The Fair Trade Committee reports to the Sustainability Coordinating Committee. This committee was responsible for acquiring Brock University’s designation as a Fair trade Campus, and is responsible for the continued monitoring of the standards of the Fair Trade Campus designation.
The Committee also sets goals for further expansion of Fair Trade offerings on campus as well as education and initiatives to raise awareness about where Fairtrade products are available on campus, and the benefits of Fair Trade.
What is fair trade?
Fair trade is a market-based system that uses informed consumer support to influence international trade and business practices toward greater social and environmental sustainability. As a response to conventional trade systems, which have very often contributed to poverty and poor working conditions within developing countries, fair trade aims to build an alternative approach based on mutually beneficial relationships between producers and consumers.
Brock was officially named Fair Trade Campus of the Year in 2015!
Who is on the Committee?
Tom Saint-Ivany
Associate Vice President, Facilities Management
Iain Glass
Director of Hospitality and Food Services
Heather Hill
BUSU Retail Manager
June Corman
Professor, Sociology
Anneka Bosse
Student Representative (Former Co-President of Brock Fair Trade)
Brandon Vrysen
Supervisor, Student Justice Centre
Em Heppler
Promotions & Public Relations Coordinator, OPIRG-Brock
Istafa Sufi
President, Brock ECO Club
