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Student Association of the Faculty of Arts
The Student Association of the Faculty of Arts (SAFA) is a student run executive under the Student Federation of the University of Ottawa (SFUO). This is a bilingual executive and can also go by Association Étudiante de la Faculté des Arts. This organization has many positions available for all students to apply for or run in an election for at the end of each year for the following. There are also by-elections held at the beginning of each semester for the spaces that are still left vacant. SAFA is a fantastic way to get involved and it should definitely be on all students radars throughout their 4 (more or less) years at the university.

The Positions Include:

President: This member is in charge of chairing the Executive Committee and is responsible for ensuring the overall function of the executive as a whole. The SAFA is also the spokesperson of the executive and has many important duties. They must also ensure that SAFA is following the constitution at all times and various situations. This member must be fully bilingual and have served on the executive on a year prior to their election for the position.

Vice-President of University Affairs: This member is in charge of overall relations with the Faculty of Arts and the Academic side of the students lives. They are in charge of scholarships and bursaries for the students at large. They should be proficient in speaking both English and French, although unilingual candidates can be accepted if there is no opposition present in an election.

Vice-President of Social Affairs: This member is in charge of everyday social relations between students and the faculty. They host weekly, monthly or yearly events of different varieties and are in charge of the overall concept and practice of these events. Again, bilingual candidates are preferred but unilingual candidates will be accepted for uncontested elections.

Vice-President of Finance: This member is responsible for the management of SAFA funds that come from student fees and various other sources. This member is in charge of completing three audits submitted to the SFUO for approval. This member also is preferred to be bilingual but can be unilingual in unopposed elections.

Vice-President of Communications- Anglophone & Francophone: These members are in charge of everyday communication between the students and the executive, both in their respected languages for their position. This includes website updates, social media and emails to the students in the Faculty of Arts. These members are the only positions that do not have to be bilingual for their positions.

Vice-President of Internal Affairs: This member records meeting minutes of the executive and the Board of Directors meetings. They are also in charge of bookings of Café Alt and locker sales. They are in charge of the overall correspondence of the executive. This member should be bilingual although will be accepted as unilingual if there are no contests of elections.

Vice-President of Philanthropic Affairs: This member is responsible for collaborating with the VP Social on events and meeting the necessary standards of philanthropy throughout the year through fundraisers and events with the Faculty of Arts and university as a whole. This member can be bilingual but will be accepted as unilingual, as well.

The Employee Positions include:

Social Commissioner: This employee is responsible for assisting in social and philanthropic endeavours.

Comptroller General: This employee is responsible for marking the audits of the Member Associations in collaboration with the VP Finance of SAFA.

Elections CEO: This employee is responsible for running elections for SAFA and participating Member Associations.

First Year Rep: This is a volunteer position for first years who wish to assist with all functions of the executive of SAFA.

Chairperson This employee is only responsible for chairing meetings of the Board of Directors once a month.

DUTIES AND TASKS OF SAFA Each member of SAFA is mandated to hold 3 office hours a week in SMD0035, the SAFA office in Café Alt. Each member needs to complete monthly tasks designated by a Board of Directors. Each member needs to uphold a professional demeanour throughout their work. IF the executive can maintain these tasks, they are rewarded with an honorarium of $150 per month, voted on by the BOD. IF the executive can not, they face impeachment, the loss of honoraria or other punishment that the Board sees fit.

For more information on SAFA and it's everyday functions please visit artsuottawa.ca and locate the constitution under the document section of the page.

Services
SAFA offers many services during the school year and summer season. Not only do they offer a wide variety of social events and a 101 week, but they also are in charge of locker sales and Café Alternatif space rentals.

Locker Sales If you're familiar with the UOttawa campus, you would know that there are many areas of lockers that are available for students to rent throughout the year and semester. SAFA, in particular, is responsible for the rentals of the lockers on floor 1-4 in the Simard building on the North side of campus. Lockers cost $20 for the entire school year and $15 for one semester, excluding the spring/summer semester, when SAFA is on summer break from their services.

Café Alternatif The Café in the bottom of the Simard building contains a great separate business in itself, but what you may not already know is that SAFA is the actual owner of the space with couches and tables surrounding the Café. By day, this space is great hangout and study space for students with downtime but during the evening from the times of 6PM and 10PM, it is booked out to whoever wants to book the space for their events. These bookings are also available on weekends from open-close times of the building. SAFA is in charge of these bookings and they accept a wide variety of events, such as, charity fundraisers, club events, student and faculty run events and more. This is open to the public and is available for booking through internal@uottawa.ca and it only costs a low amount of $20 for a booking with an extra $40 deposit that you can pick up up to five business days after your event has succeeded. They have available a projector and speakers and the couches and tables are up for grabs, as long as, they are put back in their proper spaces when the event has concluded.

101 Week SAFA holds a 101 week for those students who wish to be greeted into the University of Ottawa. Most federated bodies under the SFUO hold their own version of a 101 week that fits in to a larger one that the SFUO is in charge of. On average, SAFA sells about 400 kits to students in first year that are ready to join the Faculty of Arts that year. They organize a wide variety of events for these students throughout the first week of university in the fall semester. These events range from social to academic and involve getting to know the other students and their new home for the next few years. This is a great experience for all students and the student guides also have a fantastic time helping mentor these new students.

Member Associations
There are currently active Member Associations under SAFA. Each member association has an executive with the same form as SAFA and are responsible for holding the same jobs as the executive of SAFA except within their own departments within the Faculty of Arts.

On the last Sunday of every month (excluding two summer months), the MA's come together to form a Board of Directors which votes on choices made by SAFA and overall decides whether or not each executive deserves their honorarium for that month based on the jobs they have completed. These meetings are open to public. This meeting follows Robert's Rules of Order.

1. SACS (Classical Studies and Greek and Roman Studies)

2. French Studies (AEDF)

3. DLS (Second Language Teaching)

4. EFSA (French as a Second Language

5. GAIA (Geography)

6. HSA (History)

7. AHSA (Art History)

8. ADELSA (Linguistics)

9. ADEMSA (Music)

10. AETTSA (Translation)

11. Thespis (Theatre)

12. VASA (Visual Arts)

Charities
SAFA works with many philanthropic initiatives throughout the year. The most frequent ones are: Relay for Life, Movember and Shinerama.

Shinerama Shinerama is Canada’s largest post-secondary fundraiser involving students at almost 60 university and college campuses across Canada, aimed at raising money for cystic fibrosis research. Cystic Fibrosis is a genetic disorder that affects mostly the lungs, but also the pancreas, liver, kidneys, and intestine.[1][2] Long-term issues include difficulty breathing and coughing up mucus as a result of frequent lung infections. Other signs and symptoms may include sinus infections, poor growth, fatty stool, clubbing of the fingers and toes, and infertility in males. Different people may have different degrees of symptoms. Working in conjunction with the Student Federation of the University of Ottawa, SAFA hosts fundraisers and participates in Shine Day during 101 week. These events usually include Shine burgers and creative innitiatives that will help the students, as well as, the people suffering from this illness.

Relay for Life Relay For Life is the Canadian Cancer Society’s signature fundraising event. At the University of Ottawa, teams participate in an indoor walk around a looped track created in the University Centre. The goal is to each pay $20 to join a team and then teams walk laps around this track for more donations. It happens from 7pm-7am of the next day on different dates of March each year. This year, the SAFA executive created a team and walked non-stop for most of the night.