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<\/a><\/p>\n\u201cCCSS is the union\u2026 for students by students,\u201d says Regina Cervantes, a former Lansdowne executive who is now doing a co-op work term with the CCSS. \u201cSo what we\u2019re trying to do here is encourage the students to be more involved in the community and give them a little chance to see how working at CCSS is, and giving them also an opportunity to advocate for other students.\u201d<\/p>\n
Students will get an email with instructions on how to vote and information on all the candidates (see page 5 for the platform statements from all candidates).<\/p>\n
\u201cOnce they get an email they\u2019re going to see a little link in that email so they will just press it,\u201d says Cervantes, \u201cand then they will see all the students that are running, and then you\u2019re going to see the position that they\u2019re running for and then you just select the name you want and then you just submit the form.\u201d<\/p>\n
Although the nomination period is closed for this round of elections, the next student board elections will be in the fall; as most seats are a one-year term, these paid positions will be vacant again next spring. The director-at-large positions are a six-month term.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf you want to run, you have to register, and there is a link,\u201d says Cervantes. \u201cYou can go to the CCSS webpage and if you click on \u2018get involved\u2019 you\u2019re going to see the elections part and you\u2019re going to see the nomination form.\u201d<\/p>\n
Cervantes says that the student society is always looking for volunteers.<\/p>\n
\u201cOh, we are always looking for volunteers because we have a lot of events happening so we always want volunteers. I started as a volunteer for bread days,\u201d says Cervantes, referencing the CCSS initiative where students are given free loaves of bread. \u201cI started doing a little bit more events and then I became a work student for CCSS and then I was on the board; I was the Lansdowne executive. It\u2019s a great way not just to get to know the school and other students, but also getting you a little bit of sense of what it\u2019s like to work.\u201d<\/p>\n
Cervantes says getting involved with the CCSS is a good way to see what it\u2019s like to be in the workforce after school is finished.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt actually gives you a lot of responsibility, but in a very good way,\u201d she says, \u201cand it\u2019s not that stressful that you\u2019re like, \u2018Oh my God, I cannot do both.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n
Cervantes says that talking to students is her favourite part of being involved with the student society.<\/p>\n
\u201cAlso seeing that you can make a change as a student, you can make a change and seeing the students being happy about\u2026 cultural events and listening to their struggles and being able to advocate for them,\u201d she says. \u201cSo, for example, we know there\u2019s a lot of food insecurity, so being able to have the food bank and being able to do the bread days and just being out there talking to students and seeing what their real struggles are.\u201d<\/p>\n