Editing Acadia Students' Union (section)

==Students' Representative Council==

The Students' Representative Council (SRC) is the governing body of the Acadia Students' Union. As such, the legislative authority of the organization and its power are governed by the ASU Constitution and By-Laws. The SRC is made up of elected and appointed members from all areas of the Acadia community. These include the Students' Union Executive, the Office of the chairperson, a Diversity & Inclusion Representative, Board of Governors Representative, Faculty Representatives, and Councillors.

The Office of the chairperson is responsible for the effective and efficient execution of all Council and Committee meetings and ensuring that the student body is kept apprised of any important Council decisions and opportunities to get involved. The chairperson for the 2017/2018 academic year is Oliver Jacob.

While the SRC makes overarching policy decisions for the Union, the ASU executive is tasked with its day-to-day governance and is made up of five members detailed below.

===President of the Union===

The primary function of the president of the ASU is to oversee the actions of their executive and to serve as the public face of the union. As such, they serve as the chief executive officer of the union and are "responsible to the S.R.C. for efficient and proper administration of the Union"<ref>{{cite web |title=ASU Constitution |author=Acadia Students' Union |publisher=Acadia Students' Union |url=http://theasu.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/Constitution-2015-2016-Master1.pdf |access-date=10 March 2016 }}{{Dead link|date=November 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

The position of ASU President for the 2023–2024 academic year is held by Sadie McAlear. The president is currently completing an undergrad of professional studies in community development. She is passionate about provincial and federal advocacy and is the Vice-Chair of Students Nova Scotia as well as Chair of the Canadian Alliance of Student Associations. 

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| name               = ASU Executive 2021-2022.
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| caption            = The ASU Executive during the 2021-2022 academic year. From left: VP Academic Megan Cyr, VP Student Life Georgia Saleski, VP Events Tanvi Dabas, President Matthew Stanbrook, VP Finance Fumiya Kanai.
}}

===Vice President Events and Promotions===
The Vice President Communications within the ASU is responsible for all advertising and promotion of union events within the university. They are the official press liaison of the union and as such have to prepare an effective communication strategy at the beginning of each academic year. They are also responsible for overseeing all clubs and societies within the ASU with the exception of Internal Organizations.

The position of ASU Vice President Events and Promotions for the 2023–2024 academic year is held by Sam Taylor. Sam is a third-year psychology student passionate about student advocacy and is the former ASU Community Relations representative. 

===Vice President Student Life===
The Vice President Programming is responsible for coordinating ASU sanctioned events on campus. These include Welcome Week ("Frosh Week"), Winter Carnival, the Student Leadership Awards, and "Other Union events or activities as determined by the Executive or by Council." The VPP is also in charge of liaisons between the ASU and all internal organizations as well as the coordinator of the House Council System.

The position of ASU Vice President of Student Life for the 2023–2024 academic year is held by Genna Beed. 

===Vice President Academic & External===
The ASU Vice President Academic serves the ASU in Academic matters and acts "as a liaison between the Union and the offices of the University Vice President Academic, the Registrar, Admissions, Student Accounts, Financial Aid, Career Services, the Learning Commons, and the Student Resource Centre". They also represent the union as the Acadia delegate for external lobbying organizations. The Vice President Academic from Acadia during 2012–2013, Kyle Power, served as chairperson of StudentsNS as part of filling these duties.<ref>{{cite web |title=StudentsNS Annual Report 2013 |author=Kyle Power|publisher=StudentsNS |url=http://studentsns.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/2012-13-Annual-Report-KP.pdf
 |access-date=10 March 2016}}</ref>

The position of ASU Vice President Academic and External for the 2023–2024 academic year is held by Ben Morris.

===Vice President Finance and Operation===
The Vice President Finance is responsible for the supervision of all funds that are held by the ASU and manage the accounts of students association and House Councils to ensure they are in good order. In addition, they must monitor all expenditure and revenue streamline within the union and approve all purchases made by members of the Acadia Students' Union. This position also requires to contact a number of business owners based on the sponsorship with the ASU, ensure they recognize us as value provides.

The position of ASU Vice President, Finance and Operation for the 2023–2024 academic year is held by Bradley Thibeau, a fourth-year finance student at Acadia University. Bradley's studies are primarily focused on financial crises and economic downturns. He applies his academic insights to effectively oversee and optimize the ASU's financial health.

===Former ASU Executive Teams===

In 2011, the ASU reconfigured the makeup of the ASU Executive. The result was a new, five member executive designed to be more effective at governing the ASU.

The ASU also enacted further updates to position titles and descriptions in late 2016. Each executive team since that reconfiguration can be found in the table below.

{| class= "wikitable"
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! Year !! President !! VP Events & Promotions !! VP Student Life !! VP Academic & External !! VP Finance
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|2024-2025
|Sam Taylor (Interim)
|Zahide Çam
|Sterling Shannon
|Sam Taylor
|Archit Singh
|-
| 2023–2024 || Sadie McAlear || Sam Taylor || Genna Beed || Benjamin Morris || Bradley Thibeau
|-
| 2021–2022 || Matthew Stanbrook || Tanvi Dabas || Georgia Saleski || Megan Cyr || Fumiya Kanai
|-
| 2020–2021 || Brendan J. MacNeil || Blake Steeves || Robbie Holmes || Lydia Houck || Brendan Keeler
|-
| 2019–2020 || Kyle Vandertoorn || Gabrielle Bailey || Robbie Holmes || Mackenzie Jarvin || Brendan J. MacNeil (Replaced Yoram Schroll)
|-
| 2018–19 || George Philp || Gabrielle Bailey || Kyle Vandertoorn || Makenzie Branch || Jared Craig
|-
| 2017–18 || Grace HB || Malcolm Anderson || Emily Murray || Samantha Nixon || Liam Schreiter
|-
| 2016–17 || Samantha Sproule || Samantha Nielsen || Ted Higa || Brianna Jarvin || Andrew Grant
|-
| 2015–16 || Suzanne Gray (Replaced Liam Murphy) || Ted Higa (Replaced Suzanne Gray) || Jessica Boone || Fallis Thompson || Matt Gendron
|-
| 2014–15 || Callie Lathem || Suzanne Gray || Chelsey Spinney || Liam Murphy || Jalen Sabean
|-
| 2013–14 || Matt Rios || Lindsay Doucet || Colton Fagan || Darcy Shea || Andrea Jeffs
|-
| 2012–13 || Matt Rios || Grant Oyston (Resigned February 2013) || Colton Fagan || Kyle Power || Mike Tattersall
|}