Winter Semester Office Hours

Below are my winter semester office hours - they may seem odd, but they are scheduled around my classes. As always please remember that I may not literally be in my office for all of these hours, as I may be in meetings elsewhere. If you would like to meet with me please email or call to schedule a time.

Monday - 11:30am - 1:00pm & 2:30pm - 6:30pm

Tuesday - 10:00am - 4:00pm

Wednesday - 11:30am - 1:00pm & 2:30pm - 6:30pm

Thursday - 10:00am - 4:00pm

Friday - 10:00am - 5:00pm

And I will be having my Sexton Campus office hours on Fridays from 12:00pm - 5:00pm

Holiday Vacation

Over the next little while I will be on holiday vacation. I have technically been on vacation since December 13th but had several meetings and events to attend last week. I will be doing lots of paper work, planning, relaxing, and enjoying the holiday with friends and family over the next little while. I do not plan to make any blog posts until the new year, but if anything comes up I will make sure to keep you informed. Please check back in the new year to find out what the DSU is doing for YOU!

Have a safe and happy holiday season!

Campus of the Future

Last night the Steering Committee for the Dalhousie Campus Master Plan met. The meeting was for the consultants to present to us what they have heard during phase one (consultations). 

In the original plan that the consultants presented to the Steering Committee they said that they would have 25 consultation meetings with the Dalhousie community. Overall the consultants held over 100 consultative meetings and I am proud to say that many of those meetings involved Dalhousie students.

The presentation touched on several key areas for Dalhousie:

- 3 sectors of campus (Studley, Carleton, Sexton) and ideas were proposed for how to enhance each one

- student space on campus (focused heavily on the SUB)

- student housing (having spaces that could be used by a variety of students)

- open spaces (having themes to the Studley quad and pulling it further down University Ave)

- swing spaces which could be developed a number of ways depending on what we feel is in demand (example research space)

The next steps of the process are to incorporate the direction from the Steering Committee with charates and consultation. This stage is the planning stage. Then in the spring the planning stage will come to a close and the Steering Committee will review the work and then we will enter into the final stage, the implementation stage where we start to look at what parts of the plan we can do now and plan for ones to come later.

President's Holiday Reception

Last night I attended the President of Dalhousie's holiday reception at his home.  Senior administrators, board of governors, and senators were invited to the party. It was a great opportunity to catch up with everyone after exams and before the new year.

I had the opportunity to speak with both the Vice Chair of Senate and the Vice Chair of the Board of Governors about key topics that are going on with our students, ANSSA, and CASA.

As always receptions, dinners, and events in general are a great way for the DSU to network with lots of people to find avenues to assist students.

I have really enjoyed working with the Board of Governors and the Senate at Dalhousie since May and am really looking forward to continuing our working relationship over the next few months of my term.