University of Waterloo Federation of Students
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| Motto | Concordia veritate |
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| Institution | University of Waterloo |
| Location | Waterloo, Ontario |
| President | Chris Lolas |
| Vice presidents | Brian Schwan, Deanna Priori, Sarah Wiley |
| Affiliations | OUSA |
| Colours | Gold & Black |
| Full-time Staff | 37 |
| Website | http://www.feds.ca |
The Federation of Students, University of Waterloo (commonly shortened to Feds) is the students' union that represents over 29,000 full-time and part-time undergraduate students at the University of Waterloo. They have an office in the University's Student Life Centre, and have over 30 full-time staff members. They help support and run over 200 student clubs on campus. They run six businesses and eight student services.
Feds is headed by a four-member executive, which includes the President, Vice-President Internal, Vice-President Operations and Finance, and Vice-President Education. These positions are elected by a vote of all Federation members in February of each year.
Feds is governed by two bodies an elected Students' Council and a Board of Directors. Students' Council consists of the executive, student society presidents as non-voting ex-officio members and elected student councillors. Student councillors are elected by the students in various constituencies like the Faculties, affiliated Colleges, the School of Optometry, and the School of Architecture (a part of the Faculty of Engineering). These students serve one-year terms. The Board of Directors consists of the four executive, five students at large and two students elected from the student councillors.
The Feds Campus Life Department has four full-time staff members, including a Director of Campus Life, Clubs Manager, Services Manager, and a Special Events Coordinator of Programming.
Feds' Campus Life Department coordinates eight student-run services, including The Glow Centre for Sexual and Gender Diversity, The Women's Centre, Campus Response Team, Feds Student Food Bank, International & Canadian Student Network, Off Campus Community, Co-op Connection, and Sustainable Campus Initiative. These student-run services are coordinated through a Services Manager, a full-time staff position.
Campus Life also organizes the Feds Diversity Education Team, Waterloo Team Feds, and hosts weeklong events including Welcome Week, Wrap-up Week, and International Celebrations Week.
Feds' Campus Life Department, along with the societies beneath it, have the power to recognize clubs on campus. They supervise and fund more than 200 student clubs. Clubs must have a Federation-approved constitution, submit to financial review by the Federation, and restrict full membership to members of the Federation, among other restrictions. In return, clubs receive up to $75 per 4-month term in funding, the right to use the name "University of Waterloo," the right to book rooms on campus, and the right to have a presence at Clubs Days, an opportunity to recruit new members at the beginning of each term and access to Special Projects Funding, an amount determined annually (close to $30,000 in 2008/2009).
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