Common use of Executive Updates Clause in Contracts

Executive Updates. See attached for reports from 2019-02-11. • ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇.: Proposed program modifications which included a new research paper instead of classes was brought to Education Council and they rejected the modifications. • ▇▇▇▇: Tool draw coming up at Annacis Island Campus. • Eirylle: Indigenous celebration event is postponed to April; purpose is to celebrate 25th anniversary of Indigenous Services & indigenous culture at BCIT. Collecting data from international students to determine which soft skills are needed for a workshop series. Working on event focusing on women in STEM careers. • Nikita: Pink shirt day promo video will be shared with you. Pink shirt day is on 2019- 02-27. Good response from students to idea of bringing a nail salon on campus. End of term shoreline cleanup will be planned. • Carina: Working on proposal to bring aerospace textbooks on campus. Had food truck come to campus; despite the weather the turnout was large. Will be working to bring further food opportunities and options on campus. • ▇▇▇▇: Clothing Drive is to be held on 2019-03-20; drop off for clothing will be the week before. Set Rep restructuring is coming along, should have a proper proposal in a month or so. Garbage bins around campus now have a tray attached to them for refundable containers to be placed in instead of thrown out. The refunds collected go into a fund for students; working on marketing for this. • ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇.: First Sun Run training practise is this weekend. • ▇▇▇▇▇: Health Sciences Centre Committee met with architects two weeks ago to discuss informal learning spaces; will meet again next month. Student-led holistic wellness program working to determine student needs. Proposed mixer for health science students and faculty during orientation week. ▇▇▇: IxL conference registration is open, with 203 students and alumni currently registered. Registration will close at the end of the week; only 47 spots remain. • ▇▇▇▇▇: Looking at bringing ▇▇▇▇▇▇ on campus tentatively in April. Promotions will follow later when details confirmed. • ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇: Burnaby South By-Election debate was cancelled due to school closure. Had a voting station on campus on 2019-02-25; ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ visited. Looking to operationalize these types of events to ensure continuity in future years. Thank you and apologies to anyone who joined Open Educational Resources committee. Meeting coming up soon to talk abut moving forward with BCIT on the new Student Centre building. • ▇▇▇▇: MechExpo for Robotics, Mechanical, Electrical, and Technology Teacher Education programs will move 4th year students’ projects into the Great Hall. Working on getting a covered walkway from SW9 to anywhere else on campus. • ▇▇▇▇▇: Trades students have mentioned lack of representation; looking at ways to help engage them in representation. • ▇▇▇▇▇▇: Facilitated mixer of students from different programs and years. Hoping to have more events at the Downtown Campus. • BC Open Campus runs an open educational resources program, the government does not. The majority of faculty do not either understand that there are open resources or do not understand the quality of the resources themselves. • What is MechExpo? • School of Energy capstone project showcase.