COUNCIL POSITIONS

Join the SSD Council

Serving on the SSD Council is an opportunity to help guide the activities, advocacy, and operations of the Society for Students with a Disability (SSD). As a volunteer council member, you can gain valuable non-profit governance and leadership experience while making a meaningful contribution to the disabled student community at the University of Victoria. To join Council, members are elected by SSD community members at a General Meeting. General Meetings are typically held twice each year, in October and February. If council positions become vacant between meetings, eligible members may be appointed as interim council members until the next election. Email uvicssd@uvic.ca if you’re interested in any positions or to learn more. To explore the various council positions available within the SSD, continue scrolling down this page. Each role offers unique opportunities to support and strengthen our community.

Eligibility

To be elected to the SSD Council, you must:

  • Be a member in good standing with either the UVSS or GSS at UVic.
  • Self-identify as a person with a disability.

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The Operations Director(s) will be the Chief Administrative Council member of the Society, and, in that capacity, they will: 

  • act as chair at all meetings of the Society unless they delegate that responsibility to someone else, or unless they have resigned, and in the latter case, the Council may appoint one of its members to chair the meeting; 
  • be an ex officio member of all committees of the Society; 
  • represent the interests of and act as the principal spokesperson for the Society within the UVic Community and public at large; 
  • be the Administrative Council member with signing authority for financial and other business of the Society; 
  • be responsible for management and supervision of Society staff; and 
  • coordinate the activities of Council including calling meetings of Council when required; and 
  • be responsible for ensuring client confidentiality such that, in situations which so demand, staff will only share confidential information with the Operations Director(s) unless authorized by the Operations Director(s) to inform others. 

Estimated hours per week: 5-7

The Finance Director will be the Chief Financial Officer and an Administrative Council member of the Society, and, in that capacity, they will: 

  • manage the financial affairs of the Society under the Council and staff’s direction; 
  • ensure that the financial records of the Society are maintained in good order; 
  • produce budgets and financial statements for the Society and make them available to Council and Members on request; 
  • provide access to the financial records of the Society to Council and Members on request; 
  • be an Administrative Council member of the Society; 
  • prepare and present an annual financial report to Members at Annual General Meetings; and 
  • comply with all applicable financial policies of the Society and the UVSS in performing their duties. 

Estimated hours per week: 2-4

The Communications Director shall be responsible for: 

  • taking minutes at all SSD Council meetings, unless otherwise delegated; 
  • ensuring that updated governing documents and Council meeting minutes are available to the regular membership in a timely manner. 
  • The Society may ratify the Communications Director as an Administrative Council member at a Council Meeting with their consent. 

Estimated hours per week: 2-4

The Outreach Director will: 

  • be the liaison between UVic students with a disability and the Council; and 
  • assist the Operations Director(s) in their role as spokesperson for the Society within the UVic Community and public at large. 
  • The Society may ratify the Outreach Director as an Administrative Council member at a Council Meeting with their consent. 

Estimated hours per week: 3-5

The UVSS Constituency Representative will be the representative of the Society on the UVSS Council and in that capacity they will: 

  • be a UVSS member in good standing; 
  • perform the duties and responsibilities of a constituency organization representative on the UVSS Council in accordance with Bylaw 8 of the UVSS Constitution and Bylaws; 
  • represent and promote the interests of the Society on the UVSS Council; and 
  • report to the Council on their activities on the UVSS Council and ARC meetings unless they are prevented from doing so for reasons of confidentiality. 
  • The UVSS Constituency Representative will be the representative of the Society on the UVSS Board and an Administrative Council member of the Society. 

Estimated hours per week: 7-9

The Graduate Students Representative will: 

  • be enrolled in the Faculty of Graduate Studies at UVic; 
  • represent and promote the interests of UVic graduate students with a disability on the Council; and 
  • Be the liaison between UVic graduate students with a disability and the Council. 

Estimated hours per week: 2-4

The International Students Representative will: 

  • be enrolled at UVic as an international student; 
  • be the liaison between international students with a disability at UVic and the Council; and 
  • represent and promote the interests of international students with a disability. 

Estimated hours per week: 2-4

The Director of Council at Large will: 

  • represent and promote the interests of UVic students with a disability in general on the Council; and 
  • assist the Administrative Council in the performance of their duties. 

Estimated hours per week: 1-2