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- "body": "[{\"id\": \"587507e4-7dba-4a69-9e80-761089dbf25a\", \"type\": \"paragraph\", \"value\": \"<p>The <strong>Bioengineering Undergraduate Student Society\\n(BUSS)</strong> is a student organization which serves to represent all\\nundergraduate students in the <a href=\\\"Engineering_Undergraduate_Society#Departmental_Societies\\\">Department</a> of Bioengineering at\\nMcGill University. BUSS is dedicated to providing academic and social\\nopportunities to inspire, entertain, and guide its members through their\\nundergraduate degree.</p>\\n<h2 id=\\\"history\\\">History</h2>\\n<p>After the official formation of McGill's Undergraduate Department of\\nBioengineering in the 2016-2017 academic year, the first cohort of\\nbioengineering undergraduate students collaborated with McGill's\\nChemical Engineering Student Society (ChESS) to integrate their\\ndepartment within the Engineering Undergraduate Society (EUS). BUSS was\\nformally established in January 2017, after a unanimous vote by the EUS\\nCouncil to recognize BUSS as an official student society under the EUS.\\nThe first ever BUSS Executive Committee was elected in February\\n2017. Bioengineering won E-Week for the first time ever in 2025! BUSS got a lounge in Summer of 2026.</p>\\n<h2 id=\\\"events\\\">Events</h2>\\n<h3 id=\\\"social_events\\\">Social Events</h3>\\n<figure>\\n<embed alt=\\\"Undergraduate_Students.jpg\\\" embedtype=\\\"image\\\" format=\\\"fullwidth\\\" id=\\\"845\\\">\\n<figcaption>The first cohort of bioengineering undergraduate\\nstudents in front of McGill's Wong Building in the Fall of 2016.</figcaption>\\n</figure>\\n<h4 id=\\\"potluck\\\">Potluck/Picnic</h4>\\n<p>At the start of every academic year, BUSS organizes a potluck as a\\nway for returning students to catch up with peers and for incoming\\nstudents to meet new friends. In recent years, this has shifted to a Picnic x Picnik event, with a picnic in Jeanne Mannce Park and a night at Piknic Electronik.</p>\\n<h4 id=\\\"buss_blues\\\">BUSS Blues</h4>\\n<p><a href=\\\"Blues_Pub\\\">Blues Pub</a>,\\nthe Engineering student pub is hosted by a different society every week\\nto fundraise. Twice a year, BUSS hosts the event, and was the winner of\\nBlues Pub of the year in 2017-2018.</p>\\n<h4 id=\\\"buss_clothing_sale\\\">BUSS Clothing Sale</h4>\\n<p>Once in the fall and once in the winter, BUSS organizes a clothing\\nsale for Bioengineering students to represent their department. The\\ncatalogues are usually made available early in the semester and clothing\\nusually arrives about a month later. As clothing is sold at cost, this\\nis an affordable way to show school spirit!</p>\\n<h4 id=\\\"buss_banquets\\\">BUSS Banquets</h4>\\n<p>At the end of the Fall & Winter semesters, BUSS organizes a\\nbanquet at a local Montr\\u00e9al restaurant which is followed by an\\nafter-party with all the other Engineering <a href=\\\"Departmental_societies\\\">departments.</a> A couple of profs are invited and\\nattend, as well as departmental staff. Banquet is one of the only\\nsemi-formal events, making it a great event for taking photos. The\\nWinter banquet, usually in April, turns into a gala where awards\\nrecognizing spirit and various accomplishments are handed out.</p>\\n<h4 id=\\\"year_bonding_events\\\">Year Bonding Events</h4>\\n<p>Each U-Rep will host various bonding events each semester\\nspecifically for students in their given year. This is a great\\nopportunity for students to get to know each other in their year and to\\nde-stress from schoolwork. Such events include Board Game Nights, Wings\\nNights, DIY Sundaes and more!