About Us
We, the Bethune College Council dedicate ourselves to the Bethune community in the provision of social and academic programs and services while ensuring we maintain a strong and representative voice within York University. BCC strives to enrich the lives of the Bethune student body through social and academic events. Additionally, the council will continue to guide and assist all affiliated clubs and organizations. ● The BCC recognizes and celebrates those values exhibited by the college's namesake, Dr. Norman Bethune, and strives to, at all times, protect the interests of the community in fulfilling its mandate. ● The BCC recognizes and celebrates the fact that it represents and serves a rich and diverse community and attempts to promote further harmony within this diversity. ● The BCC recognizes and celebrates that while it may be the primary voice of the community, that it must proactively interact with, and take suitable direction from, other community bodies such as the Bethune College Fellows, Alumni, staff, faculty, and students of the college. ● The BCC recognizes and celebrates a long history and relationship with the Head's Office of Bethune College. It further recognizes the service and guidance that has been provided to the BCC by the Head's Office. The BCC will strive at all times to further this relationship, ensuring equal representation of all community members on the council. BCC acknowledges our presence on the traditional territory of many Indigenous Nations. The area known as Tkaronto has been care taken by the Anishinabek Nation, the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, the Huron-Wendat, and the Métis Nation. It continues to be home to many Indigenous Peoples. We acknowledge the current treaty holders, the Mississaugas of the Credit River. This territory is subject of the “Dish With One Spoon Wampum Belt Covenant”,an agreement to peaceably share and care for the Great Lakes region.
