SAMU Executive Committee Profiles: Vice President Student Life
Welcome to The Griff’s coverage of the 2026 SAMU executive committee elections. These profiles aim to present balanced views based on candidate responses, all to help you make an informed decision when casting your vote. And if you’re not currently a MacEwan student, we hope this coverage offers you a window into what’s happening in student politics at the heart of our downtown Edmonton campus. Elizabeth Russell Photo supplied by Elizabeth Russell. Elizabeth Russell is heavily involved with student life at MacEwan. Currently, she serves on the students’ council while maintaining executive roles in the Student Commerce Club and the Economics Club. Throughout her time on the council, she has looked up to the executive committee and the...
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SAMU Executive Committee Profiles: Vice President Academic
Welcome to The Griff’s coverage of the 2026 SAMU executive committee elections. These profiles aim to present balanced views based on candidate responses, all to help you make an informed...
SAMU Executive Committee Profiles: President
Welcome to The Griff’s coverage of the 2026 SAMU executive committee elections. These profiles aim to present balanced views based on candidate responses, all to help you make an informed...
MacEwan Pride Week 2026 marks the nine year-anniversary of official campus Pride
Photos from the Edmonton Pride Parade on August 23, 2025. Amanda Erickson/The Griff. MacEwan’s first official Pride Week took place in 2017. This year’s Pride week marks the ninth anniversary of...
The revitalization of downtown: Who is it really for?
Illustration by Hayden Carkner/The Griff How students benefit from a revitalized downtown For most Edmontonians, waking up to a text asking if they want tickets to tonight’s Oilers game would be...
Grocery prices, supermarket monopolies, Carney’s plan, and going broke together
An aisle in Safeway promoting sales on snacks and chips. Amanda Erickson/The Griff “Fortunately, Prime Minister Carney has a plan, but is it even any good? Probably not, because it's the...
Where community walks: ballroom in Edmonton
Omree Old Navy at YEG Ballroom’s Black History & Futures Community Ki. Brooklyn Brown/The Griff Leaders and members of YEG Ballroom speak about the importance of ballroom’s history and...
Beating the networking scaries with MacEwan’s Business Student Conference
JW Marriott in the Edmonton Ice District. Amanda Erickson/The Griff. The MacEwan school of business hosted its annual conference on Jan. 23. Instead of bundling up to rush to class on one of the...
Why are we reporting on separation at all?
The idea would never have gained this much traction without its media coverage. Alberta separatists are the newest right-wing hot topic in the province, despite the severe lack of logic behind...
What is the SAMU executive committee?
The roles and responsibilities of our elected student representatives. Election season for the SAMU executive committee (EC) is coming up again in March. Students are heavily encouraged to vote...
The Neon Sign Museum: Viewing Edmonton’s history through a new light
Georgia Baths in the 1980s, Photo provided by the city of Edmonton How the infamous museum displays how Edmonton’s downtown culture came to be. Bright neon signs that once hung in front of...
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