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by: Anushka Goswami The USC’s Ethnocultural Support Services (ESS) and Black Students’ Association (BSA) spearheaded programming to honour the contributions of Black individuals in history while looking forward to inspiring the future with Black Joy.  BSA’s events highlighted different dimensions of Black excellence, joy, triumph, and recognized challenges of the past and present. Their programming […]

Say hi   to Eliot Hong, past USC Comms Officer 2011-12  and seasoned marketer who loves to build up the communities he’s part of. He’s been able to forge a diverse career in marketing since his time at Western, and has been able to utilize his experience and love for technology to work in a

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This election season, we’re profiling past USC executives to see how their career started and where they are today. First up, meet Andrew Forgione a past USC president (2011-12), Social Science Student Council president (2010-11), and Social Science USC councillor (2009-2010). He is currently McKesson Canada’s Senior Director, Public Relations and Communications. Previously, Andrew worked

Last night, the USC executive introduced a motion at Council regarding improving accountability for sexual and gender-based violence prevention and response. We consulted students and student groups for several months and have heard loud and clear that they want to see more immediate, transparent, and meaningful action to make our community safer and more equitable. 

By: Anushka Goswami   By actively engaging in advocacy initiatives and with the help of student voices, the University Student Councils’ Vice President External Affairs and Ontario Undergraduate Student Alliance’s President, Eunice Oladejo, ran a campaign to advocate for stop OSAP Clawbacks from the provincial government and successfully brought LTC buses back to campus. Ontario

Over the next three years, the organization will reallocate 61 per cent of invested funds out of pooled holdings containing fossil fuels and into sustainable, profitable, and fiscally-responsible funds. UC Hill at Western University (Photo Credit: USC) For Immediate Release  LONDON, Ontario, February 3, 2022 – The University Students’ Council (USC) announced today that the

By: Amina Khan   Online school can be hard and fatigue is real. As the Omicron wave peaked, Western University announced it was going online until January 31st for graduate students and undergraduate students in years 2, 3, and 4. First-years are expected to be back in classrooms after reading week according to Western University’s

Council discussed changes to Foot Patrol’s services, security patrols on residence, and the approval of two USC policy papers. On November 24th, Council met in person for the first time this school year to discuss six motions, making this their sixth meeting together as a council. The meeting began with presentations from the Vice-Provost Academic

the lead up In November, the USC and Western Student Senators (WSS) started to hear from students about concerns regarding the length of this year’s Winter Break. Changes to the Academic Calendar need to be approved by the University Senate. While the USC is present at Senate meetings, we do not have voting rights; however,