</p>\\n<h4 id=\\\"mental_wellness_events\\\">Mental Wellness Events</h4>\\n<p>The Equity & Mental Health Representative often will host various\\nevents to help bioengineering relax during exam periods. These events\\naim to promote positive mental health and give a chance for students to\\ntake a break and de-stress.</p>\\n<h3 id=\\\"professional_academic_events\\\">Professional & Academic\\nEvents</h3>\\n<h4 id=\\\"buss_ride\\\">BUSS Ride</h4>\\n<p>BUSS Ride is the name of our very own industry tour. The first ever\\nBUSS Ride took place January 2019 in Toronto, where students toured a\\nbiomedical technology company, attended a conference on innovation and\\ninvention in surgery, and had the opportunity to explore the city. The\\nfollowing edition took place in January 2020 in Quebec City. BUSS Ride finally returned for its third edition January 19th-21st,\\n2023, in Toronto, and again in Toronto in 2024 and 2025! Fall 2025 marked the first Fall BUSS Ride in Ottawa as well. Most recently, BUSS Ride 2026 happened in Toronto with visits at the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Deep Genomics, Klick Health, and Navident.</p>\\n<h4 id=\\\"bioengage\\\">BioEngage</h4>\\n<p>Initially starting off as a speed-network event, BioEngage has turned\\ninto a month-long event involving various presentations, workshops, lab\\n& company tours and fairs to get students involved in bioengineering\\nand discover future career options. Since COVID, Bioengage has largely halted unfortunately.</p>\\n<h4 id=\\\"research_seminars_lab_tours\\\">Research Seminars & Lab\\nTours</h4>\\n<p>Working in conjunction with the Bioengineering Department and the\\ngraduate Biological & Biomedical Engineering Department, various\\nresearch seminars occur during the year to highlight work being done by\\nthe professors in their laboratories. Professors will\\npresent their research in a given seminar which helps expose students to\\nthe various applications of bioengineering and allows them to have a\\nfirst-hand look a future in academia. Lab tours are also featured and\\nallow students to visit potential graduate school and SURE placements.\\nThis is also a great time to conversate with professors!</p>\\n<h4 id=\\\"academic_forum\\\">Academic Forum</h4>\\n<p>Held once a semester, the <a href=\\\"Academic_Forum\\\">Academic Forum</a> allows students to communicate\\nany academic questions and concerns directly to the department. This is\\na great time to express any challenges you may be having with a course.\\nThe department chair, head of undergraduate curriculum and BUSS Council\\nmembers will all be in attendance for this event.</p>\\n<h3 id=\\\"multi_department_events\\\">Multi-department Events</h3>\\n<h4 id=\\\"apartment_crawls\\\">Apartment Crawls</h4>\\n<p>Usually in conjunction with other small engineering departments such\\nas <a href=\\\"Chemical_Engineering_Students'_Society\\\">ChESS</a> and <a href=\\\"Materials_Engineering_Undergraduate_Society\\\">MEUS</a>, BUSS hosts apartment crawls, where teams of\\naround 10 people go around the Milton-Parc community, stopping at\\nvarious apartments for food and drink.</p>\\n<h2 id=\\\"initiatives\\\">Initiatives</h2>\\n<h3 id=\\\"buss_bulletin\\\">BUSS Bulletin/BUSS Stop!</h3>\\n<p>Every week, the VP Communications creates a newsletter highlighting\\nupcoming BUSS & EUS events, as well any other opportunities that may\\nbe of interest to Bioengineering students. At the end of the newsletter\\nis the very special BUSSie of the Week! This weekly segment features a\\nbioengineering student with a little blurb to get to know people within\\nthe department! If you're not already receiving the newsletters, you can\\ncontact the VP Communications (buss.vpcomm@mcgilleus.ca) to\\nsubscribe!