SOCIETIES

JOIN OR START A SOCIETY TODAY!

JOIN OR START A SOCIETY TODAY!

How to start a society with the CBUSU?

The CBUSU encourages any interested individuals to start a society and we’re here to help you along the way!

Societies must fill out the application form and other documents each year for the CBUSU. If you are a member of a society, be sure to check with your executives that you are registered with us!

APPLICATION FORMS

Click HERE for the Society Application Form

Click HERE for the Junior Society Application Form

To view our 2023-2024 Society Handbook, click HERE

After filling out the application form, please complete the following documents and send them to: su_societies@cbu.ca

How CBUSU Can Support Societies:

  • Funding (pending approval)

  • Administrative support

  • Event planning support

  • Social media support

What are societies?

Societies at university are a diverse collection of groups ranging from recreational sports teams to hobby organizations to academic, political, and cultural associations.

What are the benefits of joining a society?

Joining a society provides an excellent opportunity to explore your interests, develop strong relationships with like-minded students, and most importantly have fun! They are also great extracurricular activities to help build your connections and resume for the future.

Frequently Asked Questions

  • The Students’ Union hosts a society fair each semester that gives students the chance to learn more about societies, meet the members, and sign up!

    You can also contact our Society Coordinator anytime at su_societies@cbu.ca for more information on who to contact for each different society.

  • Yes, all societies are eligible to receive funding from the Students’ Union. Funding is allocated based on how active societies have been in the past, how they have utilized their funding before, and what their plans are for the upcoming year.

  • While some societies already have their own designated rooms available, there are several locations on campus where societies can gather for meetings.

  • If you want to set up a table in the cafeteria or book rooms in the CBU Students’ Union building (Dingwall Boardroom and Executive Boardroom), you can reach out to our front desk staff at su_administration@cbu.ca or phone 902-563-1192

    To book other rooms on CBU Campus (including the Pit Lounge), please reach out to the Society Coordinator at su_societies@cbu.ca.

Current Societies

Activity Society

President: Hannah Lewis cbu22cfrr@cbu.ca Vice President: Kristina Denny cbuy21fnw@cbu.ca Treasurer: Andi Heffernan cbu17hdd@cbu.ca Secretary: Tayler Stevens cbu23bmkp@cbu.ca

