The President oversees the day-to-day operations and governance of the MSVUSU. The president represents students on the MSVU Board of Governors and Senate and meets regularly with University administrators. They also oversee the MSVUSU strategic plan, ongoing projects, service revisions, legal obligations and contracts. They also represent students at the Canadian Federation of Students and in provincial and federal lobbying. 

The Vice President of Communications is responsible for, and not limited to, the MSVUSU communications, marketing & public relations, which includes developing and strategizing student communications, digital communications, social media management, media & university relations and upkeeping of governing documents. Additionally, they play a vital role in fostering internal relations, enhancing employee engagement, and facilitating the society ratification process within the Students' Union.

​The Vice President Student Life develops intentional programming and collaborations between student support units to build community and ensure students have events that are engaging and promote healthy student life. They produce the Student Union events for Fall, and Winter orientations, and collaborate with the Orientation and Student Experience Committees to elevate student voices. They also oversee all society event approval and funding requests. 

The Vice President of Advocacy and Undergraduate Student Affairs is responsible for 1:1 and collective advocacy on behalf of the student body, including on undergraduate academic matters and other matters. They oversee staff in the Pride Center, including providing support and guidance on service revisions and maintaining service standards. They are also the undergraduate Advocate under the Academic Appeals Support Program (AAPS) and the sole manager of the Naloxone distribution program, maintaining its primary site and all its satellite sites. They also represent students at the Canadian Federation of Students and in provincial and federal lobbying. 

The Vice President Research and Graduate Student Affairs works with Graduate Students to provide programming and services that meet the needs of graduate students and research students. They advocate for graduate students through their work chairing the Graduate Students' Committee, and their seat on the University Senate's Graduate Studies Program and Policy Committee. They support student union functions by supporting research initiatives and surveying, and support research students in their supervisor/supervise relationships. They act as an advisor to the Executive Committee and Students's Representative Council, and provides oversite into internal affairs. They also represent students at the Canadian Federation of Students, National Graduate Caucus, and in provincial and federal lobbying.

Advocating for students in residence

Eligibility: any MSVUSU member who shall be living in residence during their term may run for Residence Representative

Concerned with supporting Bachelor of Science students

Eligibility: any MSVUSU member enrolled in the Faculty of Science as defined in the most recent MSVU Academic Calendar

Advocating for transfer students​

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Eligibility: any MSVUSU member who has previously been enrolled at another post- secondary institution may run

Concerned with gender advocacy

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Eligibility: any MSVUSU member who self-identifies as a person with an equity-denied gender may run

Concerned with 2SLGBTQIA+ advocacy

Eligibility: any MSVUSU member who identifies as part of the 2SLGBTQIA+ community may run

Concerned with supporting Bachelor of Arts students

Eligibility: any MSVUSU member enrolled in the Faculty of Arts as defined in the most recent MSVU Academic Calendar

Advocating for BIPOC students

Eligibility: any MSVUSU member who identifies as Black, Indigenous or a Person of Colour (BIPOC) may run

Concerned with adequate resource allocation to meet students’ needs and developing administrative policy to protect student interest.

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Eligibility: Any MSVUSU member may run

Concerned with supporting Bachelor of Education students

Eligibility: any MSVUSU member enrolled in the Faculty of Education as defined in the most recent MSVU Academic Calendar may run

The Accessibility Representative at MSVUSU is an elected Member, concerned with accessibility advocacy 

Advocating for Indigenous students

Eligibility: any MSVUSU member who identifies as Indigenous may run

Advocating for international student

Eligibility: any MSVUSU member from the International Student Community, who is not a Canadian citizen and does not have landed immigrant status, may run

Advocating for mature students

Eligibility: any MSVUSU member who is 25 years or older may run

Concerned with supporting students enrolled in Professional Studies programs

Eligibility: any MSVUSU member enrolled in the Faculty of Professional Studies as defined in the most recent MSVU Academic Calendar may run