opportunity o representing youthrough one o the most challengingand rewarding years or our edera-tion.
Code of conduct/Ombudsper-son:
Some would say that killing thestudent code o conduct was one o Allan Rock’s frst ambitious actionsas president. Granted, Rock did over-turn Gilles Patry’s past promise to in-troduce the code; however, the SFUOand Graduate Students’ Associationwith you put on enough pressure andprotested the code out o contempla-tion or the U o O. Te positive e-ects o this came in two orms: anagreement to work together on a doc-ument outlining student rights andapproving the creation o the ombud-sperson o ce.
Canadian Federation of Studentsreferendum:
A challenging experi-ence, but one that brought fnality tothe question o whether or not to joinour national student organization,while sparking interest and record in- volvement (21 per cent voter turnout)on campus. Te SFUO is committedto taking an active role in the Canadi-an Federation o Students, as has beenmandated by our students.
Student centre:
Rome was not builtin a semester, and the student centrewill be no exception. One day studentspace will be more abundant due tothe work we have done this year andthe work that will be done in the yearsto come. Regardless o its success tothis point, the SFUO brought clarity to the situation o student space onthis campus, which includes usingyour Jock-urcot Student Centre levy or the student centre and not pro-gramming, and clariying our equity in the building.
ing ing Wang:
One student,among hundreds this year, who wehelped deend because she was mis-treated by the university. Te SFUOand, more importantly, ing ingwon this case at the end o March. Wewill always stand up or our studentsand our principles.
Culture/Social:
Tis year hasbeen a year o growth, accessibil-ity, and inclusiveness or the SFUO.We have developed more accessibleand diverse social programming andpartnerships than ever beore, suchas Black History Month, the DanceCompetition, Wake Up and Vote, andPandamonium.
Internal restructuring:
Te SFUOhas gone rom a more corporatemodel to one that fts the taste o astudent union. We are in the processo striking our frst collective bargain-ing agreement with our employees,which will bring a lot more stability to our organization.
U-Pass/OC ranspo Strike:
TeSFUO partnered with the university during the exam period and begin-ning o the new year to bring youbus services and ought to ensure youwere not penalized by proessors be-cause you could not make it to cam-pus.
Election turnout:
On the heels o accomplishing one voter turnout re-cord in November 2008 or the CFSreerendum, we broke it again in theFebruary 2009 SFUO elections, witha new record turnout o 27.2 per cent.Tis increased turnout defnitely re-ects the involvement we have aimedor and hope to maintain in theSFUO.I will leave my successors with agreat quote rom Winston Churchillthat doubles or a good piece o ad- vice: “Never, never, never give up.”Tousands are counting on you. Bestor the summer.
Dean HaldenbySFUO president
Helping co-op students
Re: “A co-op student is still a student” (Opinion, March 19)
DEAR CO-OP SUDENS,I’d like to start by saying we sympa-thize with your point o view on theaccessibility o services to studentswho are unable to be on campus rom10 to 5 on weekdays and I would liketo take this opportunity to clariy theservices’ aer-hours availability.As it was mentioned, some o theStudent Federation o the University o Ottawa (SFUO) services changedtheir schedule to stay open aer 5 p.m.and that is something the SFUO islooking to increase. Many o our ser- vices are by their nature only oeredaer 5 p.m.: Peer Help’s peer supportphone line, Foot Patrol’s walks home,and most o our activities and out-reach events or students, includingdiscussion groups and social eventsthat take place in the evening.As or our services that don’t al-ready have altered schedules, I wouldlike to let every student know that weare more than happy to accommo-date any student on a special-needsbasis. I there is ever a service yourequire rom any one o the StudentLie Services provided by the SFUO,please eel ree to email us and we canwork something out or you, whetherit’s a special meeting aer hours or aresource pick-up. We will attempt tobetter advertise this to students nextyear.Regarding the university services,the SFUO would work with any stu-dent that is dissatisfed with the uni- versity services to ensure students’needs are met. We are dedicated toproviding the best possible studentlie or all students, and we hope tobe able to serve you to the best o ourabilities in the uture.
Danika BrissonSFUO vp student afairs
Te challenge called. We answered.
AS YOUR SUDEN Federation o the University o Ottawa president, Iam going to take this last letter as anopportunity not to contradict or con-demn the recent criticisms o some o my and the executive’s harshest crit-ics. Instead, I turn to look at what achanging experience it has been orthe executive and I to have had the
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