE?

OK, so many of us are crazy these days over our UGF applications, others, are really into their research, their coursework and their lives. Still, I want to invite you to get involved actively this term with our graduate associaton while you're in the program. Currently, we are in the process of elections and of voting our "Constitution" or Policy Document. We have distributed it by mail so you should have it, please give us feedback, we want to assure the maximum efficiency and representativity for our student association. We also have some projects that we want to discuss with you and get you involved with. We have been meeting with other groups on campus, like the Womyn and Gender Continuum with whom we'll be organizing some stuff throughout the year.... There is information about ongoing issues on Campus that we should be taking note on. I went to a Forum organized by the Social Justice Centre and they informed us about the AMS/UBC contract of exclusivity with Coca-Cola (a multinational known for their terrorist persecution of union leaders, inhuman labor practices and environmental impact of their plants in India and Central and Latin America), the further Development Projects UBC is planning to carry in campus, etc. We will be organizing again for the Female Masculinities project in case you want to jump in, will carry out an Archival Project for the Centre and also plan to do some fundraising activities for our association. As you can see, there is lots of stuff we have been planning but none of this makes sense without you guys, your feedback, your opinions, iniciatives and support, so...SEE YOU ON OUR MEETING WED 27th AT 11 FOR ELECTIONS!
Cheers,
Manuela