SUS IDEA

🌟 JOIN THE SCIENCE UNDERGRADUATE SOCIETY 🌟 Applications for the 2026/27 SUS team are officially OPEN to all current Science students! ⚡ Looking to gain leadership experience, meet amazing people, plan impactful events, and make a difference in the science community? This is your chance to get involved with one of the largest student-led organizations on campus! 💙 Whether you are interested in events, outreach, mentorship, advocacy, design, or community building, there's a place for you at SUS. No previous SUS experience required! 📣 Hiring Timeline: Applications Open — May 15 @ 12:00 AM PDT Resume and Cover Letter Workshop - May 20 Applications Close — May 25 @ 11:59 PM PDT Interview Offers — May 29 Interview Period — May 30 to June 5 First Round Offers — June 12 Second Round Offers — June 16 🫶 Incoming first years: this hiring round is limited to current Faculty of Science students, but don’t worry, additional opportunities will open during Fall hiring, including applications for the FIRST YEAR COMMITTEE ‼️ Position descriptions + application links can be found in our bio. Apply through CareersOnline before May 25 at 11:59 PM PDT! Questions? DM us or contact the respective VPs, we’d love to hear from you 💫

Looking back on an unforgettable term with SUS EDI ✨ From building community to celebrating identity, this term was full of moments that mattered... 🌈 “Come Out” for Brunch celebration for National Coming Out Day with @ausequity + @kuspride , celebrating queer joy and community 🫂 Community Engagement Fair in partnership with the Community Engagement Working Group, connecting students to care-driven organizations and volunteer opportunities 🎁 Santa’s Little Helpers, a Christmas workshop with @makersmakingchange , where we made a lasting impact by building accessible toys for disabled children 🧁 Our scrumptious Sweets for Science bake sale, where we raised $700+ to support the Science 101 program, which provides science education to adults in the Downtown Eastside ☕ Holding space for uplifting conversation in an International Women’s Day coffee chat in partnership with the CAPD Working Group, @ubsac , + featuring drinks from @matchamade.co 🌍 BIPOC Community Fair featuring goods from various BIPOC vendors in partnership with @cus.pride , @ausequity , + @kusbipoc 🌿 Indigenous cedar weaving workshop, filled with learning, reflecting, and connecting, led by @ritakompst …and so many more small moments in between Endless gratitude to everyone who showed up and made these spaces feel so warm and welcoming. We’re already so excited for what’s ahead! 💛

Happy first day of April everyone! We’re almost at the end of Term 2 and we’re wishing you all the best of luck with you finals! 💜🌻 Here are some important observances and holidays to look out for in April.   But stay tuned for more detailed posts and events that will be posted very soon!

Today, on National Indigenous Languages Day, we pause to reflect on how language is not simply a tool for communication, but a deeper system for holding and sharing knowledge. Language goes beyond syntax and linguistics, it carries stories, teachings, relationships to land, and entire ways of knowing through oral tradition. When languages are lost, we risk losing knowledge, history, and connection that cannot always be written down or translated. SUS EDI comes together today to share a few phrases as a small step toward keeping language present and valued.

Today, March 31st, is International Transgender Day of Visibility. This day is intended to combat anti-trans discrimination by celebrating the lives and accomplishments of transgender and non-binary people. To contribute to this important day, SUS EDI reached out to trans and non-binary members of the community to get their perspectives on aspects of their identity, and this post showcases some of their answers. Happy Trans Day of Visibility! 🩵🩷🤍🏳️‍⚧️

🌟 EDI is so honoured to have received the SUS Working Group Award at the Science Student Recognition Awards Night 🌟 We’re incredibly grateful for all the support and love shown to our initiatives throughout the year. This recognition wouldn’t be possible without our amazing coordinators and team — every event is built with their care, dedication, and heart. 🤍

We hope you’re as excited as we are for SUS EDI’s upcoming immersive Indigenous evening of heart cedar-weaving with Rita Kompst followed by a catered dinner from Big City Bannock! Remember to RSVP via the link in our bio so you can join us for this engaging experience. Our RSVP will close on March 22, this Sunday!! 📅 March 27 🕔 5:00–7:30 PM 📍 IKB 155

As we mark the International Day to Combat Islamophobia, we are reminded that understanding begins with learning, listening, and challenging the assumptions we may not even realize we carry. For many who practice Islam in our community, this time also coincides with Ramadan, which is a sacred month of reflection, compassion, generosity, and spiritual growth. It is a time centered on values that resonate across cultures and traditions, such as gratitude and kindness. That is why today, we encourage everyone to reflect on how we can move beyond misconceptions, approach differences with curiosity and respect, and actively contribute to building communities where everyone is welcome.

🌿 EDI presents our last event of the year… a Heart Cedar Weaving Workshop 🌿 Join us for a special hands-on cultural arts workshop led by the talented Musqueam cedar weaver, Rita Kompst! 
 📅 March 27 🕔 5:00–7:30 PM 📍 IKB 155 👥 30 participant capacity
 💚 Participants will learn the basics of cedar weaving and create their own woven cedar heart during a guided two-hour workshop. Inside each heart, attendees will place a personal message before twining it closed with Rita’s naturally dyed wool — creating a meaningful keepsake from the experience.
 🍽 Following the workshop, Indigenous dinner from Big City Bannock will be served, creating space for community, reflection, and connection.
 🔗 RSVP through the link in our bio 
🌈 All students are welcome to attend. A portion of seats are reserved to prioritize Indigenous students.

☕🎀 SUS Coffee Chats: International Women’s Day Edition Join us in celebrating International Women’s Day by connecting with inspiring women in science! 👩‍🔬🔬 In partnership with the UBC Student Alumni Council (SAC), SUS CAPD, and SUS EDI teams, this event invites you to connect with upper-year students and hear their personal journeys, how they navigated research, co-op, career decisions, and everything in between. 📍 Abdul Ladha 🗓️ March 10 | 4–6 PM Bring your own mug, bring your curiosity, and come celebrate women in Science with us! 🩷✨ Sign up via link in our bio!

Phew 😮‍💨, we are still thinking about last month’s BIPOC Market… Thank you to everyone for coming to the BIPOC Market this year, held in collaboration between AUS, CUS, KUS and SUS’ respective equity teams. We hope you had an incredible time going through our different vendors (and hope you walked away with some new goodies 🤫). We just wanted to highlight some of our vendors, and show everyone that the market goes beyond selling goods, and bridges BIPOC communities as well as amplifying BIPOC voices. We hope you enjoy this reel, and look forward to next year, maybe… 👀👀

🌈 SUS EDI Community Survey is Live! 
 We’re inviting members of our SUS EDI community to share their reflections on this year’s events, initiatives, and spaces. 
 What felt meaningful? What could we improve? What would you like to see next year? 
 Our work only grows when it’s shaped by the people it’s meant to support! 
 🎁 Two gift cards will be raffled to participants who complete the survey by April 1. 🔒 All responses are completely anonymous. If you choose to provide your email for the giveaway, it will be collected separately and used only to contact winners. 
 Your voice matters here. Help us build what comes next.