Communications Officer

Local Advocacy Week is in full swing, with the USC’s advocacy team canvasing the city to meet with municipal, provincial, and federal leaders about local issues that matter to Western students. Over the course of the week, the USC Executive and undergraduate representatives will meet with 15 Councillors, MPPs, and MPs to discuss four key

Purple Sex is an annual opportunity for the feminist community at Western to connect over spoken word, storytelling, music, dance, and performances that celebrate sexuality, bodies and the lives of students. Madeline Vrolyk, the USC’s Coordinator of the Gender Equality Network (GEN), believes that the event is integral to campus life and Western’s student experience.

Following recent announcements from the provincial government regarding student ancillary fees and revised tuition frameworks, student elections have never been more important. The USC President and Vice President are responsible for representing nearly 30,000 Western undergraduate students through advocacy at the university, municipal, provincial, and federal levels. The incoming executive will face unprecedented challenges and

Western Film, started from humble beginnings as a movie club on campus. The Western Film Community as it was previously named, showed movies in Middlesex College on the weekends. The club was mostly comprised of film students and other movie fanatics however all students were welcome to attend their showings. They didn’t have the funds

Carina Gabriele has made sexual consent education a priority during her term as Student Programs Officer as research shows that university students are most likely to experience sexual assault within the first eight weeks of school. “Due to this information, we really wanted to ensure that students clearly understand affirmative consent and that they are

Whether involved in the clubs system as a general or executive member, students can expect to find a home in one or more of the USC’s many clubs on campus. 2018-19 club registration and new club applications for the 2019-20 academic year are accepted until January 31st.

As an established and well-respected event in our community, Charity Ball received over 100 applications in the summer from various charitable organizations. The nature and depth of the support the Center provides to local women made them an excellent choice for this year’s event.
Charity Ball is on Saturday, January 26th at 9:00pm at the London Convention Centre. Tickets are available for $45 each online, at the Purple Store, our at the Charity Ball booth in the Atrium. Check out the Facebook page for the event for more details and access to the Lookbook.

Women are underrepresented in the highest forms of elected leadership, including student politics.“It can be hard to imagine yourself in a political position of influence when you can’t see anyone that looks like you in those positions today. We need face-to-face interaction and participation in everyday activities in Parliament to show young women that they can do this,” says USC Women’s Issues Network Coordinator, Madeline Vrolyk.

Maingot never backs down from a challenge. “It’s an ambitious goal, but I know with the portfolio we have, it’s possible. And if it’s possible, we’re going to do it.”