Students' Council

Students’ Council is collectively the highest decision-making body of SAMRU. Students’ Council is a policy-making Board of Directors for the Students’ Association of Mount Royal University. As such, all Students’ Councillors have a clearly defined governance role that focuses on the organization as a whole.

Students’ Council has 18 seats. All Students’ Councillors, regardless of seat, are entitled to a single vote at Students’ Council meetings.

Composition of Students’ Council

Each seat on Students’ Council belongs to one of four areas:

1. Students representing each of the faculties of study at Mount Royal University:

• Arts
• Business and Entrepreneurial Studies
• Communication Studies
• Conservatory and Continuing Education
• Health and Community Studies
• Science and Technology

Students in these positions bring perspective to Students’ Council on the student issues facing constituents in each of the faculties.

2. Students representing areas of diversity:

• Immigrant, International and Visible Minority Students’ Representative
• Native, Aboriginal and First Nations Students’ Representative
• Students with Disabilities’ Representative
• Women Students’ Representative

Students in these positions represent constituents whose issues are identified in the Government of Canada’s Ministry of Heritage as traditionally facing under-representation. As such, Students’ Councillors holding these positions ensure that student issues for these groups of constituents are heard.

3. Students assisting the Executive Committee in their work:

• Four representatives, called Commissioners, work in this area

Students in these positions are appointed annually early in the Fall semester through the SAMRU Students’ Council appointment process. These students do not represent or bring perspective from a particular constituency. Rather, they have a mandate to support the Executive Committee their work.

4. Students on the Executive Committee:

• President
• Vice President Academic
• Vice President External
• Vice President Student Life

These students are elected annually during the Winter semester. Students in these positions are elected to carry out the administrative and executive functions of Mount Royal University’s student government. These are full- time, salaried positions. Students who run for an Executive position must be enrolled full-time, as recognized by the Registrar, in credit courses, and if elected, must drop to part-time studies during their term in office.

Election/Appointment

Students’ Councillors from areas 1 and 2 are elected each Winter semester and appointed at other times during the year in the case of a vacancy. Those from area 3 are appointed annually in the Fall semester. Those from area 4 (Executives) are elected in the Winter semester; please refer to the by-laws for information on vacancies in this area.

Requirements for Students’ Council Membership

In order to serve on Students’ Council, you must:

• Commit to the work and mission of the Students’ Association of Mount Royal University;
• Be willing to serve on committees;
• Attend bi-weekly Students’ Council meetings;
• Attend meetings of assigned committees;
• Attend Annual and Special General Meetings;
• Attend membership meetings as assigned;
• Support, and participate in, Students’ Association fundraising events;
• Fulfill all other volunteer requirements as outlined in the Students’ Association’s policies and procedures;
• Maintain a cumulative G.P.A of 2.0 or higher;
• Commissioners must also support the Executive Officers in their day-to-day work as defined in policy

Council Meetings

Students’ Council meets twice a month from September to April. Students’ Councillors volunteer ten hours a month in addition to attending meetings, and receive a small honorarium for their hard work on students’ behalf.

So Now I’m Interested...

If you’d like to know more about becoming a Students’ Councillor, please contact the SA President

Contact

Travis McIntosh
SA President
Phone: (403) 440-6407
Email: president@samru.ca

Download the Council application form
Download the Returning Councillor application form