</p>\\n<h3 id=\\\"buddy_program\\\">Buddy Program</h3>\\n<p>The goal of the BUSS Buddy Program is to connect incoming students\\nwith a current Bioengineering student to provide advice and act as a\\nmentor. This is a great way for new students to feel comfortable at\\nMcGill and ask any questions and receive guidance from an older\\nstudent!</p>\\n<h3 id=\\\"lounge_hunting\\\">The Inaugural Buss Lounge</h3>\\n<p>As of Summer 2026, after the long efforts of previous BUSS Presidents, BUSS was able to secure a lounge! Our lounge is now open by code access to any bioengineering students, and kept open by execs 9-5 Monday through Friday! Come swing by at McConnell 214, the BUSS Lounge, on Floor Two of the McConnell Engineering Building! Waffle Thursday is hosted every Thursday morning, so come by and get some waffles then as well!</p>\\n<h2 id=\\\"executive_council\\\">Executive Council</h2>\\n\"}, {\"id\": \"666aac59-f060-48e5-8ada-57e140561339\", \"type\": \"tabs_section\", \"value\": {\"tabs\": [{\"type\": \"item\", \"id\": \"7097c011-2244-4966-9c8b-d8cd6fd22d31\", \"value\": {\"title\": \"Current\", \"content\": \"<table><caption>2026-2027 Council</caption><thead><tr><th>Position:</th><th>Name:</th><th>Email:</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>President</td><td>Lucas Elliott</td><td>buss.president@mcgilleus.ca</td></tr><tr><td>VP Internal</td><td>Jamie Neufeld</td><td>buss.vpinternal@mcgilleus.ca</td></tr><tr><td>VP External</td><td>Audrey Cheng</td><td>buss.vpexternal@mcgilleus.ca</td></tr><tr><td>VP Academic</td><td>Ocean Burland</td><td>buss.vpacademic@mcgilleus.ca</td></tr><tr><td>VP Finance</td><td>Ethan Levene</td><td>buss.vpfinance@mcgilleus.ca</td></tr><tr><td>VP Administration & Engagement</td><td>Charlie 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Guo</td><td>equity.bio@mcgilleus.ca</td></tr></tbody></table>\"}}, {\"type\": \"item\", \"id\": \"452441ca-b11b-4ca2-b740-491a8a3f5c78\", \"value\": {\"title\": \"2017-2018\", \"content\": \"<table style=\\\"font-size: 14.8px;\\\"><caption>2017-2018 Council</caption><thead><tr><th>Position:</th><th>Name:</th><th>Email:</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>President</td><td>Niloufar Seraj</td><td>buss.president@mcgilleus.ca</td></tr><tr><td>VP Finance</td><td>Patrick O'Neil</td><td>buss.vpfinance@mcgilleus.ca</td></tr><tr><td>VP Internal</td><td>Maya Kenton</td><td>buss.vpinternal@mcgilleus.ca</td></tr><tr><td>VP External</td><td>Domenico Lopez</td><td>buss.vpexternal@mcgilleus.ca</td></tr><tr><td>VP Academic</td><td>Michael Phelan</td><td>buss.vpacademic@mcgilleus.ca</td></tr><tr><td>VP Administration & Engagement</td><td>Itai Wine</td><td>buss.vpae@mcgilleus.ca</td></tr><tr><td>VP Communications</td><td>Adam Melnyk</td><td>buss.vpcomm@mcgilleus.ca</td></tr><tr><td>U0 Representative</td><td>Griffin Copp</td><td>buss.u0rep@mcgilleus.ca</td></tr><tr><td>U1 Representative</td><td>Hope Juliette Kelly</td><td>buss.u1rep@mcgilleus.ca</td></tr><tr><td>U2 Representative</td><td>Ella Reifsnyder</td><td>buss.u2rep@mcgilleus.ca</td></tr><tr><td>U3 Representative</td><td>n/a</td><td>buss.u3rep@mcgilleus.ca</td></tr><tr><td>U4 Representative</td><td>n/a</td><td>buss.u4rep@mcgilleus.ca</td></tr><tr><td>Equity & Mental Health Representative</td><td>n/a</td><td>equity.bio@mcgilleus.ca</td></tr></tbody></table>\"}}]}}, {\"id\": \"9a829bc5-e125-4f7e-9efb-c6ff29a3a884\", \"type\": \"paragraph\", \"value\": \"<p>All BUSS Council positions are elected in the Winter Semester of the\\n previous academic year, excluding the U0 and U1 Representatives which\\n are selected by <a href=\\\"Selection_Committee_Policy\\\">Selection Committee</a> in September.