Representation Executive Council
The Representation Executive Council (REC) is your student voice and, under the direction of the Student Governing Board, they represent the interests of MRU students externally to the University and to the government.
Representatives are selected by the Student Governing Board, elected by their peers (who are members of the Students’ Association of Mount Royal University), and hired as full-time representatives for a year.
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Contact your Representation Executive Council
Email at:
representation@samru.ca
SAMRU’s Representation Executive Council (REC)
The four students who form SAMRU’s Representation Executive Council work to advance the representation priorities approved by the Student Governing Board (the group of elected students responsible for governing the Students’ Association). REC is responsible for SAMRU’s student representation on committees and dealing with things such as tuition and academic policies, government lobbying, and external relations.
Learn more about the REC positions:
REC President
REC Vice-President Academic
REC Vice-President External
REC Vice-President Student Affairs
REC advocacy positions
For over a hundred years students have organized to effectively serve and represent the needs of their student community.
There were student leaders when Mount Royal was a high school, when it was a college, and to this day where it stands as an undergraduate university. With such a long history, it is important that students are aware of the positions that their student leaders are advocating on their behalf. As such, the REC developed a document outlining position statements to help inform MRU students of the work they undertake on their behalf.
To learn more about the Representation Executive Council's positions on various issues, please click on the button below.
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Tala Abu Hayyaneh
REC PresidentRead Bio
Meekena Erkin
REC VP AcademicRead Bio
Mariana Mejia Salazar
REC VP ExternalRead Bio
Anita Surujbally
REC VP Student AffairsRead Bio
2025 Pre-Budget Submissions of Students' Union and Graduate Students' Association
As the provincial government prepares its budget for the 2025 calendar year, REC and other student representatives across the city have prepared a number of recommendations as a pre-budget recommendation. From reinstating the Summer Temporary Employment Program to expanding Alberta Student Grant eligibility to include undergraduate students, your elected representatives have been actively crunching the numbers to make the best recommendations for students across the province as the pre-budget submissions come to a close.
We’re proud to announce REC’s Budget Proposals in collaboration with the University of Calgary Students’ Union and the Graduate Students’ Association of U of C. You can check out the full joint housing and budget submission here.
2025 Pre-Budget Submissions
