I am very pleased to report that Sigma Chi is getting stronger in Canada!
On November 20, the Lambda Theta Chapter at the University of Ottawa will be installed as the 10th Canadian Sigma Chi Chapter. I know you join me in offering our congratulationsand warm welcome to our new brothers. Special thanks must go to the dedicated group of Ottawa Area alumni led by Andrew Shoom-Kirsch who supported the development of the new chapter. Our new Lambda Theta brothers are a great addition to our order and proudly put our nation’s capital on the Sigma Chi map.
This expansion is part of a resurgence of Sigma Chi in general. With the addition of Ottawa, we now have 237 Chapters with 10 more colonies in the pipeline. This year our initiated brother membership will reach 300,000 and our undergraduate membership will reach 15,000 which is a new high water mark.
Sigma Chi is the largest fraternity in Canada. Internationally, Sigma Chi is number two in most categories. By total initiates Sigma Chi is second to SAE, by number of chapters we are second to Kappa Sig and by undergrad members we are third behind Sig Ep and then Kappa Sig.
Thanks to the loyal support of the alumni brothers listed in this newsletter as donors and as volunteers, the Canadian Foundation is able to continue to pursue our mission to strengthen Sigma Chi in Canada.
In the past year, we provided support to brothers attending the Balfour Leadership Training Workshop, awarded three Graham Scholarships, supported several local scholarships and provided some financial support for several housing improvements. We also hosted a Canadian Housing Summit attended by delegates from all nine chapters to discuss issues relevant to our Canadian chapters and to share best practices.
Other ongoing initiatives include hosting a website (www.sigmachi.ca), launching a new Canadian Sig Facebook site (accessible via link on our website), maintaining a national member contact database, working with local chapters to reconnect with our lost brothers, encouraging academic excellence through the Fierheller Chapter GPA Award and providing support for local fundraising efforts. We have also sponsored the attendance of several Canadian brothers to the Horizon Program which is a premier leadership program for our future undergraduate leaders.
If you would like to learn more about our operations, more information including our audited financial statements is available on our website.
If you are not receiving Sigma Chi communications by email, please send your current email address to info@sigmachi.ca and we will add you to our distribution list to share Sig information on a timelier basis.
I encourage you to reach out to your home chapter and your local alumni chapter to reconnect with your Sigma Chi brothers. Please remember that brotherhood never graduates.
Your support is very much appreciated and needed!
In Hoc,
Tim Sanderson, SCCF Chairman