African Caribbean Society

President: Senate Letsie cbu19sqx@cbu.ca

Vice President: Sophia C Mordi cbu21bwf@cbu.ca

Communication Officer: Harcourt Holbert cbu19kgt@cbu.ca

Event/Secretary Planner: Laura Molokwu cbu20lyh@cbu.ca

Treasurer: Jean Luc Mucowintore cbu21sck@cbu.ca

Bachelor of Engineering Society

President: Monil Varghese cbu22bvlt@cbu.ca

Vice President: Mary Lawal cbu20gtc@cbu.ca

Biology Society cbubiosociety@gmail.com

President: Sophia Butler Doucette cbu19sdd@cbu.ca

Vice President: Lauren Usher  cbu19jdm@cbu.ca

Treasurer: Lenayah Ryan cbu19kdh@cbu.ca

Secretary: Courtney Trask cbu19jws@cbu.ca

Communication Coordinator: Julie Anne Francois cbu19jck@cbu.ca

City of David Society

Co Coordinator: Onadapo Onayemi cbu21ncp@cbu.ca

Co Coordinator: Mololorun Oladotun cbu21zpn@cbu.ca

Events Coordinator: Priya Luthra cbu22bvqb@cbu.ca

Executive: Othanite Momoh cbu19mxt@cbu.ca

Executive: Ruth Uwantege cbu21bfch@cbu.ca

Execcutive: Olalade Adetunji cbu20gpz@cbu.ca

Chemistry Society cbuchemistrysociety@cbu.ca

Co president: Brandon MacDonald cbu19hxm@cbu.ca

Co president: Ava Graham cbu21fql@cbu.ca

VP: Alyssa Burke cbu21jpk@cbu.ca

Secretary: Jamey Toney Gagne cbu21gpx@cbu.ca

Social Media Coordinator: Angela Amati cbu21flw@cbu.ca

Treasurer: Crewe MacDonald cbu20kbp@cbu.ca

Vice Treasurer: Danielle Sweeney cbu21fzd@cbu.ca

Logistics Coordinator: Lauren MacDougall cbu22bhcb@cbu.ca

Christian Fellowship Society

President: Griffin Bartlett cbu19jdd@cbu.ca

Vice President: Campbell Kelly cbu17hjs@cbu.ca

Secretary/Treasurer: Cara Chiasson cbu19mhh@cbu.ca

Meeting Coordinator: Ola Okundaye CBU21BFN@cbu.ca

Coding Society

President: Elizabeth Morneau cbu21bcld@cbu.ca

Vice President: Mehul Shah cbu213bghl@cbu.ca

Creative Arts Society

Secretary: Sarah Munro cbu22bgqc@cbu.ca

Treasurer: Kinnon Pitcher cbu21ffn@cbu.ca

SM Coordinator: Kacie Timmerman cbu22bgsf@cbu.ca

CSR Business Society

President: Akshat Srivastava cbu22dbng@cbu.ca

Treasurer: Akansh Arora cbu21gct@cbu.ca

Marketing Coordinator: Raj Vignesh Kannan cbu22bzlg@cbu.ca

Marketing: Arnav Bagga cbu22bbyt@cbu.ca

Social Media: Xiaoshan Zhang cbu23bfsn@cbu.ca

Education Society

Secondary President: Jessica Kelly Cbu19tbp@cbu.ca

Co Officer Secondary: Kassie Mackinnon cbu23bhqj@cbu.ca

Co Officer Secondary: Ronnie Macdonald cbu17bdk@cbu.ca

Elementary President: Tara Howie cbu21kdr@cbu.ca

Co Officer Elementary: Kennedy White cbu18zqw@cbu.ca

Co Officer Elementary: Ashley Clute cbu17nxs@cbu.ca

Enactus

President: Kanoli Gindaba cbu22cszw@cbu.ca

Vice President: Ayush Choudhary cbu21bmfm@cbu.ca

Marketing Representative: Karanvir Singh  cbu22bqng@cbu.ca

VP Finance: Mohan Singh cbu22cqvl@cbu.ca

Coordinator: Favour Akinbowale cbu22ckmk@cbu.ca

Secretary: Aswathy Madhusudanan Nair cbu22ccvz@cbu.ca

Engineering Society

President: Larissa Lemoine cbu22bhbh@cbu.ca

VP External: Carter McNeil cbu22bhdw@cbu.ca

VP Internal: Marcus Lawless cbu22bhbd@cbu.ca

VP Finance: Matthew Urquhart-MacNeil cbu22bhjf@cbu.ca

VP Events: Harish Rajendran cbu22cgkh@cbu.ca

Geology Society

President: Mary Rachael Bennett cbu16ghq@cbu.ca

Vice President: Denise McSpadden cbu19vhp@cbu.ca

Treasurer: Robbie Hussey cbu21fdb@cbu.ca

Secretary: Jess MacIssac cbu21ftd@cbu.ca

Communications Coordinator: Anklesh Swaroop cbu21bcyh@cbu.ca

Muslim Student Association

President: Omar Abu Shullaih cbu19drf@cbu.ca

Vice President: Mohammed Musab Khan cbu21zhd@cbu.ca

Vice President: Olamide Khadijah Akintola cbu20fnr@cbu.ca

Exec of Public Relations: Idrish Jodhpurwalla cbu22bpnv@cbu.ca

VPFO: Huzaifa Ahmed cbu22brjb@cbu.ca

Islamic Advisor: Fayhan Malik cbu21bfcx@cbu.ca

Gen Sec: Aqib Shinaan cbu21bdyc@cbu.ca

Music (Musica) Society

President: Fred Eduam cbu21mcl@cbu.ca

Vice President: Hafeez Badiru cbu22bnrm@cbu.ca

Nigerian Students Society

President: Olumide Omokoya cbu21dhk@cbu.ca

Vice President: Adeola Idowu cbu21wxl@cbu.ca

General Secretary: Umohuwa Elizabeth cbu21bcym@cbu.ca

Welfare Coordinator: Sheila Madukwe cbu21fhx@cbu.ca

PRO: Onadapo Onayemi cbu21ncp@cbu.ca

Event Coordinator: Ezioma Iwuh cbu21qzz@cbu.ca

Social Media Coordinator: Damilare Aderinboye cbu21plm@cbu.ca

Nepalese Society

