President

REPORT TO COUNCIL
Monday June 15th, 2015 to Sunday July 19th, 2015
Internal
Governance Review
o Policies have been reviewed
o Eagerly waiting to begin the next phase
AC Campus
MOU has been worked out between DASA and the DSU. We are currently
working to incorporate suggestions from Student Services
Planning out our day of events on the AC campus for Thursday their open
house
Working with DASA to look at their health plan options
Partnering with their executive in the planning for the national MH summit
Executive Team
Working with the team to build our visibility strategy this year
Hosted the SFX crew great way to network and we got some excellent
ideas.
o Have begun planning for better utilization of our Dal Cards (Back
space)
Wicked performance by our team in relation to the backhouse report. Some
great interviews and news articles.
Met with the backhouse team to debrief after the report. Great discussion about
recommendations and how the DSU can improve and provide support to
administration
Student services lunches have been helpful to discuss areas of collaboration
between Student Services and the DSU, especially after the most recent set of
reports.
Various board of operations meetings and officers meetings
Had an excellent staff retreat. Able to connect with our staff members in a
meaningful and productive way. Many great ideas were formulated and a
solid direction was established.
All of our team members have lent their support to the working group on
sexualized and gender-based violence to get the phone line on its way.
o Submitted a proposal for university funding
Attended the SAC meeting this month
Operations

President
REPORT TO COUNCIL
Monday June 15th, 2015 to Sunday July 19th, 2015
SUB Renovations
Contracts signed up and renovations have slowly begun
Planned an ice-cream social for Thursday at 3:30 Breaking Ground!
Wednesday night heading to a public information sessions
South House
Lent support to the folks at SoHo to get their renovation project on track.
Had a preliminary meeting with Carmella, Craig and the project
planners/managers
University relationS
Attended Senate
Attended board of governors meeting
Attended a couple Alcohol Advisory Committee meetings
o Hot topics
society events with alcohol
the LMU galleria should it be licensed?
Completed my role as a search committee member for the Vice-President,
External of Dalhousie
Begun my role as search committee member for both the Vice-Provost,
Student Affairs AND for the Registrar
o Various consultation sessions between Deans and faculty members
Met with director of student life to discuss alcohol and drug policy for residence
students
Met with the Sexton campus coordinator and the Vice-provost to discuss how
to achieve improved connections between the campuses
o More reliable services
o Dedicated spaces
o Improved/updated signage
Attended a couple of Pride Planning committee meetings, folks there are doing a
great job and have an excellent float planned for Saturday!
Met with some folks at the Human Resources Equity and Harassment Prevention
office to discuss strategy for the upcoming year.
o Pink day
o Collaboration on advertising and referrals
o How we can better help each other to inform students of their options

President
REPORT TO COUNCIL
Monday June 15th, 2015 to Sunday July 19th, 2015

AdvocacY
Met again with the road-map committee to discuss a mental health and
wellness approach that will unify our services and provide a more robust system
of support.
o Discovered that Caring Campus has done quite a bit of work already and
we have been able to piggyback on their work to fast forward this project.
Completed a portion senate reform research
Attended a meeting with Department of Community Services to discuss
regulation 67
Worked to secure funding from the University to acquire a freezer and expand the
capacity of our food bank
o Beginning to start work with our food bank coordinator to ensure that all
our training is adequate for the increase in capacity and that our
volunteers will be prepared.
MHPSP has also submitted a proposal for funding through the university
Beginning to work with DAGS to map out a strategy for the upcoming year
and for future years.
Had a couple of preliminary meetings with some managers and the EnA
office to discuss adjusting and expanding our training practices to include
a more robust anti-oppression training
Continued Peer-to-Peer support collaborative approach planning
Have Begun planning for mental health summit with some members of the
administration they are willing to lend their support.
Beginning to prep for the outcomes measures (Bill 100) meeting on July 30th
MISC

Took a couple weeks vacation to celebrate engagement and to attend a family

reunion
Discussions with Dal GET REAL to look at possible partnership
Working with the RMA to gain some data on student relations
Partnered with Dal Shinerama crew to partake in a Dalhousie celebrity serve
and lend my support for a BarBlitz event

President
REPORT TO COUNCIL
Monday June 15th, 2015 to Sunday July 19th, 2015
Also submitting a softball team for the shine tournament let me know if
youre interested in playing!
Met with Waye Mason to discuss Bike Lane project
Update on RFP for travel cuts space Survey will be launched for August 3rd.
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