By Michael Scoular and Megan Lambert (The Cascade) – Email
Print Edition: March 25, 2015
Sarabjit Kaur
First-year, social work
What kind of background knowledge do you have of Senate?
No, I haven’t [attended any Senate meetings].
Have you looked over the minutes from meetings during the past year or seen the types of things that come forward for Senate decisions?
So basically, it’s about the policies — that’s what I read through the materials and stuff like that. It’s about the academic policies, for example if we are talking about a critical approach, they always discuss ‘should we add the credits into it?’ That’s what my knowledge is. It’s about the academic policies.
Major is social work, first year but came in 2013.
What students will you be representing?
I’m an international student, so I’m interested in international diversity, and I know through the problems they come through, like the credit transfers and other stuff, so I want to put that diversity in because I know they are saying we will put more international students into the university.
How are you going to communicate with students?
So basically, I’m the president of the UFV India club too, and I’m always around the campus volunteering and I always hear student’s problems. That will be my approach through social media.
What’s your stance on the Writing Centre?
I think it’s always good to listen to ideas. That’s probably what I’ll do before making a big decision. I’ll probably, I’ll ask people to share their ideas.
This interview has been edited for length and clarity.