Chair: Barsha Rajbhandari cbu22bbfy@cbu.ca

Vice Chair: Prajwol Shrestha cbu21qkf@cbu.ca

Secretary: Nischal Parajuli cbu22cmbb@cbu.ca

Memb. 1: Elish Singh Maharjan cbu22brtk@cbu.ca

Memb. 2: Mamata Adhikari Bhandari cbu22cxnj@cbu.ca

Memb. 3: Aswina Thapa cbu22cvxx@cbu.ca

Nursing Society nursingsociety@cbu.ca

President: Sarah Lavery cbu18mwq@cbu.ca

Vice President: Mia McCormick cbu21jyh@cbu.ca

Secretary: Hillary Tobin cbu22bdhg@cbu.ca

Treasurer: Christena Allen Simec cbu21kyj@cbu.ca

Nutrition Society

President: Tejashwini Maganur cbu22bwml@cbu.ca

Vice President: Leah Jackson cbu20bjb@cbu.ca

Secretary: Aayushi Manoharkumar Thakkar cbu22cffm@cbu.ca

Treasurer: Kismet Hartlen CBU21MJZ@cbu.ca

Peace Quest

President: Bhreagh McKinnon cbu17knd@cbu.ca

Vice President: Kassandra Jabalee cbu13dsc@cbu.ca

Pre Med Society cbupremed@gmail.com

President: Cole Marsh cbu19jct@cbu.ca

Vice President: Shann Cox cbu19jrg@cbu.ca

Treasurer: Pratham Jhamb cbu22cwyw@cbu.ca

Secretary: Gianna Sheppard cbu22blhj@cbu.ca

Communications Officer: Jennifer cbu22bhrx@cbu.ca

Psychology Society cbusupsycsociety@gmail.com

President: Ainsley Pelley cbu19hxt@cbu.ca

Vice President: Amanda Poirier cbu19hhp@cbu.ca

Communications Officer: Abby Billard

Student Liasion Officer: Laura Molokwu

Psychology Ambassador Coordinator: Julia Bach

Mental Health Certificate Representative: Michaela Ryan

Research Methods Certificate Representative: Maddie Storm

Public Health Society cbupublichealth@gmail.com

President: Rause-Lynn McDonald cbu19nbd@cbu.ca

Vice Co President: Aswathy Kallingal cbu21lkl@cbu.ca

Vice Co President: Nayana Thankum Binu cbu20grd@cbu.ca

Rep: Evan Burrell cbu22ctpb@cbu.ca

Secretary: Anjal Shivappa cbu21xtm@cbu.ca

Social Media Manager: Ashin Wilfy cbu21qgk@cbu.ca

Graduating Representative: Anupa Mary Aji cbu21klv@cbu.ca

Society of Petroleum Engineering

President: Dip Kumar Ramesh Bhai Chaudhari cbu21xsq@cbu.ca

VP: Janak Patel cbu21bcqf@cbu.ca

Treasurer: Ashish Bangar cbu21tjj@cbu.ca

Secretary: Clementine Masliwa  cbu22cccc@cbu.ca

Social Work Society

President: Brooke Collicutt cbu18twh@cbu.ca

Vice President: Emily Oickle cbu21hvn@cbu.ca

Secretary: Kassandra Jabalee cbu13dsc@cbu.ca

Treasurer: Emma Jerrott cbu12ccd@cbu.ca

Indigenous Advisor: Kinsey Francis cbu18hwm@cbu.ca

Theatre Society

President: Sarah Munro cbu22bgqc@cbu.ca

VP: Logan MacDonald cbu19fzv@cbu.ca

Yoga Society

President: Tejashwini Maganur cbu22bwml@cbu.ca

Secretary: Nidhi Behl cbu21tms@cbu.ca

Treasurer: Ayush Choudhary cbu22bmfm@cbu.ca

Creative Lead: Versha Tewari cbu21sjj@cbu.ca

2023-2024 Societies

Previous Societies

2022-2023 Societies

African Caribbean Society

BHTM Society

Biology Society

Capers Bhangra Crew (CBC)

Chemistry Society

Christian Fellowship

Coders Society

Creative Arts Society

Creative Writing Society

Enactus Cape Breton University

Engineering Society

Environmental Society

Euphoria Society

Historical Society

2021-2022 Societies

Knitsy - Craft Society

Math Society

Neurodivergent Society

Nursing Society

Psychology Society

Public Health Society

Rotaract

Secondary Education Society

Society of Electronic & Dance Music

The Analytics Society of CBU (TASC)

The Society of Petroleum Engineers: CBU Chapter

Theatre Society

VCIC

Women in Engineering

Since 2003 we have had a total of over 60 different societies

CBU AHS Society

CBU Business Society

Canadian Nursing Students Ass. (CNSA) Society

CBU Children’s Wish Foundation Society

CBU Communication Society

CBU Community Studies Society

CBU Debating Society

CBU English Students’ Society

CBU Global Brigades Society

CBU History Society

CBU International Nursing Society

CBU Mature Students Society

CBU Mixed Martial Arts Society

CBU NDP Society

CBU Petroleum Engineers Society

CBU Running Society

CBU Save the Children Society

CBU Women’s Leadership Society

Aboriginal Business Society

Capers Hockey Society

CBU Art Gallery Society

CBU Chess Society

CBU French Society

CBU Gaelic Society

CBU Gaming Society

CBU Green Team Society

CBU Hockey Society

CBU Orange Army Society

CBU Ryu Karate Society

CBU Sociology Society

CBU Track & Field Society