🍀 SOGS March 2024 Council Summary

⚖️ Motions:
Council approved the shift to hybrid Council meetings.
Council approved the Deputy Speaker as Official Liaison of the Policy Committee

🌐 read more sogs.ca/council-summary

On May 5th we will honour #RedDressDay -- the National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls and Two-Spirit People -- by creating an installation of awareness.

🥰 We need donations -- red dresses and shirts.
🏛️ Drop off: Grad Club (room 19, MC).

Our inaugural Board of Directors election took place last week! 🗳️

👏 Congrats to our 7 new board members! Thank you to everyone who participated and voted in this election.

🌐 sogs.ca/elections

📣 The SOGS Sustainability Committee is looking for VOLUNTEERS to help tend the SOGS garden plots in the #WesternU Community Garden. If you want to grow your own harvest or you want to create a community around gardening, this is the place to be!

✍️ ow.ly/SSPr50RjoV4

Last month, the SOGS Sustainability Committee hosted another enviro community clean up, this time behind Richmond Towers near campus! Small gestures of care like this not only make our community stronger, but also connect SOGS members to the environment and each other. 🥰

📣 Attention gardeners and green thumbs: The SOGS Sustainability Committee is looking for grad student participants for its upcoming SUMMER GARDENING WORKSHOP!

📆 3-part workshop starting in May.
⚠️ Dates/Times - TBA.
✍️ 🔗 ow.ly/Kjv250RjoXv

Join the Graduate Peer Support committee (GPS) for a monthly guided walk along the Thames River Pathways near campus. Walks are 1 hour.

Register at link in bio or here: forms.gle/NDihYtmeJVuWNT…

On May 5th we will honour #RedDressDay -- the National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls and Two-Spirit People -- by creating an installation of awareness.

🥰 We need donations -- red dresses and shirts.
🏛️ Drop off: Grad Club (room 19, MC).

A statement of solidarity from the GradCast Editorial Board. We support @psac610 and the ongoing labour strike by its Graduate Teaching Assistant (GTA) membership.

To read Western SOGS recent letter of solidarity, follow this link: sogs.ca/psac610-gta-st…

#uwo #ldnont

🏳️‍🌈 Join our Pride Commission on the LAST THURSDAY OF THE MONTH for a free film screening on campus.

For the month of April, we're watching LEGALLY BLONDE. 🌸👙👛💖

📆 April 25th
🕰️ 7:30-9:30pm
🏛️ WIRB 1170
🍽️ BYO snacks
✍️ forms.gle/3gYdij3ajdegjE…

#gradlifewesternu

This morning we sent a ✊ LETTER OF SOLIDARITY ✊ in support of TA/PD Union@ Western to #WesternUniversity 's upper admin, urging them to offer a significant increased hourly wage, and to reflect on what it means to be a thriving grad student.

Read our letter 🌐 sogs.ca/psac610-gta-st…

This is a reminder that our CHILDCARE, PROFESSIONAL PLACEMENT, and TRAVEL SUBSIDY applications are due on April 25th in the SOGS office. Learn more: sogs.ca/subsidies/

⚠️ Attention Black grad students in heart and brain health science: The Heart and Stroke Foundation is currently accepting applications for the Personnel Award for Black Scholars.

📅 Deadline: May 22 at 3:00 p.m. ET
👥 MSC and PhD competition streams
🌐 heartandstroke.ca/what-we-do/res…

🌷This spring, the SOGS Sustainability Committee is arranging to give away free native plants to SOGS members. Orders must be placed before April 20th; more info and order form here:

docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

The Psychology Colloquium Series invites you to attend a talk by Dr. Adeyinka M. Akinsulure-Smith on April 12th from 3:00-4:30pm in Western Interdisciplinary Research Building (WIRB 1170).

On May 5th we will honour #RedDressDay -- the National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls and Two-Spirit People -- by creating an installation of awareness.

🥰 We need donations -- red dresses and shirts.
🏛️ Drop off: Grad Club (room 19, MC).

This is a reminder that our CHILDCARE, PROFESSIONAL PLACEMENT, and TRAVEL SUBSIDY applications are due on April 25th in the SOGS office. Learn more: sogs.ca/subsidies/

Join us for this year’s OPEN STUDIOS and RESEARCH PRESENTATIONS! In this free event, our grads will be providing an inside look into the interdisciplinary study and practices that come together in the Visual Arts department.

We're hosting a special local trip to Tilt Arcade Bar! Play unlimited vintage video/arcade games & pinball machines all night.

🎟️ $5 per SOGS member = Entrance into Tilt and food to share.
➡️ ow.ly/3AES50R4C16
📅 Thurs, April 11th
🕰️ 7pm-10pm
📍359 Talbot St

On April 2nd, join The Office of EDI in honouring and celebrating Transgender Day of Visibility during awebinar with The519 covering 'Authentic Trans Allyship: Special Focus on Trans Day of Visibility'.

Register here: westernuniversity.zoom.us/webinar/regist…