Wynter’s Current Favourite Album:

folklore by Taylor Swift

Wynter Sutchy (she/her)

Honours Biology (Physiology Research Specialization) IV | vpacademic@macsci.ca

About Me

Hi MacSci! My name is Wynter and I am thrilled to be your VP Academic for the 2024-2025 academic year! This year will be my third year on the MSS and the second year as the VP Academic and I am thrilled to continue ensuring your academic success in the Faculty of Science. I hope to continue fostering a welcoming and encouraging academic atmosphere for you to be in a place where you feel supported and are able to fulfill your academic potential. I am excited to work with an amazing team with both new and familiar faces, and to carry over initiatives from last year into this year! Feel free to say hi if you see me around campus - you can certainly find me wherever there is coffee and usually studying in the Health Sciences Library!

Goals

1. Increase academic policy awareness, specifically the MSAF policy, to better support students when struggling academically and feeling overwhelmed.

2. Continue to promote EDII practices through our mentorship and tutoring programs to ensure all students are equally accommodated and can use these services without any limitations.

3. Facilitate student-faculty transparency to ensure students feel heard and that their academic concerns are being recognized by the Associate Dean's office.

Projects

1. Finish collecting and summarizing all data from the Science Census and publish a data report to present to the Faculty of Science and the MSS.

2. Expand tutoring services to include upper-year courses that are common to students in the Faculty of Science and work in collaboration with program societies to run them.

3. Increase matching criteria for mentees and mentors for our first-year mentorship program to better match first-year students with mentors who share similar personal identifications.

Reasons to Contact Me

1. You would like to raise an issue/inquire about academic policies in the Faculty of Science.

2. Are interested in becoming a mentor to provide advice to students in the Faculty and/or are interested in being a mentee to receive advice to guide you along your academic journey from experienced students and/or alumni in the Faculty of Science.

3. Are interested in signing up to receive tutoring from students in the tutoring program who are skilled and trained MSS tutors.