Board Structure and its Committees

Overview

The SSMU is the primary student government for over 24,000 undergraduate students at McGill University.

The SSMU is governed by a Board of Directors and Executive Committee of elected and nominated student representatives from undergraduate divisions.  Applications to become a board member are due in November, and elections for the Executive Committee take place in March. 

The current Board of Directors, including the members of the Executive Committee which some serve on the Board, has twelve (12)  seats which represent undergraduate constituents. It is important that all students have a voice in the governance of their student union.

The Students’ Society of McGill University (SSMU) is a not-for-profit organization incorporated under the Canada Not-for-profit Corporations Act (CNCA) and operates independently from McGill University.

Board of Directors

The Board of Directors is a body primarily responsible for the human resources, legal, financial, and operational affairs of the Society. The Board of Directors supervises the management and administer the business and affairs of the Society and exercises all of the powers of the Society, except for those which the Act expressly reserves to the Members, the whole subject to the provisions of the Act, the Constitution and the Internal Regulations. 

The Society shall be managed by a Board of Directors composed of twelve (12) voting Directors.

Board of Directors Resolution Book

A resolution book is a document which states all the approved resolutions by the board of directors throughout the years at the SSMU.

Consultation Policy

Meeting Dates

Note: Board of Directors meetings are held via Zoom. If you would like to attend a public session of the SSMU Board of Directors meeting(s), please complete the form with all the required information.

The SSMU reserves the right to cancel or call a meeting or event without notice at its discretion. Please check our website/social media for such updates.

Membership

	Position	Name	Email Address
	Officer	Alexandre Ashkir	president@ssmu.ca
	Officer	Lalia Katchelewa	ua@ssmu.ca
	Officer	Nadia Dakdouki	studentlife@ssmu.ca
	Officer	Alice Fang	finance@ssmu.ca
	Member at Large	TBD	director1@ssmu.ca
	Member at Large	TBD	director2@ssmu.ca
	Member at Large	TBD	director3@ssmu.ca
	Member at Large	TBD	director4@ssmu.ca
	Council Representative	Coco Jie Wang	director5@ssmu.ca
	Council Representative	TBD	director6@ssmu.ca
	Council Representative	Julia Nam	director7@ssmu.ca
	Council Representative	Peter Tai	director8@ssmu.ca

 

Non-Voting Members of Board of Directors

	Position	Name	Email Address
	International Student Representative (non-voting)	TBD	TBD
	Officer (non-voting)	Hassanatou Koulibaly	operations@ssmu.ca
	Officer (non-voting)	Jon Barlas	internal@ssmu.ca
	Officer (non-voting)	Liam Gaither	external@ssmu.ca
	Chair	Jonathan Dong	speaker@ssmu.ca
	Parliamentarian	Lisa Pennel	parliamentarian@ssmu.ca

 

Executive Committee

The Executive Committee is responsible for providing advocacy and organizational direction of your student union each year. It consists of the President, and five Vice-Presidents who are elected annually in the March to represent the interests of the McGill undergraduate community, In addition to the General Manager who holds a non voting seat.

The Officers of the Society shall be the following: 

• the President; 
• the Vice-President (Student Life); 
• the Vice-President (Internal Affairs); 
• the Vice-President (External Affairs); 
• the Vice-President (Finance); 
• the Vice-President (University Affairs).

Committees of Board

The SSMU’s twenty six (26) committees assume responsibility for seeking and reviewing information, forming positions, and making recommendations to the body their report to. Committee members are elected and/or nominated and meet with weekly or bi weekly frequency. Each committee has a specific mandate, and all decisions made at the committee level are then sent to the Board of Directors for approval. 

The Committee Terms of Reference contains all of the information about the various committees at SSMU.

Committee Terms of Reference

 

Committee	Description	Chair
Executive Committee	The Executive Committee is the chief decision-making committee of the SSMU, and oversees the day-to-day activities of the SSMU.	President president@ssmu.ca
Accountability Committee	The Accountability Committee holds Officers, Senators, Directors and Councilors accountable to their obligations and responsibilities under the Constitution, Internal Regulations, Policies, and formal mandates.	Speaker speaker@ssmu.ca   Parliamentarian parliamentarian@ssmu.ca
Finance Committee	The Finance Committee assists the Vice-President (Finance) with the budget revisions. In particular, this committee will review the budgets for programming activities and executive portfolios.	Finance Commissioner fincom@ssmu.ca
Gendered and Sexual Violence Policy Committee	The primary responsibility of the GSVP Committee is  to review investigations of the Anti-Violence Coordinators (AVCs) or third-party investigators as per the Gendered and Sexual Violence Policy, and to determine appropriate sanctions when complaints are found to be substantiated.	Anti-Violence Coordinator(s) avc@ssmu.ca
Governance Reform Committee	The Governance Reform Committee reviews the Society’s governance bodies, systems and structures with a view to making them reflective of SSMU’s Mission.	Policy and Advocacy Coordinator pac@ssmu.ca    Vice-President (Internal Affairs) internal@ssmu.ca
Health and Dental Review Committee	The Health and Dental Review Committee  review the Health and Dental Plan and propose options for improvements to the plan.	Vice-President (Finance) finance@ssmu.ca President president@ssmu.ca
Human Resources (HR) Committee	The Human Resources Committee holds Supervisors accountable to their obligations and responsibilities under the Constitution, Internal Regulations, Policies, Contracts, and formal mandates.	Human Resources Director hr@ssmu.ca
Nominating Committee	The Nominating Committee works to ensure that positions on the Board of Directors and the Judicial Board are adequately filled during the academic year.	Parliamentarian parliamentarian@ssmu.ca
Students Society at McGill for Maintaining Operations and Strategic Advancement (SSAMMOSA) Committee	SSAMMOSA Committee is  responsible for acting as an implementation & accountability committee to ensure that the goals of the SSMU Master Plan are met and updated on a yearly basis.	President president@ssmu.ca  General Manager gm@ssmu.ca

 

Documents 2023-2024

Board Meeting 2023-06-19

Agenda-Board of Directors-Public-Approved 2023-06-19
Minutes-Board of Directors-Public-Approved 2023-06-19

Board Meeting 2023-07-20

Agenda-Board of Directors-Public-Approved 2023-07-20 (4)

Board Meeting 2023-08-17

Agenda-Board of Directors-Public-Approved 2023-08-17
Activities Night Fall 2023 Budget – Fall 2023 Budget-Approved
SSMU Elections and Referenda Dates 2023-2024-Approved
SSMU Nominating Committee Recruitment Timeline Fall 2023 – 2023-08-17
Public Report-Executive Committee 2023-08-17