Opening:
The meeting of the BPKSA was called to order at 1:30pm by Crystal in the BPK Conference Room. Minimum quorum of 4 executive members reached.
In Attendance:
Crystal Lefebvre ……….……………………………………………………………………………………. President
Meghan Crombie ……………………………….……………………………………………………. Vice President
Jaskarn Grewal …………………………………………………………………………………………. Treasurer
Emily Chinn.…………………………………………………………………………………………………….. Secretary
Bader Al-Zeer.…………………………………………………….…………. Bif Department Representative
Emily Boyco ………………………………………………………….………………… External Relations Officer
Brandon Lin ……………………………………………………………………………. Promotional Coordinator
Nicole Whittle
Katie Smolik
Brittany Wakely
Daniela Pistilli
Olga Radivojevic
Emily Ponton
Emily Chilton
Leo Li
Open Issues:
1) Approval of Previous Minutes
- Emily P motioned to approve the meeting minutes of 2017-11-06. Emily B seconded.
- Minutes approved unanimously
2) Kin Fair
- Lower turnout
- Saywell Atrium may have contributed
- Bad timing with assignments and exams near the end of term
- SFSS did not charge us for table/chair rental so we have money left over from the event
3) BCAK Webinar
- Thursday November 23, 11am-12pm
- Provide lunch using the leftover money from Kin Fair
4) Careers in BPK
- Approximately 20 exhibitors have been invited
- Each exhibitor will get half of a table
- Invite non-SFU exhibitors first and then fill up extra space with SFU exhibitors
- Keep all tables in the Saywell Atrium
- Exhibitors have been contacted, responses are due November 30th
- Additional exhibitors
- Thompson River respiratory therapy
- Some speakers have been contacted
- Alec Yu and Alex Hoffer have been confirmed for Medicine
- BIF Researcher
- Could not find any BIF undergraduates working in research without doing any graduate studies
- Will extend the search to BIF undergraduates who worked in research for a few years before doing a Master’s degree
- Crystal and Jaskarn will work on the SFSS grant to be approved at the next meeting
5) BPK Department External Review Retreat
- Monday November 27th
- Discussing student concerns and goals for upcoming years
- BPK 305 pre-requisite or co-requisite
- Course planning, mental health
- Advice about BIF careers options after graduation
- If you would like to come, please specify what time in the doodle poll
6) Changing BPK 305 back to a co-requisite
- Ask friends who are currently taking/already completed what they think about 305 being a pre-requisite or co-requisite for 306
- Send opinions to bpksa@sfu.ca
- Anonymous ideas will be brought up at a future department meeting
- General consensus is that BPK 305 being a pre-requisite for BPK 306 does not improve students’ grades in either course, and delays graduation
7) Departmental Committee Representative, Kinesiology
- Position will be open starting in the Spring semester
- Department meetings are Thursdays from 11:30-1:00
- If you are interested in the position, email bpksa@sfu.ca
Motions:
Jaskarn motioned to approve a $100 contribution to Bader Al-Zeer’s travel cost to go to a neuroscience conference from travel conference funding. Meghan seconded it. Motion was passed unanimously.
Brittany motioned to reimburse Jaskarn $70 for prizes for Kin Fair from the trust fund. Emily P seconded it. Motion was passed unanimously.
Adjournment:
The meeting of the BPKSA was adjourned by Crystal at 2:25pm in the BPK Conference Room. The next meeting will be held on Monday, November 27, 2017 at 1:30pm in the BPK Conference Room.