The University of Alberta Students' Union (UASU) is the student society that represents undergraduate students at the University of Alberta. Originally established in 1909, it is a non-profit corporation that operates under the authority of the Post-Secondary Learning Act (Alberta). Its membership consists of the roughly 31,000 undergraduate students enrolled at the university. With an annual budget of more than $10,000,000 and hundreds of paid and volunteer staff, the Students' Union serves as an advocate for students and provides a variety of services to its members. The Students' Union also operates a number of businesses, manages various targeted trust funds, hosts a wide variety of entertainment and educational events, and runs the Students' Union Building. Students' Council The Students' Council is the highest decision-making body of the UASU and is composed of a speaker, a general manager (both of whom are non-voting members), councillors elected from each faculty, 5 executive members and an undergraduate student representative to serve on the University's Board of Governors, all of whom are elected in an annual campus-wide general election every March. The breakdown of faculty councillors is as below: 2 from the Faculty of Agricultural, Life and Environmental Sciences 7 from the Faculty of Arts 1 from the Faculty of Augustana 2 from the Faculty of Business 3 from the Faculty of Education 5 from the Faculty of Engineering 1 from Faculte Saint-Jean 1 from the Faculty of Kinesiology, Sport & Recreation 1 from the Faculty of Law 1 from the Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry 1 from the Faculty of Native Studies 1 from the Faculty of Nursing 1 from the Faculty of Open Studies 1 from the Faculty of Pharmacy 7 from the Faculty of Science Representation Provincially, the Students' Union participates in the Council of Alberta University Students. The Students' Union was a founding member of the Canadian Alliance of Students Associations. While it took a brief hiatus on its membership, having pulled out in 2003, the Students' Union moved to rejoin CASA in March 2008. In the fall of 2016, the Students' Union expanded the U-Pass program to Fort Saskatchewan, Leduc and Spruce Grove. Services The Students' Union provides a number of services to assist students in their academic careers. These services include: Access Fund Campus Food Bank InfoLink Ombudservice Peer Support Centre Safewalk Student Job Registry The Students' Union also runs several businesses, which offer discounts to Students' Union