These are your on-campus opportunities

Faculty Leaders (FL)

Approximate time commitment = 60 hours (April - September)

Faculty Leaders or FLs serve as the first point of contact for new students on campus! Faculty Leaders ensure both new and returning students transition smoothly into university life. Responsibilities of Faculty Leaders Volunteers include, but are not limited to:

• New Student Orientation: welcome new students to the university by facilitating campus tours, acting as support for various presentations, participating in panels, and answering questions, both University-wide and faculty-specific, through various means.
• Welcome Events: Faculty Leaders will be assigned a minimum of 3 Week of Welcome shifts such as set-up and take down of WOW Village, Pancake Breakfast, Quad Activities, and MainStage roaming during WOW.

Information and Presentations Facilitators (IPF)

Approximate time commitment = 60 hours (April - September)

Like public speaking or interested in giving presentations? This position is for you! Using personal and professional growth and development, Information and Presentation Facilitator responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• New Student Orientation: facilitate informative, engaging, and exciting sessions about student life, involvement, health and wellness, transition to University, and healthy relationships.
• Welcome Events: Information and Presentations Facilitators will be assigned a minimum of 3 Week of Welcome shifts such as set-up and take down of WOW Village, Pancake Breakfast, Quad Activities, and MainStage roaming during WOW.

Faculty Team Facilitators (FTF)

Approximate Time Commitment: 130 hours over 10 months

Faculty Team Facilitators along with other FTFs will lead a team of Faculty Leader volunteers throughout the year. The Faculty Team Facilitator duties will include but are not limited to:

1. Promote the Week of Welcome program during recruitment periods
2. Interview, select and hire Faculty Leader Volunteers to be a part of their team
3. Organize and support team bonding events throughout the summer for all volunteers
4. Facilitate general and specific tour training for Faculty Leaders prior to New Student Orientation
5. Be a knowledgeable first point of contact for both volunteers and new students on campus locations, buildings, and general information.
6. Provide assistance to all Week of Welcome activities such as WOW village, MainStage, and Pancakes

Site Team Facilitator (STF)

Approximate Time Commitment: 130 hours over 10 months

The Site Team Facilitator duties will include but are not limited to:

1. Promote the Week of Welcome program during recruitment periods
2. Help in the Interview period of recruitment
3. Facilitate training for Site Volunteers
4. Providing support and assistance during event set up / tear down, primarily during set up week before New Student Orientation
5. Work “behind the scenes” to help support front-facing aspects of New Student Orientation
6. Provide assistance to all Week of Welcome activities such as WOW Village, MainStage, and Pancakes

Information and Presentation Team Facilitator (IPTF)

Approximate Time Commitment: 145 hours over 10 months

Information Presentation Team Facilitators along with other IPTFs, help to oversee the Information and Presentation Facilitators that make up their team. Their main duty involved presenting Ualberta 101 during New Student Orientation. IPTFs duties include but are not limited to:

1. Promote the Week of Welcome program during recruitment periods
2. Interview, select and hire Information Presentation Facilitators to be a part of their team
3. Organize and support team bonding events throughout the summer for all volunteers
4. Facilitate training for the Information Presentation Facilitators
5. Work to deliver the UAlberta 101 presentation during New Student Orientation
6. Provide assistance to all Week of Welcome activities such as WOW Village, MainStage, and Pancakes

Events Crew Volunteer

Events Crew volunteers serve as an introductory volunteer position with UASUevents. You will work closely with both the Events Crew Leaders, and the UASUevents staff team to have the necessary skills to host the best events on campus. Events Crew Members will help with the setup, execution, and teardown of all major UASU events.

Some of these events include:

• Campus Cup
• Night at the Horrorwitz
• AntiFreeze
• Last Class Bash
• Movie Nights
• Escape Room

NOTE: Because Events Crew members will be hosting Campus Cup and AntiFreeze, you will not be permitted to participate in these events

Events Crew Leader

Events Crew Leaders are the senior events volunteers for UASUevents. They are responsible for assisting in the creation and planning process of campus events, hiring and mentoring a team of General Events Crew volunteers and supervising shifts.

Applications are open. Apply now!

The UASUevents Media Team is responsible for digital media capture for UASUevents. Media Team members will capture photos and videos for Students’ Union Events like Week of Welcome, Night at the Horrorwitz, Campus Cup, AntiFreeze, Trivia Nights, and other events throughout the school year.

Are you a photographer or cinematographer? This is a fantastic opportunity to expand your portfolio, gain professional development from both peers and professionals, and get involved with campus events! Positions are flexible to accommodate busy school and work schedules.

Applications are open.Apply now!

Approximate Time Commitment: 4 hours/week or 16 hours/month (3-4 hours/week of self-scheduled shift room time, 4 hours/month of team time, 2 role-plays per semester)

This position is meant for students who are looking to help clients in a one-on-one and in-person setting. Our volunteers support students in distress or whom are seeking resources for approximately 70 minute sessions. Volunteers are given extensive training in crisis management and active listening to supporting several mental health concerns. Trained staff members supervise volunteers in each session and provide ongoing emotional support if needed. 

Our volunteers also enter a community of empathetic students that have a passion for mental health advocacy. Several professional development sessions are offered each semester to add to volunteer's personal and professional goals. Previous professional development sessions have included; Trauma-Informed Care, Indigenous Youth Suicide Prevention Training, Responding to Disclosures of Sexual Assault, and Community Helpers among others. PSC Alumni have obtained successful careers in Social Work, Law, Occupational Therapy, and Clinical/Counselling Psychology.

