MISC Working Groups

MISC Working Groups

Learn about Working Groups responsible for carrying out specific activities, events, and initatives.

There are currently four working groups covered under the MISC constitution:

Accessibility Interests
Class of 2020 & 2021 Continuity
Diversity
Part-time Students

New working groups can be created by a majority vote during a meeting of General Council, at which time a Chair must be appointed. The Working Group may begin operating immediately after this vote is approved. By the following General Council meeting, the Working Group must submit a constitutional amendment including terms of reference for their Group (written in consultation with the MISC executive). Candidates for Vice-President and Representative positions are particularly encouraged to consider chairing a Working Group, since their duties often overlap with the issues addressed by Working Groups.


Working Group Chairs

Lorena Almaraz

Chair: Diversity Working Group

Andrew Micak

Co-Chair: Part Time Students Working Group

Meagan Lau

Co-Chair: Part Time Students Working Group

Adrian Petterson

Chair: Accessibility Interests Working Group

Patty Facy

Chair: Class of 2020 & 2021 Continuity Working Group

Past Working Group Events & Initiatives

2019-2020

Events

Accessibility Interests Working Group
  • November 12: Unwrap Accessibility Brownbag Lunch Seminar #1
  • November 15: Unwrap Accessibility Brownbag Lunch Seminar #2
  • November 19: Unwrap Accessibility Brownbag Lunch Seminar #3
  • November 22: Unwrap Accessibility Brownbag Lunch Seminar #4
  • February 28: Talk: Building Inclusive Library Spaces
  • March 11: Star Trek Viewing Party
Diversity Working Group
  • September 16: Public Talk: In Conversation with Jarrett Drake (collaboration with Faculty of Information and the Toronto Area Archivists' Group)
  • October 16: BIPOC Social Gathering
  • November 14: DWG Reading Group #1
  • December 10: BIPOC Working Session
  • January 20: DWG Reading Group #2
  • February 7: DWG Dance Party
  • March 5: SyllaBye: a syllabus destruct-a-thon
Part-Time Students Working Group Events
  • November 7: Part-Time MI Students’ Fall Social @ Brewhaha

Initiatives