COMMUNICATIONS COORDINATOR

Jackie Ko

Many changes have been made as we entered the winter semester along with the duties I continued to perform since last term.

The management of VUSAC’s social media accounts continued as usual. I have changed certain templates for the cover pages in order to increase the consistency of the theme within the VUSAC’s Instagram feed. I also continued to repost various events on the Instagram story and responded to inquiries from Vic students through both email and direct messages through social media. However, the usage of the Facebook account have significantly decreased – including the events page – as most people preferred to only upload on Instagram and/or VUSAC’s website.

I also continued to manage the VUSAC website with regular updates as requested by both internal and external bodies of VUSAC. I have updated the Arts & Culture Commission’s page onto the newly created Commissions’ Menu – which currently contains Academic, Commuter, and Sustainability Commissions’ individual pages. The Equity Commission’s page will be updated within the upcoming week, and the other commissions are still in the process of submitting their designs. I am hoping to finish this project within this year.

The monthly e-newsletters have transitioned into bi-weekly newsletters as planned from last semester. I publish the newsletters every 2nd and last week of the month to account for the upcoming events at the start of the next month and within. The number of submissions have remained consistent without much fluctuations. Moreover, the newsletters are now being sent to all Vic students registered in the Listerv service instead of the subscription form to increase engagement – allowing it to reach a wider audience.

I have also conducted two Instagram takeovers with the President, Soo, since the last semi-annual report. It was a successful initiative to promote each positions, gather feedback, and interact with the students through the platform. As the Spring elections are approaching, we will be conducting another Instagram takeover from March 6th – 10th to inform people about the positions that we have yet to cover. I hope these takeovers will be a useful reference for the students to understand the roles of different positions in VUSAC and increase engagement.

Lastly, I have compiled this semi-annual report. My time on VUSAC as the Communications Coordinator was fulfilling and interesting, providing an opportunity to become more engaged with the Vic community. I am excited to see how the council can further develop themselves in order to better engage the students for various issues and purposes.