Tegan Hansen-Hoedeman
Sustainability Commissioner
3rd year, Environmental Studies & English
Email: sustainability@vusac.ca

Interests: reducing, reusing, recycling, responsible environmental practices, rowing, reading, riding bicycles, rhetoric, rainstorms, river-rafting (of the white water variety), roving, rural life, running, reminiscing, reveries, and recreational outdoor activities.

“We abuse land because we regard it as a commodity belonging to us. When we see land as a community to which we belong, we use it with love and respect.” — Aldo Leopold

 

Sarah Berger
Fashion Show Director
3rd year, Political Science & History
Email: fashionshow@vusac.ca

Great loves: The lime green buds of spring and the fallen red and orange leaves of fall up at the country house my grandfather purchased in the Eastern Townships; Christmas morning at the very same country house, opening presents, making snow forts and the smell of turkey and plum pudding and all of this with family; the stillness of Canadian lakes that are too far North to be disturbed by cities and houses; the satisfaction I feel after a day spent shopping, the ache in my heals, and the weight of new-clothes-filled-bags on my arms; a Croissant from any hole-in-the-wall of Paris that melts in your mouth and leaves behind the unmistakable taste of butter and deliciousness; any evening spent in the company of friends, whether studying, reading or laughing the night away.

“Travel a thousand miles by train and you are a brute; pedal five hundred on a bicycle and you remain basically a bourgeois; paddle a hundred in a canoe and you are already a child of nature.” P.E. Trudeau

 

BETTY AND DASH: BIKES
Email: bikes@vusac.ca

Jonah Chevrier
3rd Year, Human Biology & Cell Biology

“I would request that my body in death be buried not cremated, so that the energy content contained within it gets returned to the earth, so that flora and fauna can dine upon it, just as I have dined upon flora and fauna during my lifetime”
-Neil DeGrasse Tyson

Leila Kent

 

CAFFIENDS CO-MANAGERS
Email: caffiends@gmail.com

Hannah Nitefor
4rd Year, Sociology & Human Geography

I’m in my third year, studying sociology and human geography and I’m in the Victoria College Concurrent Education Program. When I’m not in the library, I enjoy cooking, biking, and spending time with the people I love. I’m super excited to be on the Committee this year, and to be working with Erin on greening up residences.

Leah Moncada
3rd Year, Archaeology, History & Art History

 

COMMUNICATIONS
Email: sus-com@vusac.ca

Nalisha Sankreacha
3rd year, English & History

Interests: nature walks, climbing trees, the sea, vegetarianism, reading, woody allen, & wes anderson

Embrace nature – linger in green, yellow, and blue,
After all it has given; the earth should matter to you.

 

 

Christina Schwantes  
2nd year, Political Science, Environmental Studies & English

“Don’t blow it- good planets are are to find.”

 

COMMUNITY GARDEN
Email: c-garden@vusac.ca

Angela Arisz
4rd year, Immunology & Biochemistry

Hey sweet peas! I’ll be the Vic Community Garden representative on the committee for what is sure to be a great (and green) year at Vic! I am a fan of urban agriculture, getting one’s hands dirty and healthy and vibrant cooking. If you’re interested in gardening, bees, cooking, health in general, volleyball, painting, science, terrible puns, and/or random bits of trivia you can impress the dudes/ladies with at parties, feel free to contact me.

 

POLICY
Email: sustainabilitypolicy@vusac.ca

Ben Coleman
3rd year, Ecology

Interests: Vegan cooking, children, ecosystems, walking and thinking at the same time, debating, horn, tchaikovsky, and the economist.

After a year of pursuing a music degree, Ben Coleman decided to switch direction and go into Ecology, based on his interests in holistic thinking, the environment, and being outdoors.  He currently works for the High Park Children’s Garden corralling and entertaining youth and teaching them how not to kill plants.  He loves to analyze, write, and think of creative solutions, so he is eager to sink his teeth into it like a warm cinnamon roll on a brisk fall morning.

RESIDENCES
Email: greenreps@vusac.ca

Erin Sachs
2nd year, Life Science

Interests: music, anything outdoors, food, travel, friends

 

 

 

EVENTS
Email: sustainabilityevents@vusac.ca

Thamy Giri
2nd year, Life Science

Sarah MacIssac
3rd Neuroscience,Psychology & Music History
Interests: sustainability, events, and co-coordinating.