Join to lead the campus resource centre dedicated to social and environmental justice
Regina Public Interest Research Group (RPIRG) Board is looking for dedicated and engaged new directors to fill vacancies on our Board. We are looking for 2 students who are passionate about social and environmental justice, interested in nonprofit governance, and want to help make our community a better place. The appointed director would serve a term no later than April 30, 2026, and then be eligible to run in the next election, if they still meet the candidate eligibility requirements. Our RPIRG Board of Directors is composed of 8 Student Members of RPIRG. It is the decision-making body of RPIRG, which makes all major decisions regarding finances, long-term goals, long-term viability of the organization, staffing, and applicable funding application approval – all using consensus-based decision-making principles. RPIRG Board members attend about 7-10 meetings during Fall and Winter semester, including serving on committees which report to the board on matters like staff relations, budgets, events, and funding, and help to run and promote RPIRG events.
ABOUT RPIRG
Regina Public Interest Research Group (RPIRG) is a student-run and student funded non-profit that works towards community-based research, education, action and awareness in the public interest. We are one of 7 levy fee student centres on campus. including University of Regina Students’ Union (URSU), the Women’s Centre, the Carillon Newspaper, Engineers Without Borders (EWB), World University Service Centre (WUSC) — the refugee student support centre, and UR Pride. RPIRG was founded in 2007 and exists to provide its members with the resources to be active citizens on the University of Regina campus and in the greater community. We provide resources and grants to fund community-based events, projects and research. We also manage many projects and events such as Green Patch and Orchard Garden & Dis-Orientation Week.