October 18-19, 2024
I would like to thank the following schools for attending SWCHSMUN this year: Abbey Park High School, Aden Bowman Collegiate, Applewood Heights Secondary School, Archbishop MacDonald Catholic High School, Bayview Glen School, Bowness High School, Centennial High School, Central Memorial High School, Charles Spencer High School, Dr. E.P. Scarlett High School, Grande Prairie Composite High School, Lowell High School, Nelson Mandela High School, Robert Thirsk High School, St. Francis High School, Stathcona-Tweedsmuir School, Webber Academy, Western Canada High School, Westmount Charter School, and Independent Delegates. I would like to personally thank all of the faculty advisors and Model UN coaches from these schools for being so organized at the beginning of the school year to send delegates to our conference. I'd also like to thank the Staff and Secretariat and congratulate them on a job well done! We hope to see you all again next year at SWCHSMUN!
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Here is the recording of the Closing Ceremonies for SWCHSMUN 2021:
In case you missed it, here's our Opening Ceremonies recording:
The SWCHSMUN schedule was posted under the TEACHERS tab, but just in case you missed it, here it is:
As our delegates know, SWCHSMUN 2021 will be completely online due to the current global pandemic. This means that our conference this year will fully take place on Zoom. Opening ceremonies, committee sessions, moderated caucuses, and unmoderated caucuses will all be on this platform. Please keep in mind that your chairs will go over many of these functions in more detail when the committee starts. Also be aware that all these tips are under the assumption that you are using Zoom on a laptop, which is what I recommend you do. Please also check out Best Delegate's Guide to Using Zoom.
Testing your equipment ahead of time We strongly suggest that delegates test their microphone, speakers, and camera ahead of time to ensure that they are working properly. You can check your technology by opening Zoom and clicking into the settings tab. Here, you can toggle to either “Video” or “Audio”, which allows you to test if your camera, microphone, and speakers are properly functioning. Muting/Unmuting, Starting/Stopping Video Other than when speaking, we require all delegates to keep themselves muted in order to eliminate any background noise. You can do this by clicking into the bottom left-hand corner of the zoom screen, where there is a microphone icon. Immediately to the left of the icon is a camera button, which allows you to turn on or off your camera (referred to as “Video” by Zoom). Please turn your cameras on during all committee sessions. Chat In place of notes this year, we will be using Slack. Please check out Slack Guide for SWCHSMUN here. Renaming Yourself Your chair will likely ask you to rename yourself to your country name. You can do this by clicking the three dots next to your video, and click "Rename". Raising your hand A big part of our conference this year relies on the Raise Hand function on Zoom. In place of raising placards to indicate that you would like to make a speech or motion, we ask you to digitally raise your hand. You can do this by clicking on the “Participants” icon, which is at the bottom next to the chat button. Once here, you will see the button to raise your hand. Click it once to raise your hand, and again in order to lower it. Please remember to lower your hand after you are picked, or the chairs have moved on. Switching Layouts You will have the option to switch the layout of how Zoom participants appear on your screen. You can do this by going to the top left-hand corner of your screen, where you can switch between “Speaker View” and “Gallery View”. Speaker View only shows the person who is talking at the moment, while Gallery View displays all delegates in the call. You can try both and decide which one you prefer. Viewing Screen-shared Material During most committee sessions, the chairs will be screen sharing. When someone is screen sharing, you will have the option to view the screen share side-by-side. We strongly encourage delegates to turn on side-by-side mode to view the chairs who are screen sharing. Side-by-side allows one side of the screen to display what is being screen shared, and the other side to continue displaying the regular Zoom interface. You can switch to side-by-side mode, if you aren’t automatically launched into side-by-side, by clicking the “View Options” dropdown menu on the green bar. The green bar is the one that says you are viewing someone’s screen. By toggling to side-by-side mode, you will be able to see as many different video feeds as possible. Still have questions? Visit the zoom troubleshooting site (https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/sections/200305593-Troubleshooting) to see if it is addressed there. We can’t wait to meet everyone TODAY at 2:45 P.M. (MDT)! For SWCHSMUN 2021, we will hosting our online committees on Zoom. Please check out this guide to Model UN on Zoom published by Best Delegate. One of Dais members, Joseph Liang has also created a guide to using Slack as well, and it can be downloaded from here. Slack will used by delegates for note passing in committee sessions. All of the working papers that delegates create will need to be shared with their committee staff over Google Drive. In each of the background guides, the Dais shared a Google Gmail account that delegates will be able to share their working papers with. The SWCHSMUN 2021 Google Registration Form will be shared with Model UN coaches in the next day or so. Model UN faculty advisors are expected to pass that link on to their delegates so that they can sign-up for their committees. Delegates will need to share a Gmail address in the Google Registration Form. Completing the registration process is incredibly important as we will need accurate delegate information to share the Zoom links with the delegates. Faculty advisors will also receive a list of all links to the various Zoom rooms for each of the committees at SWCHSMUN.
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