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Under the Chef’s Hat

Esmé (any pronouns) is a Japanese-Irish settler, born and raised on the unceded territories of the Musqueam, Tsleil-waututh, and Squamish peoples in so-called “Vancouver”. She is in her third year as a student in the Faculty of Arts studying in the English Honours program and minoring in Environment & Society. Over her years at UBC, she has been the Youth Climate Ambassadors Project Lead at the UBC Climate Hub, an organizer in Climate Justice UBC, a volunteer and Workshops Coordinator of UBC Sprouts, a performer in UBC Musical Theatre Troupe, and has spent her fair share of time around the AMS Nest, especially in the Resource Groups area. Esmé believes that being a good AMS president means listening to students’ needs and expertise and connecting them with the resources and decision-making processes and people to make those needs met. In her free time, she enjoys getting to know people, sharing stories, food, knowledge, and community.

Basic Ingredients

• Recognizing student expertise and the work that has already been done
  • Students and staff have already done the work to identify action items, plans, strategies, recommendations, and demands for the AMS
  • The role of AMS President is to listen and connect those plans with the decision-making processes to make them into reality!
• Responsible and responsive leadership
  • Collaborative relationships that respect and honour student knowledge, energy, and time
  • Send an email or want a meeting? You can expect a response and Remy’s best efforts to make things happen
• Accessibility to AMS processes
  • Publicly displaying AMS meeting schedules/times that are open to all students on banners in the Nest and pinned posts on social media
  • Making a realistic regulated deadline for posting AMS meeting minutes
  • Address transparency by-laws in AMS policy
  • Centring communication and respect when it comes to management, student support, and understanding the AMS

Remy’s Menu

Climate Justice

• Review of the UBC Climate Emergency Recommendations and Indigenous Strategic Plan (including team self-reflection process through the ISP Self-Assessment Tool) in order to strategize for bold climate justice action through the AMS
• Advocacy for sustained and centralized for UBC’s climate emergency response in collaboration with the whole AMS team as well as Board of Governors and Senate student representatives
• Integrating Indigenous knowledge and perspectives into the AMS Sustainability Action Plan in collaboration with the Indigenous Committee/Constituency
• Amplify the opportunities available with AMS Sustainability and the Student Environment Centre, including the Sustainability Projects Fund, UBC Free Store, Interactive Sustainability Centre, and strategize with students on how to make these more accessible