Ignite Change: Propose your Impactful Ideas with OPIRG's New Initiatives Committee!

OPIRG’s mission is to incubate student-led and student-directed social impact projects.

Do you want to make positive change on campus or in the community? Please fill out this form if you have an idea and the enthusiasm to address an environmental or social justice issue (or you want to take on a project that OPIRG has advertised!). Come chat with the OPIRG New Initiatives Committee: group of student volunteers and community members that will connect you with OPIRG resources!

You will notice that there are only four required short answers. If you do not have a fleshed out answer for the questions, the Committee members will help you fill them out! Any questions, comments, or concerns, feel free to reach out to chair@opirgmcmaster.org. After completing this form, you will be prompted to book an appointment!

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For the 2023-24 academic year, OPIRG is supporting these groups that you can volunteer for, please contact the groups below:

McMaster Students for Bike Share: macstudentsforbikeshare@gmail.com (Application Form) 

The group's ask was for McMaster students receive Bike Share accounts for the 2024-25 academic year.

Stop Sprawl Students: Shania (organizer): shania.rm26@gmail.com

The group's ask is that City of Hamilton becomes more sustainable by building upwards, providing more affordable housing, and developing better public transit. 

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Name (First and Last): *
McMaster Email: *
Program: *
Level: *
What environmental or social justice issue are you looking to address? What is the change or demand that you want to make?

Criteria
1. The initiative must have a clear connection to a pressing environmental or social justice issue.
2. An initiative with an impactful demand will be preferred to awareness campaigns. While we do support educational campaigns, OPIRG would prefer to support projects with concrete demands, actions and results. 
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How would McMaster community members* be impacted if the change happened or your demand was met?

Criteria
1. An initiative that is focused on campus will likely be preferred to an initiative in Hamilton and preferred to a provincial, national or international initiative.
2. An initiative must positively impact a current undergraduate McMaster student through:
      a. The outcome of the project OR
      b. Learning a new skill within the process of project

*By McMaster community members, this could be applied to high school students looking to apply to McMaster, undergraduate, graduate and/or recent graduate students with the main goal of helping the undergraduate community
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How is the project student-led? Are you affiliated with any organizations (i.e religious institutions, nonprofits, etc.)?

Criteria
1. OPIRG prefers to support projects that are not taking direction and/or have funding from external established organizations.
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What supports would you need to make your idea a reality?

Current supports:
1. OPIRG Media Team
2. Access to Volunteers
3. Equipments i.e mics
4. Room bookings
5. Admin support
6. Funding

OPIRG is happy to make new supports available for your group!
How much time are you willing to commit to your initiative a week (rough estimate)? If there are other leaders, how many hours a week do you think they will commit each week?

Criteria
1. OPIRG will be your team mates until you have a team ready to take on your chosen issue, but we require a commitment from the leadership to carry out the initiative!
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Have you signed up for an appointment with the New Initiative Committee? 

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How did you find out about this application?
Are you using this form to re-apply to OPIRG? *
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