Working on behalf of the student body, the following committees and their members are responsible for making sure that student life at the Faculty of Education is the best it can be.

If you want to help out with a specific committee or have a suggestion about a way to improve student life, make sure to let us know by using our handy Contact page. You can also download the Committee Chair directory if you would like to contact a Chair directly.

Athletics Committee

The Athletic Committee is dedicated to the organization, administration and implementation of athletic events for Althouse students of all abilities and interests. Possible events may include but are not limited to Tuesday Intramurals and weekly pick-up sports in the Althouse gym, non-competitive fundraising tournaments, ice-skating at Thompson Arena (at low cost, sometimes free for Western students) and trips to Mustang sporting events.

The Athletic Committee welcome all suggestions on how to make this year memorable for all Althouse students. Until next time keep fit and have fun.

Committee Co-Chairs

  • Jo Bode
  • Joe Stiles

Environmental Committee

The Environmental Committee is responsible for creating an awareness of environmental issues.  Caring for the environment is a group effort, but it starts with each person individually.  The Committee is aiming for a greener school and community. We strongly encourage you to car pool with the other teacher candidates going to the same school as you. Join our facebook group to give us ideas and to find out about upcoming events.

Committee Co-Chairs

  • Jena Oxenham
  • Eric Larocque

Equity & Diversity Committee

The Diversity and Equity Committee is responsible for spreading awareness around Althouse. We hope to provide the student body with knowledge and resources to make us all better educators. This year we will be starting off the term addressing Awareness and Issues focusing on Gender Identity and Sexual Orientation. This will include potential workshops, guest speakers, and more! Our focus will move towards AIDS awareness near the end of the term in correspondence with World AIDS Day. This will lead us into second term where we shift over to Issues and Awareness around Culture, Race and Ethnicity. As our school systems become more diverse, it is important as teachers that we overcome any personal bias and actively work to become more aware and accepting. The Diversity and Equity Committee will help you to do this and provide you with resources you can use in your future careers.

Committee Co-Chairs

  • Jessica Devers
  • Andrew Blake

Grad Formal Committee

Committee Chair

  • Lisa Fox

Grad Pack (Legacy) Committee

Committee Chair

  • Meaghen Smith

Health & Safety Committee

Committee Co-Chairs

  • Kali Furlong
  • Analise Staples

Lesson Plan Committee

The Lesson Plan Committee was formed to establish a framework for a lesson plan database available online for all Faculty of Education students, present and future. The goal for the database is to include student-made lesson plans, as well as lesson activities, arranged by subject areas, so that the lesson or activity can be varied accordingly to the grade or level required. This committee also hopes to obtain professional lesson plans from established teachers willing to donate their plans to our database.

Committee Co-Chairs

  • Emily Lorenzini
  • Katherine Steacy

Literary Magazine Committee

Committee Chair

  • Katie Parr

Newspaper Committee

Committee Co-Chairs

  • Jessica Riggs
  • Katelyn McEachren

Promotions Committee

Committee Chair

  • Curtis Halpin

School Boards Committee

Committee Chair

  • Madison Frechette

Social Activities Committee

Committee Chair

  • Tyler Jackson

Theatre Committee

Committee Chair

  • Saffron Dieroff

Website Committee

The member of the website committee are responsible for the design and implementation of the Faculty of Education’s Student Website.  Under guidance of the Vice President(s) – Communications the Website Committee’s chair(s) ensure that the website is updated frequently with content that the student body is interested in.

Committee Co-Chairs

  • Jessica Abraham
  • Kevin Van Lierop

Yearbook Committee

Committee Co-Chairs

  • Katie VanDerHeyden
  • Shirin Akhtar