Clubs and Societies

In addition to the many student committees that STUSU runs each year,  the St. Thomas University community also features a wide variety of Clubs and Societies to choose from! To view a list of STU’s clubs, societies, and extra curricular activities, click here.

Getting Started

It’s relatively easy to start a Club or Society at St. Thomas, or to be officially recognized by the Union as a Club or Society. You just need an approved Constitution.

To see more details, including the exact guidelines for a Constitution, click here to open the Clubs & Societies Guide.

Finances

At the beginning of the school year, the Students’ Union dedicated $6,000.00 to fund the Clubs & Societies of St. Thomas.

The first step that a student group must take to get funding is to have an approved constitution. This can be submitted to the VP Administration at su_vpadmin@stu.ca, or it can be dropped off to the office in the SUB Room 31. To see guidelines on how to write a constitution, as well as what we are looking for in every constitution, go the the “Getting Started” page.

After a group’s constitution has been approved, the group must submit a detailed budget including what funding they expect from the STUSU and what it will be going towards.

The Clubs & Societies Committee will look over the proposal and determine how much they are going to allocate. The amount decided will be given to the Society upfront at the beginning of the semester. Cheques will only be made out in the name of the Society and never made out to a personal account, so it is necessary that the Society has a bank account.

Receipts recording what money has been spent by the Society must be submitted to the Students’ Union on a monthly basis.

If you have any questions, contact the Vice President Administration at su_vpadmin@stu.ca, or at 460-0308.

Constitutions

Each Club and Society needs its own constitution. For guidance in crafting your group’s constitution, contact the Vice President Administration at su_vpadmin@stu.ca.