Policies
Policies help guide the Students’ Union in decision-making and day-to-day operations. They can be created for specific issues or time periods and are more flexible than the constitution and bylaws. The Union maintains both issues policies, which outline official positions on student concerns, and operational policies, which govern internal processes.
Policies are rules that are considered to be more temporary than a constitution and bylaws. Policies could be established for a specific time period, or in relation to a particular issue.
There are two types of policy, issues policy and operational policy. Issues policy outlines the official position of the Students’ Union on a particular issue or topic. An operational policy outlines how the internal processes of the Students’ Union are managed. For example, issues policy could state the Students’ Union’s support for “increased funding for students with disabilities,” where an operational policy could state: “All written reports will be double- sided.”
Issues Policy
- IS 01 – Tuition Fees
- IS 02 – Ancillary, Auxiliary, Incidental, and Administrative Fees
- IS 03 – A National System of Post-Secondary Education
- IS 04 – Student Financial Assistance
- IS 04.1 – Student Grants
- IS 04.2 – Student Loans and Debt
- IS 04.3 – Post-Secondary Education Tax Credits and Savings Schemes
- IS 05 – Governance of Post-Secondary Education Institutions
- IS 06 – Copyright
- IS 07 – Academic Freedom
- IS 08 – Content of Curricula
- IS 09 – Credit Transfer
- IS 10 – Flat Tuition Fees
- IS 11 – Housing
- IS 12 – Public Transportation
- IS 13 – Non-Academic Codes of Conduct
- IS 14 – Student Support Services
- IS 15 – Unpaid Work
Operational Policy
- OP 01 – Board of Directors Terms of Reference
- OP 02 – Executive Terms of Reference
- OP 03 – Campaigns Committee Terms of Reference
- OP 04 – Entertainment Committee Terms of Reference
- OP 05 – Services Committee Terms of Reference
- OP 06 – Electoral
- OP 07 – Clubs
- OP 08 – TRUSU Grants Program
- OP 09 – Space Usage
- OP 10 – Appointments: Board Of Directors and Standing Committees
- OP 11 – Honoraria
- OP 12 – Travel
- OP 13 – Appearances, Meetings, and Requests
- OP 14 – Audit, Budget, and Financial Statements
- OP 15 – British Columbia Federation of Students Delegations
- OP 16 – Dependent Care
- OP 17 – Conflict of Interest
- OP 18 – Board of Directors Leave of Absence
- OP 19 – Donations
- OP 20 – Endorsements
- OP 22 – Gifts
- OP 23 – Honorary Members
- OP 24 – Memberships and Subscriptions
- OP 25 – Non Partishanship
- OP 26 – Student Caucus Terms of Reference
- OP 27 – Equity Committee Terms of Reference
- OP 28 – University Affairs Committee Terms of Reference
- OP 29 – Workplace Harassment
- OP 30 – Appointment of BCFS Representative
- OP 31 – Indigenous Territory Acknowledgement
- OP 32 – Scent Free Policy