BCB Student Union UofT

Is the stress of school already creeping up? You are not alone! Come to our virtual happy hours from 5-6:30 pm this Thursday, Jan 27, where you can relax for a while and meet some new people 🥳

Join our discord (Zoom link will be posted here): https://discord.gg/YAdyqbUA

☃️✨☃️✨☃️✨COME STUDY WITH US✨☃️✨☃️✨☃️

Hi BCBers,

Are you feeling ready for exams?! Don't worry if you're not, the BCBSU is here to help!

Join us for a study session to meet like-minded people and make studying more fun 🥳

❄️TIME: 7:00 - 9:00 PM, Tuesday, December 14, 2021
❄️ZOOM LINK: https://utoronto.zoom.us/j/89627677209

***VOTING FOR 2021-2022 VICE-PRESIDENT IS NOW OPEN***

Hey everyone! The election for the 2021-2022 BCBSU Vice President position is officially open. Elections will be open starting today, Oct 23rd and will close at the end of the day on Monday, Oct 25th.

VOTE HERE:

BCBSU 2021 By-election ballot Please use a valid UofT email address

🔸🔸🔸The Same Degree, Same Fee campaign is back!🔹🔹🔹

Come share your opinions and experience on how tuition policy has affected you, whatever program you are in at the University of Toronto.

RSVP here and get your voice heard:
https://forms.gle/ucSEeG6XSQ8LSz6R7

Hey BCB students - hope your school year has been off to a good start! The BCBSU is excited to announce our Vice President by-election for the 2021-2022 school year.

The nomination will be open from today, Tuesday, October 5, 2021 until Sunday, October 10, 2021 at 11:59 pm. Please see the following for position responsibilities:
Assume duties of the President in their absence;
Assist the President in administrative matters;
Oversee the various committees;
Supervise and monitor implementation of Presidential directives.
APPLY HERE: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSctZ3BPfgsoX14axmncw7j17YyK5-V83Lv3DwCKNNR6LZ8lZQ/viewform

As a reminder, you are an eligible applicant if you are a student enrolled in the BCB program or enrolled in at least 1 required course for the BCB program.

To prove your eligibility, please provide either your unofficial UofT transcript to show that you have enrolled in one of the required courses of the BCB program (we only need to see your name and the course code in the same document), or a screenshot of the programs page on ACORN to show that you have enrolled in the BCB program (we only need to see your name and program name in the same picture).

The above proof of eligibility should be sent to our Chief Returning Officer, Kairen Chen ([email protected]), who will be presiding over this election. Please contact him if you have any questions.

BCBSU 2021 election nomination form Please note that, the response to all 5 question will be shared with the voters. (except ID/Tcard) CRO's contact info(email address): [email protected]

📣Election results are in!📣

It's the moment you've been waiting for! We're excited to announce the BCBSU executive team for the 2021-2022 school year!

Congratulations to the following candidates for a successful election:

President: Cindy Fang
Treasurer: Annabella Bregazzi
Social Director: Kara Han

Two candidates tied for Vice President this election: Erik Ensminger and Nayeon Hyun. Since our Events Director position also remains vacant, we will be holding by-elections to break the tie between Erik and Nayeon and to fill the events director seat. Keep your eyes out for by-election information in the near future!

Thank you to everyone who ran and everyone who voted! We can't wait to see what this new BCBSU brings us!

🗳VOTING FOR 2021-2022 EXECS IS NOW OPEN🗳

Hey BCBers! The election for the 2021-2022 BCBSU Execs is officially open! Elections will be open starting May 12th and will close at the end of the day on May 19th.

Please vote in the form below for next year's BCBSU Execs!!!

VOTE HERE: https://forms.gle/LMTVX1rW6zop76oX8

Hope you're as excited as we are to see who the new execs are 👀👀👀👀

BCBSU 2021 Exec election ballot Dear voters, Welcome to the election ballot of the 2021-2022 executive election for the Bioinformatics and Computational Biology Student Union (BCBSU). The positions are as follows: President (1) Vice-President (1) Treasurer (1) Social Director (1) Event Director (1) Please note that there are only....

🚨DEADLINES EXTENDED🚨
Almost missed out on applying? Never fear! Nomination deadlines have been extended! See below for more information!