</p>\\n <h2 id=\\\"committees\\\">Committees</h2>\\n <h3 id=\\\"buss_first_year_committee_fyc\\\">BUSS First-Year Committee\\n (FYC)</h3>\\n <p>Chaired by the Vice-President Administration & Engagement, the\\n First-Year Committee is a group U0 and U1 students that work together to\\n host events and create initiatives specifically for first-years. FYC\\n often hosts two events per semester and work together to create a strong\\n and welcoming community for newly admitted students! This is a great way\\n for first-year students to become involved.</p>\\n <h3 id=\\\"academic_committee\\\">Academic Committee</h3>\\n <p>Chaired by the Vice-President Academic, the Academic Committee\\n consists of students from all years that work to bridge the gap between\\n students and the department. Their main goal is to communicate with\\n bioengineering professors and administration, giving them feedback and\\n suggestions for courses. They also help to resolve any academic issues\\n students may have with courses. The Academic Committee also works to\\n promote the research occurring within bioengineering labs. They often\\n will host various workshops and seminars that help expose students to\\n the great work being done in academia and industry!</p>\\n <h3 id=\\\"external_committee\\\">External Committee</h3>\\n <p>Chaired by the Vice-President External, the External Committee\\n consists of students from all years that work to help connect fellow\\n students with the Bioengineering industry. From planning networking\\n events and industry tours, to organizing speaker panels and industry\\n workshops, the External Committee helps promote industry exposure to\\n Bioengineering students in the department.</p>\\n <h2 id=\\\"buss_feedback_form\\\">BUSS Feedback Form</h2>\\n <p>Get in touch with BUSS! If you would like to contact any of the Execs\\n or leave us some feedback/new ideas (anonymously or not!) feel free to\\n let us know on the <a href=\\\"https://forms.gle/kLKSRRf9xcEtk4278\\\">BUSS\\n Contact/Feedback Form</a>!</p>\\n <p>Societies </p>\"}]",
+ "body": "[{\"id\": \"587507e4-7dba-4a69-9e80-761089dbf25a\", \"type\": \"paragraph\", \"value\": \"<p>The <strong>Bioengineering Undergraduate Student Society\\n(BUSS)</strong> is a student organization which serves to represent all\\nundergraduate students in the <a href=\\\"Engineering_Undergraduate_Society#Departmental_Societies\\\">Department</a> of Bioengineering at\\nMcGill University. BUSS is dedicated to providing academic and social\\nopportunities to inspire, entertain, and guide its members through their\\nundergraduate degree.</p>\\n<h2 id=\\\"history\\\">History</h2>\\n<p>After the official formation of McGill's Undergraduate Department of\\nBioengineering in the 2016-2017 academic year, the first cohort of\\nbioengineering undergraduate students collaborated with McGill's\\nChemical Engineering Student Society (ChESS) to integrate their\\ndepartment within the Engineering Undergraduate Society (EUS). BUSS was\\nformally established in January 2017, after a unanimous vote by the EUS\\nCouncil to recognize BUSS as an official student society under the EUS.\\nThe first ever BUSS Executive Committee was elected in February\\n2017. Bioengineering won E-Week for the first time ever in 2025! BUSS got a lounge in Summer of 2026.</p>\\n<h2 id=\\\"events\\\">Events</h2>\\n<h3 id=\\\"social_events\\\">Social Events</h3>\\n<figure>\\n<embed alt=\\\"Undergraduate_Students.jpg\\\" embedtype=\\\"image\\\" format=\\\"fullwidth\\\" id=\\\"845\\\">\\n<figcaption>The first cohort of bioengineering undergraduate\\nstudents in front of McGill's Wong Building in the Fall of 2016.