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Our meeting with Jessie-Lee Wallace for the Board of Trustees project (see previous post) has been rescheduled to Thursday June 16th (still at 7:00 p.m.). The meeting link is
https://meet.google.com/uee-qihu-dxq?hs=224. Continuing with our Board of Trustees project, we will be meeting with Jessie-Lee Wallace, an OCDSB School Trustee candidate for Zone 9, at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday, June 16th (formerly Friday the 17th). More info including the link to the meeting coming soon.
Proper 2SLGBTQ+ & Indigenous representation is still sorely lacking in our schools. Let’s stop the cycle of performative gestures and offer real support to Queer and Indigenous artists.
We will be advocating for the commissioning of local artists to make posters for the OCDSB and schools, for a more diverse representation of artists and designers, including members of the 2SLGBTQIA+ and BIPOC communities. The RSU endorses Keith de Silvia-Legault as an OCDSB School Trustee candidate for Zone 6.
Keith de Silvia-Legault, a 21 year old uOttawa student and mental health advocate, is running for School Trustee. His goals are the following: to advocate on behalf of students, better students' mental health, ensure neurodivergent students are properly served, and demand equity among all schools no matter the wealth of the neighbourhood. Hey everyone! We're proud to announce that we've elected a brand new leadership cast to keep the union going for the upcoming year, and leading the union in its endeavors. We've elected new co-presidents, and new officers!
With the OCDSB's Board of Trustees meeting today including the motion to involve the Director of Education with the Ottawa Police Services, the RSU finds it vital to address the motion, and make clear to Board and Student Trustees the extreme deficiencies and detriments of this proposal.
The Rideau Students' Union is submitting a delegation to the Board, which will be presented today at the meeting, which is also available below; Fatima Gebara This article is satire, and is not meant to be taken literally. It parodies and serves as a comment on discriminatory anti-religious policy. Religious clothing and symbols being seen in public is tearing our country apart! Luckily, we have the solution; a proposal that will put an end to our trouble. It is an unarguable opinion that religion is a private and personal matter, and our simple fix to this problem will keep it that way. It may make a few people uncomfortable, but it’s for the best.
Want to run for Co-President or Officer this upcoming RSU leadership election? You can sign up at the link below, and we highly recommend as many people as possible to do so!
Co-President - Responsible for leading meetings and the overall direction of the union, coordinating with officers and staff on union affairs, and relaying relevant information to the board of directors. Social Media Officer - Responsible for managing and creating content for social media (alongside a tech working group), and develop the union's brand Tech Officer - Update the website and Linktree (alongside a tech working group), manage tech services and platforms used, provide tech support Outreach Officer - Draft statements and reports on the union, lead recruitment efforts, engage membership, address queries and questions Administrative Officer - Take meeting minutes, manage bureaucracy, account and audit when needed, and manage union archives. Voting will be held May 14th to 16th. Thanks to everyone who came to our RSU interest meeting to learn about, discuss, and ask questions on the union, operations, and projects. If you are interested in joining the union, visit the link below. A recap of what was discussed during the interest meeting, as well as general information about the union is available below.
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