Hello BCB Students - hope your exams went well! The BCBSU is very excited to bring you the 2021-2022 academic year executive election! We are looking for passionate and dedicated individuals who will take the initiatives to promote the growth of the BCB student body as well as the BCBSU throughout the year.
* Nomination Period: April 24 - M̶a̶y̶ ̶1̶ May 9 *
* Voting Period: M̶a̶y̶ ̶3̶ ̶-̶ ̶M̶a̶y̶ ̶5̶. May 12-19***
The positions are as follows:
President (1)
Vice-President (1)
Treasurer (1)
Social Director (1)
Event Director (1)
The descriptions for each position can be found here:
https://docs.google.com/.../1BYpQ9AixA6c5A6PN7Stl.../edit...
Applications can be found here:
https://forms.gle/T77gGHsf72oHmjqh6

We note that all of the positions are available to full-time students enrolled in the BCBSU program or enrolled in at least 1 required course for the BCB program (which can be found in https://fas.calendar.utoronto.ca/bioinformatics-and-computational-biology-specialist-science-program-asspe1868...) in the current and next academic year.
If you have any questions or concerns, please don't hesitate to email us at [email protected] or message us through our page!
We look forward to having you join us for an exciting year 🙂

BCBSU Exec Election Application Dear applicants, Welcome to the 2021-2022 executive election for the Bioinformatics and Computational Biology Student Union (BCBSU). We are looking for passionate and dedicated individuals who will take the initiatives to promote the growth of the BCB student body as well as the BCBSU during the 202...

Hello BCB Students - hope your exams went well! The BCBSU is very excited to bring you the 2021-2022 academic year executive election! We are looking for passionate and dedicated individuals who will take the initiatives to promote the growth of the BCB student body as well as the BCBSU throughout the year.
* Nomination Period: April 24 - May 1 *
* Voting Period: May 3 - May 5***

The positions are as follows:
President (1)
Vice-President (1)
Treasurer (1)
Social Director (1)
Event Director (1)

The descriptions for each position can be found here:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1BYpQ9AixA6c5A6PN7StlvWRixMfIwSwihBx4ufe6Ow0/edit?usp=sharing

Applications can be found here:
https://forms.gle/T77gGHsf72oHmjqh6

We note that all of the positions are available to full-time students enrolled in the BCBSU program or enrolled in at least 1 required course for the BCB program (which can be found in https://fas.calendar.utoronto.ca/section/Cell-and-Systems-Biology) in the current and next academic year.

If you have any questions or concerns, please don't hesitate to email us at [email protected] or message us through our page!

We look forward to having you join us for an exciting year 🙂

BCBSU Exec Election Application Dear applicants, Welcome to the 2021-2022 executive election for the Bioinformatics and Computational Biology Student Union (BCBSU). We are looking for passionate and dedicated individuals who will take the initiatives to promote the growth of the BCB student body as well as the BCBSU during the 202...

Have you heard? BioHacks is back! Despite BioHacks 2020 being cancelled due to COVID, the BCBSU is excited to present BioHacks 2021! This year, our theme is Technology in a Pandemic World.

Beyond just hacking, we will also have workshops from bioinformatics experts, faculty judges, and a talk from a grad student currently involved in bioinformatics research!

Application: https://forms.gle/hB98VzwB8sYnZVMk8
Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/977895489410068/

🚨Hey BCBers! We've got a cool resource for you!🚨

The BCBSU gets a lot of questions from you all about the Bioinformatics and Computational Biology Specialist at U of T. As we approach the ArtSci program application period, we decided to take some of the most commonly asked questions and create a guidebook about the program.

Introducing: "A Guide to the Bioinformatics and Computational Biology Program"!

In this guidebook, you'll find tips for success in the courses required for admission to the program from professors, advice for obtaining research opportunities, and more! We hope that this guidebook will serve you well as you go through your university career!

If you have any other questions that were not addressed in this guidebook, feel free to ask us!

We'd like to thank all the professors, upper-year students, and alumni who took the time to share their words of wisdom for this guidebook.

Here it is:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1FVsglPaef2I_bmF1A4xYlZnIu8WqaKCF/view?usp=sharing

Best of luck on any upcoming midterms!

BCBSU_Guidebook_.pdf