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!
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
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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.
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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.
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While some societies already have their own designated rooms available, there are several locations on campus where societies can gather for meetings.
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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: Jay Yogesh Mistri cbu22bpxf@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