Advocacy
Accessibility Commissioner
The Accessibility Commissioner engages in university advocacy with the Vice-President (University Affairs) to achieve accessible, anti-oppressive, and supportive environment at SSMU that address physical, mental, financial, and social barriers and to ensure that all members, regardless of ability, background, or identity, can fully engage with SSMU activities and services without discrimination or exclusion.
Equity Commissioners
The Equity Commissioner is responsible for supporting the operationalization of the SSMU’s mandates surrounding social justice, anti-oppression, and accessibility, including the Equity Committee.
Email: equity@ssmu.ca & equity2@ssmu.ca
Mental Health
Mental Health Commissioner
The Mental Health Commissioner oversees the Mental Health Coordinators and Committee and organizes various mental health initiatives.
Mental Health Outreach Coordinator
The Mental Health Outreach Coordinator organizes the Mental Health awareness week coordinating committee activity, applying feedback, perspectives, and opinions collected from the roundtables, and reporting updates to the Commissioner.
Mental Health Advocacy Coordinator
The Mental Health Advocacy Coordinator organizes the Mental Health Roundtable by preparing agendas, coordinating invitations, recording perspectives and opinions, and reporting updates to the Commissioner and mental health committee.
Representation
Gender and Sexuality Commissioner
The Commissioner will work to dismantle gendered and sexualized oppression both within the SSMU and McGill University. They will strive to represent Queer students to the SSMU and will be responsible for engaging with Queer students through consultation with the Gender and Sexuality Committee by engaging in community-building and utilizing the SSMU’s existing services to support Queer students.
Email: gsc@ssmu.ca
Indigenous Affairs
Indigenous Affairs Commissioner
The Indigenous Affairs Commissioner is responsible for representing Indigenous students at the SSMU through the work of the Indigenous Affairs Committee. The Commissioner is mandated to support Indigenous equity by organizing and facilitating events aimed at uplifting and meeting the needs of Indigenous students on campus.
Email: iac@ssmu.ca
Indigenous Affairs Coordinator
The Indigenous Affairs coordinator supports the commissioner by consulting and working with the Indigenous student community in identifying the objectives, challenges, and barriers to Indigenous communities at McGill
Email: IAoutreach@ssmu.ca
Black Affairs
University and Research
Student Rights Team
Student Rights Commissioner & Student Advocacy Commissioner
The Student Rights Team supports student advocacy initiatives by coordinating research and campaign development in the University Affairs portfolio, specifically around assessment, accommodation, and academic rights.
Email: SRC@ssmu.ca & SAC@ssmu.ca
University Affairs Secretary General
The University Affairs Secretary General works with the VP (University Affairs) to support student representation, advocacy, and communications in the portfolio.
Email: uasecgen@ssmu.ca
Resources
Library Improvement Fund Commissioner
The Library Improvement Fund Commissioner coordinates the yearly allocation of the Library Improvement Fund and the SSMU’s relations with the McGill libraries.
Email: lifc@ssmu.ca
Open Education Resources Commissioner
The Open Educational Resources (OER) Commissioner works along with the OER assistant and coordinator to evaluate the strategy for which courses to prioritize. They also communicate with the McGill professors to include material from their classes as part of the SSMU Open Educational Resource project.
Menstrual Health
Menstrual Health Commissioner
The Menstrual Health Commissioner will be a part of the Menstrual Health Team to ensure that the SSMU Free Menstrual Products Initiative effectively adheres to its mandate of providing free menstrual products on campus. Additionally, the Menstrual Health Commissioner will plan for the program’s expansion and longevity, exploring further ways to improve menstrual equity at SSMU and McGill.
Menstrual Hygiene Products Coordinators
The Menstrual Hygiene Products Coordinator is responsible for replenishing, and collecting data on, menstrual hygiene products in various buildings located on McGill’s downtown campus.