Hey Arts, I hope the new term is treating you well so far. As those papers start up, remember that the AUS Essay Centre opens for drop-in hours and appointments next week! In addition to working with our lovely Essay Centre Coordinators, a big part of my portfolio involves overseeing academic-related committees of the AUS. Excitingly, two of these are currently …
AUS Passes Traditional Territory Acknowledgement
On the September 17th session of AUS Council, the AUS voted to pass the Traditional Territory Acknowledgement motion. You can see on our website homepage that we have posted a statement paying respect to the fact that McGill is situated on traditional Kanien’keha:ka territory. At the beginning of every session of AUS Council, we state the traditional territory acknowledgement to remind ourselves …
Apply to my committees: Work Your B.A. and CBRC!
Hi everyone, How’s September going for you? Can’t believe we’re already into the third week of our term. I’ve survived August and September, including but not limited to AUS Frosh (a fantastic event this year run by our amazing VP Social Kyle Rouhani), Departmental Orientation, two sessions of AUS Council, and our Executive Retreat. I’d like to tell you about …
Council Documents | September 17, 2014
Council documents for September 17, 2014, are available below. Agenda (Submitted for Approval) Agenda Minutes (Approved) Minutes Reports President VP Internal VP Finance VP Academic VP Communications VP Social VP External Arts Reps Arts Senators Motions (Submitted for Approval) Motion to Rename Champagne Room Traditional Territory Acknowledgement Motion Motion to Amend FEARC Bylaws
Changes to AUS Community
AUS Community is our most successful online service to date. We’ve had hundreds of listings already, and it is likely that we will have at least a thousand by the end of this academic year. In order to continue to provide the best service, we are making some changes to AUS Community: Listings now expire in 8 days AUS Community …
A relief for your eyes
For the past year, we have using a free typeface called Lato on our website. After all, we were just launching a website and we just needed a font that was readable and wasn’t already used everywhere, like Arial. Unfortunately, while Lato is a really elegant font, there are some issues when used online. First, Lato 400 (normal) and Lato …