The Undergraduates of Canadian Research Intensive Universities (UCRU) is an alliance of students' unions in Canada.[1] Their common objective is to protect the interests and advocate on behalf of over 240,000 undergraduate university students from Canada's largest research intensive universities (U15), and to provide research and recommendations to the government on how to improve post-secondary education in Canada.[2] The UCRU began as an informal association called ADVOCAN, and was formalized and rebranded in late 2017.
Abbreviation | UCRU |
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Formation | 2017 |
Location |
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Region | Canada |
Chair | Katie Georgia Traynor (WUSA) |
Vice-Chair & Director of Operations | Tina Tong (AMS) |
Director of Policy | Abigail Samuels (MSU) |
Affiliations | U15, CASA, Student Mental Health Canada |
Website | undergraduatescru |
The nine member associations[3] of the UCRU are:
Student Association/Union | Name |
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Waterloo Undergraduate Student Association (WUSA) - University of Waterloo | Katie Georgia Traynor |
Western University's Student Council (USC) - Western University | Emily Poirier |
McMaster Students Union (MSU) - McMaster University | Abigail Samuels |
The Alma Mater Society (AMS) - Queen's University | Julian Mollot-Hill |
University of Toronto Student Union (UTSU) - University of Toronto | Aidan Thompson |
The Alma Mater Society of UBC Vancouver (AMS-UBC) - University of British Columbia | Tina Tong |
University of Saskatchewan Students' Union (USSU) - University of Saskatchewan | Nishtha Mehta |
Student's Society of McGill University (SSMU) - McGill University | Liam Gaither |
The University of Ottawa's Students' Union (UOSU) - University of Ottawa | N/A |
Student Association/Union | Name |
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Alma Mater Society of Queen's University (AMS QU) | Victoria Mills |
University of Saskatchewan Student's Union (USSU) | Ishita Mann |
Alma Mater Society of UBC Vancouver (AMS UBC) | Bandhul Vikas Khanna |
Alma Mater Society of UBC Vancouver (AMS UBC) | Erin Strachan |
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