Association of Macedonian Students at U of T

The Association of Macedonian Students at the University of Toronto (AMSUT) strives to be a voice and support for Canadian Macedonian Students with our helpful services and amazing events. AMSUT was formed in the fall of 1988 and was recognized the following spring by U of T as an official campus group. Within a year of its inception AMSUT was hosting formal events to over two hundred young people. Being the first among the Macedonian university student groups, AMSUT had to learn by trial and error. They quickly found out that what their peers enjoyed most were dances and political activities. However, the scope of their efforts widened with each success. The AMSUT name came to be recognized with memorable parties and cultural and political aid. Between the annual boat-cruise and New Year’s Eve parties, they donated their time and money to various causes, from the Macedonian language program at U of T to the “Medicine for Macedonia” drive in 1992. They have participated in parades and protests, in the annual Caravan cultural festival and Ilinden celebrations. AMSUT’s progress in bringing young Macedonians together to learn and appreciate their culture has been undaunted. Yet this university organization has never grown complacent with its success. In fact, the group is presently undergoing a second birth, growing both financially and socially. However, it is more important that AMSUT’s consciousness has grown. With this renewed vitality all of AMSUT’s possibilities are realizable. AMSUT again can lead the other university groups in new directions. A group of several hundred well-to-do, educated, young people should, and can be, a real political force. They can make change happen in their community as well as service the social needs of its community’s youth. AMSUT is now moving past its age of inexperience into an age of social responsibility.