Marnia Banister and Jon Mastel host this episode of Voice of the Union, discussing the current SU Executive and BoG Rep Election. Marina interview some STRIDE participants on the experience with the program and where they will go forward.Rela

CAUS Budget Submission & #UASUGotThis

Jan 23rd, 2018 44m 7s

Reed Larsen and Shane Scott host this episode of Voice of the Union. Reed and Jon Mastel discuss the CAUS budget submission to the provincial government of Alberta. Shane and Srosh Hassan talk about the new #UASUGotThis campaign.We would like

University Budget Cuts

Nov 21st, 2017 27m 49s

Reed Larsen and Shane Scott host this episode of Voice of the Union, discussing the recently announced potential budget cuts at the University of Alberta with Marina Banister. Ilya Ushakov and Andre Bourgeois discuss upcoming Students' Union ev

Halloween Special, Mental Health, Tuition & Events

Oct 31st, 2017 45m 15s

Reed Larsen and Robyn Paches co-host this special Halloween edition of the podcast. Ilya Ushakov and Jenn Yurkiw discuss UASU Cares and exam stress. Reed sits down with Parvin Sedighi, the VP External of the Students' Association of MacEwan Uni

Student feedback, campus events and STRIDE

Oct 17th, 2017 33m 10s

Welcome to Season 2 of Voice of the Union!Marina Banister and Ilya Ushakov host this episode, our first one back for the 2017/18 academic year! Marina sits down with Shane Scott, the UASU VP Academic, to discuss USRIs; Ilya interviews David K

2017/18 Executive Goals

Jun 27th, 2017 44m 7s

Marina Banister, Robyn Paches, Reed Larsen, Shane Scott and Ilya Ushavok sit down to discuss their goals for the coming school year, including: making a more welcoming university, supporting student culture, bringing students back to campus, an

Meet the new executives

Apr 11th, 2017 50m 46s

Our outgoing SU executives sit down to introduce and chat with their successors, who begin work on May 1st!We would like to acknowledge that our University and our Students' Union are located on Treaty 6 Territory. We are grateful to be on Cr

Mental Health Funding, Provincial/Federal Budgets & the SUB House Party

Mar 28th, 2017 44m 14s

Francesca Ghossein and Fahim Rahman discuss post-secondary mental health funding and her service on a provincial committee making recommendations concerning those funds. Fahim sits down with outgoing VP External Mike Sandare and incoming VP Ext

Students' Union 2017/18 Elections and Diversity in the SU Executive

Feb 8th, 2017 1h 4m

Chief Returning Officer Donald Ademaj and Discover Governance Officer Rebecca Taylor discuss the upcoming elections for the Students' Union Executive & Students Council. VP Student Life Francesca Ghossein sits down with SU General Marc Dumouche

Student Governance Roundtable & InterD Con

Jan 10th, 2017 45m 38s

Marina Banister sits down with student representatives from various levels of University governance. Robyn Paches and Marina discuss the upcoming InterD Con.Relevant links:Association des universitaires de la faculté Saint-JeanGeography a

Lister Meal Plan & Alberta Tuition Review

Dec 6th, 2016 52m 41s

Fahim Rahman and Mike Sandare discuss the proposed Lister meal plan; Fahim talks to former Vice-President External Dave Cournoyer about how tuition is set in Alberta and the government's tuition review.Relevant links:"Off the table: Propos

Deferred Maintenance & Lister Representatives

Nov 22nd, 2016 27m 19s

Francesca Ghossein and Robin Paches discuss deferred maintenance costs at the University of Alberta; Francesca interviews Meijun, a Students' Union Lister representative.Relevant links:"University of Alberta's deferred maintenance bill now

Mental Health

Nov 1st, 2016 53m 1s

Francesca Ghossein and Fahim Rahman discuss the continued tuition freeze as well as provincial mental health funding at the University of Alberta; Francesca interviews Jenn Yurkiw from the Peer Support Centre and U of A Dean of Students André C

#ThrowbackTuesday

Oct 18th, 2016 47m 33s

Fahim Rahman chats with the University of Alberta Board of Directors Chair, Michael Phair. Fahim and Mike Sandare are joined by last year's VP Operations and Finance, Cody Bondarchuk, and VP External, Dylan Hanwell, to chat about the SU's histo

Bars, Theatres and Textbooks

Oct 4th, 2016 36m 15s

Marina Banister and Robyn Patches discuss today's by-election; Marina sits down with VP Academics from three other Alberta universities to discuss the #textbookbrokeAB campaign; Robyn and Marina discuss the renovations to the Horowitz Theatre;

GovWeek

Sep 20th, 2016 41m 8s

Marina Banister and Mike Sandare discuss GovWeek 2016; Marina interviews Edmonton Public School Board Chair and SU Alumnus Michael Janz; Rebecca Taylor and Donald Ademaj talk about the upcoming by-elections; and University of Alberta Senate Cha

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