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{{Infobox User
==AlumniBog==
|name = Madeline Kalda
[[File:AlumniBog 2T5.jpg|thumb|The AlumniBog team in Montreal, except for Elliot.]]
|discipline = Industrial
|year = 2T3+PEY+1
|position1 = Student Governor 2T2-2T3
|position2 = Dye Co-Chair 2T0 & 2T4
}}
Madeline Kalda is known in the SKULE community for holding more grudges than positions. She is a welder & machinist, a notable exclusion from the BFC, and a Friend Of EngSoc.
==Dye Subcommittee==
[[File:Maddie-dye.jpg|thumb|Maddie with her Co-Chair Arshia Singh after Dye 2T4. ]]
Madeline first served as the [[Purple Dye|Dye Subcommittee]] Chair in 2020 alongside Gehna Karani. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the Subcommittee shipped small pots of dye to frosh and ran a livestream explaining the tradition from Dye Alley. They also created a report to investigate purple dye options beyond Gentian Violet, which had just been banned by the Government of Canada.
In 2024, she reprised her role alongside Arshia Singh. Together they ran the full-body dunk tank for the first time since 2018 after receiving approval for a mix of Brilliant Blue 1, Red 28, chlorine, and water. This marked the first time chlorine had been used in the dunk tank, and resulted in the cheapest event since the pandemic. After the school year had concluded, she was invited to partake in a conference alongside the EHS team to discuss the collaboration between the Dye Subcommittee and the administration; however, funding could not be allocated due to rising tensions for Canadians along the US border.
===GNCTR 2025 in Montreal===
==Student Governance==
The United Brotherhood of Bog Builders and Safety Squinters (also known as [https://www.instagram.com/alumnibog?utm%20source=ig%20web%20button%20share%20sheet&igsh=MTN0NnFvcWMwZTh4Zg== AlumniBog]) "competed" as an alumni team at the 2025 GNCTR competition. Captains were Madeline Kalda and her then-boyfriend [[User:Ihardlyknow'er|Tyler DeLaBarre]]. Other members of the team were Ben Rubinoff, Mark McCutcheon, Bobby Graydon, Stella Gregorski, Matthew Kool, and Elliot De Angelis.
Madeline was an Executive Assistant at the University of Toronto Students' Union over the 2021-22 school year, where she researched the Policy on Sexual Violence & Sexual Harassment and the University-Mandated Leave of Absences Policy (now called the Supportive Leaves Policy).<ref>https://www.utsu.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/2-_-Final-Report.pdf</ref> <ref>https://www.utsu.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/2-_-Final-Report-1.pdf</ref>
===GNCTR 2026 in London===
The following year, she was elected to the Governing Council as an Undergraduate Student Governor (Constituency II).<ref>https://governingcouncil.utoronto.ca/secretariat/biography/madeline-kalda</ref> There, her continued advocacy with regards to mental health policy was one of several reasons that the University introduced voluntary leave policies for all students (previously voluntary leave had only been available to international students in extenuating circumstances).
The AlumniBog team registered for GNCTR 2026 with co-captains Madeline Kalda and Sean Huang, but were unable to attend due to personal reasons. The reasons were that previous captain [[User:Ihardlyknow'er|Tyler DeLaBarre]] had an affair with the University of Toronto TBog Spirit Captain [[User:Tissa|Alyssa Tiw]], making the AlumniBog attendence undesirable for all parties. The University of Toronto did not race in 2026, and placed second-last in the spirit category.
She returned to the UTSU for the summer of 2023, where she identified that its recent governance restructuring put it in violation of the 2015 Associate Membership Agreement Between EngSoc and the UTSU. When UTSU leadership was dismissive, she left the organization and prepared a report for EngSoc.<ref>https://drive.google.com/file/d/1DWdc351r6HFd8jkHRUR2UlZrK1PQ927Q/view</ref> This report led to a renegotiated agreement, which went into effect in 2025.
===GNCTR 2027 in Edmonton===
For her behind-the-scenes contributions to student governance she was awarded the UTSU Professional Faculties Leadership Scholarship and the University of Toronto Student Leadership Award.<ref>https://undergrad.engineering.utoronto.ca/news/student-leaders-recognized-for-their-contributions-to-advancing-inclusivity-mental-health-and-professional-growth-at-u-of-t-engineering/</ref>
AlumniBog will not be attending the competition in Edmonton due to shipping costs and other logistical reasons, but may be completing other projects for the benefit of the undergraduate team. Current captains are Sean Huang and Farbod Mohammadzadeh.
==AlumniBog==
===GNCTR 2028 in ???===
[[File:AlumniBog 2T5.jpg|thumb|The AlumniBog team in Montreal, except for Elliot.]]
Madeline served as captain of the United Brotherhood of Bog Builders and Safety Squinters, also known as [https://www.instagram.com/alumnibog?utm%20source=ig%20web%20button%20share%20sheet&igsh=MTN0NnFvcWMwZTh4Zg== AlumniBog], at the 2025 GNCTR competition alongside Tyler DeLaBarre. Other members of the team were Ben Rubinoff, Mark McCutcheon, Bobby Graydon, Stella Gregorski, Matthew Kool, and Elliot De Angelis.
Those interested in participating in AlumniBog 2T6 can contact her at alumnibog@skule.ca.
Those interested in participating in AlumniBog in 2028 can contact alumnibog@skule.ca. Those interested in complaining about the content of this webpage can gargle my balls.
The United Brotherhood of Bog Builders and Safety Squinters (also known as AlumniBog) "competed" as an alumni team at the 2025 GNCTR competition. Captains were Madeline Kalda and her then-boyfriend Tyler DeLaBarre. Other members of the team were Ben Rubinoff, Mark McCutcheon, Bobby Graydon, Stella Gregorski, Matthew Kool, and Elliot De Angelis.
The AlumniBog team registered for GNCTR 2026 with co-captains Madeline Kalda and Sean Huang, but were unable to attend due to personal reasons. The reasons were that previous captain Tyler DeLaBarre had an affair with the University of Toronto TBog Spirit Captain Alyssa Tiw, making the AlumniBog attendence undesirable for all parties. The University of Toronto did not race in 2026, and placed second-last in the spirit category.
AlumniBog will not be attending the competition in Edmonton due to shipping costs and other logistical reasons, but may be completing other projects for the benefit of the undergraduate team. Current captains are Sean Huang and Farbod Mohammadzadeh.
Those interested in participating in AlumniBog in 2028 can contact alumnibog@skule.ca. Those interested in complaining about the content of this webpage can gargle my balls.
