STUDENT SUPPORT PORTFOLIO
VP STUDENT SUPPORT
KARSHANA SUTHAKARAN
My portfolio aims to provide science students with the right education, skills, motivation, and social support to adopt and maintain healthy behaviors during their time in university. We hope to better support the needs of science students, and promote a community of equity, diversity and wellness.
I have 2 amazing commissioners who help me carry out the Student Support vision. Our Wellness Commissioner’s role is to address the physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual health of science students through Wellness Wednesday programming, running the Western Perspective Project, and other wellness initiatives.
Our International Outreach Commissioner has spearheaded events that address common issues that international students face, and that foster a community between international and domestic students. We have also created an International Science Connections program, which provides leadership opportunities for upper year international science students to support incoming international students with their transition into Western.
