Constitution

The Executive Team (2020/21) is bound by the Constitution of the SFU Students of Caribbean and African Ancestry. The Executive is held accountable for the overarching functions of SOCA while the volunteers keep us effectively running.

Constitution: PDF
SOCA Manual: PDF

Former PRESIDENT - Tim Maruti (REMOVED AS AT MARCH 12, 2021)

* Did not serve the full term as President due to removal by membership for not fulfilling President duties and roles.
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Name: Tim Maruti
Programme of Study: Science
Country of Birth or Descent: Kenya
Hobbies: Learning new skills. Trading financial assets. Fitness training and Krav Maga. Playing video games
Favourite Food(s): Fruits
Favourite Phrase(s): How...?
Philosophy: When you take charge of extending the diameter of your thinking, your circumference of knowledge will grow in turn

Meeting minutes for Removal: 3. Meeting Minutes - March 12, 2021 - SFU SOCA - Google Docs

vice president AND ACTING PRESIDENT -  ​Monique Leslie

Name: Monique Leslie
Position on the Exec: Vice-President and Acting President
Programme of Study: Communication
Country of Birth or Descent: Jamaica
Hobbies: Reading, eating and spending time with friends
Favourite Food(s): Curried goat and rice
Favourite Phrase(s): “Mi nuh know ya”
Philosophy: “We are each other's harvest; we are each other's business; we are each other's magnitude and bond” -Gwendolyn Brooks

ACTING secretary - Mubarak Adebowale

Name: Mubarak Adebowale
Position on the Exec: Secretary
Programme of Study: Interactive Arts and Technology Bsc
Country of Birth or Descent: Nigeria
Hobbies: Football, FIFA, swimming
Favourite Food(s): Spaghetti and Jollof Rice
Favourite Phrase(s): I can’t come and kill myself
Philosophy: Benjamin Franklin Quotes An investment in knowledge pays the best interest.

Exec At Large (ELECTED)  - Mohamed Lofty Conde

Name: Mohamed Lofty Conde
Position: Exec at Large
Programme of Study: Political Science
Country of Birth or Descent: Guinée
Hobbies: Cooking
Favourite Food(s): Anything that taste good and is edible
Favourite Phrase(s): You live and you learn
Philosophy: Your views and ideology are a reflection of your reality not a fact.
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External Relations officer - Karugi Gathumbi 

Name: Karugi Gathumbi
Programme of Study: Communications
Country of Birth or Descent: Kenya
Hobbies: Cooking, Writing, Hiking (sometimes), Jamming/discovering new music
Favourite Food(s): Plantain, Chapati, Pilau
Favourite Phrase(s): If you can think it, you can do it. -Dionne Warwick
Philosophy: I believe in the Ubuntu philosophy that believes that your sense of self is shaped by your relationships with other people. Ubuntu believes that 'I am because you are.'

Internal Relations officer - Ogheneofegor (FEGOR) Obuwoma

Name: Ogheneofegor(Fegor) Obuwoma 
Position on the Exec: Internal Relations Officer
Programme of Study: Film Production
Country of Birth or Descent: Nigeria
Hobbies: Reading, Writing, Watching
Favourite Food(s): Owo Soup and Starch
Favourite Phrase(s): 1)Healing is a constant rocking backward and forward, forgive yourself the backward motion 2) We wouldn't fade into Darkness 3)You are not a Before
​Philosophy: We are honestly insignificant in the grand scheme of things why not make the world a bit better during our short existence.

Treasurer - Juanita Julius

Name: Juanita Julius
Position on the Exec: Treasurer
Programme of Study: Health sciences
Country of Birth or Descent: Tanzania
Hobbies: Reading, dining out and music
Favourite Food(s): Hard to narrow it down
Favourite Phrase(s):  No pain no gain
​Philosophy: Nothing will work unless you do

events coordinator -Hassan Abdullahi

* Did not serve the full term due to resignation
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Name: Hassan Abdullahi
Position on the Exec: Events coordinator 
Programme of Study: Communications and IAT & Publishing (Minor)
Country of Birth or Descent: Nigeria
Hobbies: Music, Reading books (inspirational or self improvement), Basketball, Soccer, Designing, Movies & TV Shows, Anime
Favourite Food(s): Jollof rice & chicken (Nigerian Delicacy)
Favourite Phrase(s): Rest at the end, not the middle, Everything I do references something that influenced me
Philosophy: Nobody Else But You - Purple Lightning Motto

First year rep (EXEC AT LARGE)  - Fagbenro Oyindamola

Name: Fagbenro Oyindamola
Position on the Exec:  First Year Rep
​Programme of Study: 
Country of birth or descent:
Hobbies:
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FIC REP (Exec At Large) - Farah Messan

Name: Farah Messan
Position on the Exec: FIC Rep
​Programme of Study: Health Sciences
Country of birth or descent: Canada
Hobbies: Reading, writing
Favourite food(s): Rice, pasta
Favourite phrase(s): why do tomorrow what you can do today
Philosophy: there is a light at the end of a tunnel

GRAD REP (EXEC AT LARGE) - Hadeikaye Williams

Name: Hadeikaye Williams
Position on the Exec: Grad Rep
​Programme of Study: PhD Education Technology & Learning Design
Country of birth or descent: Jamaica
Hobbies: Badminton, Swimming, Traveling
Favourite food(s): Fish (grill/escovitch), plantains & breadfruit
Favourite phrase(s): This is your life. Do what you love and do it often.
Philosophy: Live your dream and share your passion.

EXEC AT LARGE (APPOINTED) - Denise Somuah-Asamoah

Name: Denise Somuah-Asamoah
Position on the Exec: Exec At Large (Appointed)
​Programme of Study: Biomedical Physiology
Country of birth or descent: Ghana
Hobbies: Reading, Cooking
Favourite food(s): Banku with anything (Ghanaian), Pasta!
Favourite phrase(s): "The sun will rise, and we will try again."
Philosophy: Leave the world a little better than you found it.