Annual General Meeting & Retreat
WESST Annual Genearal Meeting & Retreat is a four-day conference held in October. It is typically held in a camp setting, amongst the serenity of woods and water bodies.
Typically, more than 70 student leaders from the eleven engineering universities in Western Canada attend this event which encourages collaboration on topics such as student issues, leadership development, and future engineering student governance. Event activities include the WESST Annual General Meeting, leadership development and organization management sessions, and team-building exercises. This all fosters further inspiration to improve student governance, resulting in more competent and socially aware engineers. Furthermore, it provides an informal networking system that can develop bonds between schools, mentorship opportunities, and exposure to various companies.
For more information about WESST AGM Retreat, please contact the Chair at: agmr@wesst.ca.
Historical Locations
Bids are made at the preceding AGM Retreat.
Year
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
Host School
The Wesst Exec
University of Victoria
WESST (Virtual Conference)
WESST (Virtual Conference)
University of Manitoba
University of Yukon
University of Victoria
University of Manitoba
University of Regina
University of British Columbia — Vancouver
University of Victoria
University of Calgary
University of Saskatchewan
University of Alberta
Simon Fraser University — Burnaby
University of Northern British Columbia
University of British Columbia — Vancouver
University of Victoria
Location
Camp Arnes in Manitoba
Cowichan Lake Centre
Zoom
Zoom
Manitoba Ukrainian Camp
Silver Lake Camp, Peachland
Camp Jubilee
Manitoba Ukrainian Camp
Camp Lutherland, Pasqua Lake
Camp Latona, Gambier Island
Camp Latona, Gambier Island
Camp Kasota, Sylvan Lake
Green Grove Camp, Wakaw Lake
Camp Wohelo, Pigeon Lake
Camp Howdy, Belcarra
Camp Morice, Fort St. James
Camp Summit, Squamish
Camp Narnia, Shawnigan Lake
Dates
October 6-9
October 7-10
October 16-17
November 28-29
October 11-14
October 5-8
October 6-9
October 6-9
October 1–4
October 16–19
October 17–20
October 18–21
October 6–9
October 21–24
October 22–25
October 23–26
Winners of the WESST Olympics
Each year at our AGM we hold the WESST Olympics which pits each member society against each other in fun team building games. We select a winning society based on their energy, enthusiasm and sportsmanship and the winners are responsible for taking care of the WESST mascot (a concrete donkey named Debbie WESST) for the coming year.
Year
2023
2022
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
Winning School
University of Saskatchewan
University of Manitoba
University of Victoria and Simon Fraser University - Burnaby and Surrey
University of Regina
University of Calgary and
University of Northern British Columbia
University of Alberta
University of Manitoba
University of Manitoba
University of Manitoba
Head Delegate
Adam Webster
Aayush Vij
Maha Adnan
Josh Mitchell-Dueck
Ben Cram
William Andryo