</figcaption>\\n</figure>\\n<h4 id=\\\"potluck\\\">Potluck/Picnic</h4>\\n<p>At the start of every academic year, BUSS organizes a potluck as a\\nway for returning students to catch up with peers and for incoming\\nstudents to meet new friends. In recent years, this has shifted to a Picnic x Picnik event, with a picnic in Jeanne Mannce Park and a night at Piknic Electronik.</p>\\n<h4 id=\\\"buss_blues\\\">BUSS Blues</h4>\\n<p><a href=\\\"Blues_Pub\\\">Blues Pub</a>,\\nthe Engineering student pub is hosted by a different society every week\\nto fundraise. Twice a year, BUSS hosts the event, and was the winner of\\nBlues Pub of the year in 2017-2018.</p>\\n<h4 id=\\\"buss_clothing_sale\\\">BUSS Clothing Sale</h4>\\n<p>Once in the fall and once in the winter, BUSS organizes a clothing\\nsale for Bioengineering students to represent their department. The\\ncatalogues are usually made available early in the semester and clothing\\nusually arrives about a month later. As clothing is sold at cost, this\\nis an affordable way to show school spirit!</p>\\n<h4 id=\\\"buss_banquets\\\">BUSS Banquets</h4>\\n<p>At the end of the Fall & Winter semesters, BUSS organizes a\\nbanquet at a local Montr\\u00e9al restaurant which is followed by an\\nafter-party with all the other Engineering <a href=\\\"Departmental_societies\\\">departments.</a> A couple of profs are invited and\\nattend, as well as departmental staff. Banquet is one of the only\\nsemi-formal events, making it a great event for taking photos. The\\nWinter banquet, usually in April, turns into a gala where awards\\nrecognizing spirit and various accomplishments are handed out.</p>\\n<h4 id=\\\"year_bonding_events\\\">Year Bonding Events</h4>\\n<p>Each U-Rep will host various bonding events each semester\\nspecifically for students in their given year. This is a great\\nopportunity for students to get to know each other in their year and to\\nde-stress from schoolwork. Such events include Board Game Nights, Wings\\nNights, DIY Sundaes and more!</p>\\n<h4 id=\\\"mental_wellness_events\\\">Mental Wellness Events</h4>\\n<p>The Equity & Mental Health Representative often will host various\\nevents to help bioengineering relax during exam periods. These events\\naim to promote positive mental health and give a chance for students to\\ntake a break and de-stress.</p>\\n<h3 id=\\\"professional_academic_events\\\">Professional & Academic\\nEvents</h3>\\n<h4 id=\\\"buss_ride\\\">BUSS Ride</h4>\\n<p>BUSS Ride is the name of our very own industry tour. The first ever\\nBUSS Ride took place January 2019 in Toronto, where students toured a\\nbiomedical technology company, attended a conference on innovation and\\ninvention in surgery, and had the opportunity to explore the city. The\\nfollowing edition took place in January 2020 in Quebec City. BUSS Ride finally returned for its third edition January 19th-21st,\\n2023, in Toronto, and again in Toronto in 2024 and 2025! Fall 2025 marked the first Fall BUSS Ride in Ottawa as well. Most recently, BUSS Ride 2026 happened in Toronto with visits at the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Deep Genomics, Klick Health, and Navident.</p>\\n<h4 id=\\\"bioengage\\\">BioEngage</h4>\\n<p>Initially starting off as a speed-network event, BioEngage has turned\\ninto a month-long event involving various presentations, workshops, lab\\n& company tours and fairs to get students involved in bioengineering\\nand discover future career options. Since COVID, Bioengage has largely halted unfortunately.</p>\\n<h4 id=\\\"research_seminars_lab_tours\\\">Research Seminars & Lab\\nTours</h4>\\n<p>Working in conjunction with the Bioengineering Department and the\\ngraduate Biological & Biomedical Engineering Department, various\\nresearch seminars occur during the year to highlight work being done by\\nthe professors in their laboratories. Professors will\\npresent their research in a given seminar which helps expose students to\\nthe various applications of bioengineering and allows them to have a\\nfirst-hand look a future in academia. Lab tours are also featured and\\nallow students to visit potential graduate school and SURE placements.