Rosty SorokaThe first all-candidates’ meeting for the 2018 Students’ Union executives and Board of Governors representative was held on Thursday, February 2. The following candidates have been announced, and will begin campaigning on February 26 at 9 a.m.; campaigning is forbidden until then. Voting will take place on March 7 and 8.
President:
- Reed Larsen
- Ilya Ushakov
- Shane Scott
Vice-President (External)
- Esther Thieba
- Adam Brown
- Jimmy Thibaudeau
Vice-President (Academic)
- Cristiana Pop
- Akanksha Bhatnagar
- Tiffany Bruce
Vice-President (Student Life)
- Stephen Raitz
- Michelle Kim
- André Bourgeois
Vice-President (Operations and Finance)
- Emma Ripka
- Jessie Benoit/ Donald Straump (Joke candidate)
Board of Governors Representative
- Levi Flaman
- Yiming Chen
Additionally, students will be voting on one referendum and one plebiscite.
Referendum: Student Events Initiative
- “Yes” side: Daria Nordell
Plebiscite: Campus Recreation Enhancement Fund
- “Yes” side: Sarah Jevne
Update (Feb. 15, 7:00 p.m.): Anthony Goertz was announced as a presidential candidate, but was declared ineligible to run because he was a graduate student. He has been removed from the candidates’ list.
