Brock University Students' Union
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| Institution | Brock University |
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| Location | St. Catharines, Ontario |
| Established | 1970 |
| President | Faisal Hejazi |
| Vice presidents | Maddy Wassink, Aidan Hibma, Nadia Bathish |
| Affiliations | OUSA, CASA |
| Website | www |
The Brock University Students' Union (BUSU) is the students' union representing the over 17,000 undergraduate students of Brock University in St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada. BUSU is a member of the Canadian Alliance of Students Associations and a founding member of the Ontario Undergraduate Student Alliance.
The Brock University Students' Union executive is made up of four popularly elected students: the President, the Vice President Student Services, the Vice President External Affairs and the Vice President Finance and Administration. The executive is responsible for the day-to-day operations of BUSU as well as for developing strategies to implement policy set by the board of directors and BUSAC (see below) and collectively providing leadership and direction for the organization via the executive committee.
The Brock University Students Administrative Council (BUSAC) is a popularly elected legislative body composed of representatives from all academic faculties of the university as well as representatives for Residence, Off-Campus, and International students. Constitutionally, BUSAC serves as an "Executive Advisory Committee" of the Board of Directors, in practice BUSAC is responsible for legislative oversight and the political representation of students to the Students' Union, through full council meetings as well as a variety of standing committees. Furthermore, the activities and operations of the Brock University Students' Union are reported to BUSAC by the BUSU executive.
The Brock University Students' Union Board of Directors comprises seven members, the president and one other executive member, two members of BUSAC as appointed by BUSAC, as well as three student at large members elected in general elections. The Board of Directors is responsible for overseeing the human resources of the students' union, as well as having a fiduciary relationship with the organization, particularly in regard to its corporate and legal responsibilities. The Board also serves a quasi-judicial function as the highest level of appeal for all redresses of grievance with, or within BUSU.
BUSU operates many student services that have the goal to improve the quality of students on campus experience at Brock.
BUSU is responsible for running the O-Week in conjunction with Brock University during the first week of the school year, putting on all-ages events and information fairs for first-year students at Brock as well as returning students.
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