Our volunteers are asked to join one of the three following teams:

- Outreach Team: This group is responsible for increasing awareness of the PSC on campus, collaborating with other student groups, and helping do presentations for classes about the services of the centre.

- Social Planning Team: This is an internal team, which aims to promote inter-volunteer familiarity and well-being by providing self-care opportunities and social events for volunteers.

- Training Team: This team organizes and coordinates Ongoing Role-Plays, as well as Personal Development Sessions for volunteers to improve their skills throughout the year.

Successful applicants will be invited to an individual interview typically by the end of May.

Senior volunteers (have volunteered for at least 1 year) have the opportunity to be more involved in our centre via several leadership roles.

Leadership Volunteer

Leadership volunteers oversee and lead one of three internal volunteer committees. This role offers extensive opportunities to build project management, conflict resolution, and facilitation skills. These volunteers play an essential role in the operations of our centre. A major responsibility of this role is to ensure team goals are being met, and provide leadership/supervision to 10-15 volunteers in their respective teams.

Role-play Facilitator

Role-play facilitators oversee the facilitation of our ongoing role-plays to support the skill development of volunteers. This role is tasked with leading role-play sessions, scoring, and delivering feedback to volunteers following their role-play. These volunteers also play a significant role in supporting the facilitation of role-plays during our Supportive Listening Training for new volunteers.

Approximate Time Commitment: 3 evening hours per week

Safewalk does two primary jobs for the campus community: Patrolling and Safewalks! Patrolling walks around campus in our bright yellow jackets in order to help provide a safe and welcoming environment across campus. On the other hand, walks involve picking up our clients and walking them safely to their destination anywhere on campus, aswell as take the LRT to any stop and wait with you until you get to your bus or car. 

Safewalk believes in safety in numbers and as such is non-confrontational! We believe the best way to stray safe and always have a buddy. 

Applications for Safewalk are open from August through to March

Leadership Team

Approximate Time Commitment: 5 hours/week

Leadership Team members (LTs) are responsible for managing one of Sustain SU's projects and overseeing a group of Sustainability Ambassadors. This is a great role to gain leadership experience, and get to know others interested in sustainability.

Leadership Team applications are typically available in April for the summer positions, and August for the Fall/Winter positions.

Sustainability Ambassadors 

Approximate Time Commitment: 2-3 hours/week

Sustainability Ambassadors (SAs) work collaboratively to brainstorm, plan and execute the events and efforts stemming from these projects. This role allows you to meet new people with a passion for sustainability, work as part of a team, as well as put on great events throughout the year.

Spring/Summer Volunteer 

Our Spring/Summer volunteers are essential to help assist our Campus Gardens and Bike Library & Workshop from May through mid-September. Volunteers will have the opportunity to gain experience in an area they are interested in, work with like-minded individuals as a part of a team, get outside, and promote areas of sustainability we don't get to work on as much during the Fall/Winter months, like sustainable food production and bike rentals!

Applications typically open in early April.

Green for Good Market

The Green for Good Market team runs a unique pop-ip market once a month in the Students Union Building. As of fall 2023 this market became a combination of two previously existing teams: The Green Market and the UASU Farmers’ Markt. The Mission of the Green for Good Market Team is to provide campus with local, sustainable goods and services, and also to raise awareness and increase involvement in sharing, thrifting, and community. Members of this volunteer team get to be involved in operational and logistic tasks, promotion campaigns, activity creation, and day-of market management. 

This team will also have the opportunity to assist in building up a new initiative by SustainSU: The Sustainable Thrift store located in the Students Union Building! There are many yet-to-be announced details about this initiative, but, what we can announce is that the team will assist in the sorting of clothing and gently loved goods and running/planning our thrift store. This will also include a revamped version of our ever popular semesterly Clothing swap and drive! Stay tuned here and on our instagram

Bike Library and Workshop

The Bike Library & Workshop is a community bike shop on campus and is an initiative under Sustain SU. We are fully equipped with the tools and space necessary to repair and maintain bikes. Bike repairs are DIY, however, our volunteers & Bike Library Mechanic can provide guidance and offer some help. Tool and stand use are entirely FREE, but we do take monetary donations! The Bike Library also sells used and new parts such as tubes, tires, and other accessories. We are not taking donations of bikes due to the lack of space, but feel free to donate any parts or components that are not of use to you.

Special Events Team

The Special Events team works to bring sustainable engagement and learning opportunities to volunteers and the Campus Community. Members of this team will have the opportunity to plan sustainability-focused events that range from campus nature walks to sustainable social events and research nights! They are also responsible for planning exiting internal events to bring our large community of volunteers together! This team will also have a large hand in planning, researching, and creating content for our blog and podcast: Sustainable Stories!

Campus Garden

This team is open to anyone who may want to participate! 

Garden volunteers are responsible for prepping, planing, maintaining and harvesting the garden. We love volunteers of all experiences ranging from first-time planters to dedicated gardeners. Our garden generally runs from early may to mid-october when we have our yearly harvest party! 

Applications for the Campus Garden Volunteer Team are open in the spring.

Approximate Time Commitment: 1-5 hours/week

Volunteers at The Landing operate peer support drop-in hours, run peer facilitated groups, moderate discord, sit on teams like events and education teams and more. 

Volunteer application here