Council
The following people are SACS executive members for 2022-2023
Co-President
Blanche Boucher
Blanche is a U2 Cognitive Science student in the Psych stream. Her favourite class in the program has been PSYC215: "the material was super applicable to everyday life which I thought was so interesting"!
Fun fact: I lived in Southeast Asia for 13 years
Email: president.sacs@gmail.com
Co-President
Sophie Smith
Sophie is a U3 Cognitive Science student streaming in Psychology with a minor in philosophy. Throughout her degree, she has really enjoyed PHIL 221: "PHIL 221 with Ian Gold for a super good overview of cognitive science or PSYC 302 with Jeff Mogil for a really in depth understanding of pain (this is so important!!)"
Fun fact: I have been kicked out of 2 bars for kicking people in the head!
Email: president.sacs@gmail.com
VP Academic
Charlene Yin
Charlene is a U2 student. Her streams are Neuro/Psych and she is minoring in computer science. Her favourite class at McGill so far has been PSYC304!
Fun fact: I've recently developed a coffee addiction :)
Email:
academic.sacs.mcgill@gmail.com
VP Communications
Kristina Billias
Kristina is a U2 Cognitive Science student majoring in the neuroscience and minoring in Literature. Her favourite class in the program so far has been NSCI 201! "Honestly it's pretty brutal while you're in it, but the material is really interesting and sooooo applicable to future classes!"
Fun fact: I've danced in the parade through Magic Kingdom at Disney!
Email:
communications.sacs@gmail.com
VP External
Olivia Hill
Olivia is a U2 Cognitive Science student in the Neuroscience stream with a minor in Sociology. Her favourite course has been PSYC 213, "Prof. Sheldon is the best! the material is super interesting and lays a foundation for so many other classes!"
Fun fact: I have a twin!
Email:
sacs.external@gmail.com
VP Internal
Shayla Hellsten
Shayla is a U2 Cognitive Science student in the Neuroscience stream with a minor in Sociology. Her favourite class so far has been ANAT 321 with Ragsdale…even though I'm only 3 weeks in...
Fun fact : I was on the news courtesy of Shawn Mendes
Email:
internal.sacs@gmail.com
VP Finance
Stefan Vujicic
Stefan is a U2 Cognitive Science student in the Neuroscience with a minor in Economics; his favorite CogSci class so far has been PSYC 311, "The professors are very engaging and enthusiastic about the material.""
Fun fact: I used to live in Australia
Email:
finance.sacs@gmail.com
Secretary
Etienne Barou
Etienne is a U3 student in the Computer Science stream with a Psychology minor. His favourite class so far has been PSYC 211.
Fun fact: I have climbed Mount Fuji!
Email:
secretary.sacs@gmail.com
Science Representative
Max Tweedale
Max is a U2 Cognitive Science student in the neuroscience stream with a minor in Psychology minor. His favourite class so far has been COMP 204!
Fun fact: I'm terrified of bees
Email:
science1sacs@gmail.com
Science Representative
Emma Vrignaud
Emma is a U3 Cognitive Science student in the Neuroscience stream with a Philosophy minor. Her favourite class so far has been PHIL 311 (philosophy of mathematics): "I'm taking it right now and professor Schlimm is amazing!"
Fun fact : I only started liking sushi this year!
Email:
science1sacs@gmail.com
Arts Representative
Garance Barnoin
Garance is a U3 Cognitive Science student with a concentration in Neuroscience and minor in Economics. Her favorite course was PHIL 210! "loved Dirk Schlimm, such a good class that gives you an introduction to logic (would advise taking it with LING 260)"
Fun fact: I made it on the @mcgillprocrastination account
Email:
artsrep.sacs@gmail.com
Arts Representative
Samantha Wing
Samantha is a U3 Cognitive Science student with a concentration in Psychology and minor in Environment. Her favorite courses were RELG 270 and NSCI 300: "both discuss some really interesting topics! Great classes to cultivate writing skills and explore some central cogsci ideas from different perspectives!"
Fun fact: I grew up with pet chickens
Email:
artsrep.sacs@gmail.com
Graduating Representative
Renee Withnell
Renee is a U3 Cognitive Science Student in the Neuroscience stream with a minor concentration in Interdisciplinary Life Sciences. Her favourite CogSci class so far was PSYC 211 or RELG 254 - "the profs were both incredible and the material really sparked my interest in mental health and wellness"
Fun fact : I'm in a family band
Email:
cogsci.grad@gmail.com
First Year Representative
Ben Hartwick
Ben is a U1.5 student in the Neuroscience/Psychology stream of the Cognitive Science program with a minor in Computer Science. His favourite class so far has been LING 201 since the content is unique and I found it super interesting!
Fun fact: I don't know what a neuron is
Email:
U1rep.sacs@gmail.com
Webmaster
Alexander Lu
Alex is a U3 student in the Computer Science stream with a minor in Linguistics. His favourite class so far has been PHIL 201 Intro to Philosophy- "even online, Prof. Magal made it very engaging with weekly conferences to just talk about a variety of readings from different eras and cultures! Was really fun and great intro to studying philosophy"
Fun fact: I've gotten severe frostbite in the middle of summer once. It was 25C and up fyi...
Email:
cogscimcgill@gmail.com