\\nThis is also a great time to conversate with professors!</p>\\n<h4 id=\\\"academic_forum\\\">Academic Forum</h4>\\n<p>Held once a semester, the <a href=\\\"Academic_Forum\\\">Academic Forum</a> allows students to communicate\\nany academic questions and concerns directly to the department. This is\\na great time to express any challenges you may be having with a course.\\nThe department chair, head of undergraduate curriculum and BUSS Council\\nmembers will all be in attendance for this event.</p>\\n<h3 id=\\\"multi_department_events\\\">Multi-department Events</h3>\\n<h4 id=\\\"apartment_crawls\\\">Apartment Crawls</h4>\\n<p>Usually in conjunction with other small engineering departments such\\nas <a href=\\\"Chemical_Engineering_Students'_Society\\\">ChESS</a> and <a href=\\\"Materials_Engineering_Undergraduate_Society\\\">MEUS</a>, BUSS hosts apartment crawls, where teams of\\naround 10 people go around the Milton-Parc community, stopping at\\nvarious apartments for food and drink.</p>\\n<h2 id=\\\"initiatives\\\">Initiatives</h2>\\n<h3 id=\\\"buss_bulletin\\\">BUSS Bulletin/BUSS Stop!</h3>\\n<p>Every week, the VP Communications creates a newsletter highlighting\\nupcoming BUSS & EUS events, as well any other opportunities that may\\nbe of interest to Bioengineering students. At the end of the newsletter\\nis the very special BUSSie of the Week! This weekly segment features a\\nbioengineering student with a little blurb to get to know people within\\nthe department! If you're not already receiving the newsletters, you can\\ncontact the VP Communications (buss.vpcomm@mcgilleus.ca) to\\nsubscribe!</p>\\n<h3 id=\\\"buddy_program\\\">Buddy Program</h3>\\n<p>The goal of the BUSS Buddy Program is to connect incoming students\\nwith a current Bioengineering student to provide advice and act as a\\nmentor. This is a great way for new students to feel comfortable at\\nMcGill and ask any questions and receive guidance from an older\\nstudent!</p>\\n<h3 id=\\\"lounge_hunting\\\">The Inaugural Buss Lounge</h3>\\n<p>As of Summer 2026, after the long efforts of previous BUSS Presidents, BUSS was able to secure a lounge! Our lounge is now open by code access to any bioengineering students, and kept open by execs 9-5 Monday through Friday! Come swing by at McConnell 214, the BUSS Lounge, on Floor Two of the McConnell Engineering Building! Waffle Thursday is hosted every Thursday morning, so come by and get some waffles then as well!</p>\\n<h2 id=\\\"executive_council\\\">Executive Council</h2>\\n\"}, {\"id\": \"666aac59-f060-48e5-8ada-57e140561339\", \"type\": \"tabs_section\", \"value\": {\"tabs\": [{\"type\": \"item\", \"id\": \"74b11534-ef36-4a54-bfb3-f7b968cfc13e\", \"value\": {\"title\": \"Current\", \"content\": \"<table><caption>2026-2027 Council</caption><thead><tr><th>Position:</th><th>Name:</th><th>Email:</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>President</td><td>Lucas Elliott</td><td>buss.president@mcgilleus.ca</td></tr><tr><td>VP Internal</td><td>Jamie Neufeld</td><td>buss.vpinternal@mcgilleus.ca</td></tr><tr><td>VP External</td><td>Audrey Cheng</td><td>buss.vpexternal@mcgilleus.ca</td></tr><tr><td>VP Academic</td><td>Ocean Burland</td><td>buss.vpacademic@mcgilleus.ca</td></tr><tr><td>VP Finance</td><td>Ethan Levene</td><td>buss.vpfinance@mcgilleus.ca</td></tr><tr><td>VP Administration & Engagement</td><td>Charlie 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