Rosty SorokaThe winners for seats on the 2019-2020 Students’ Council and General Faculties Council were announced at the Cascade room in the Students’ Union Building on March 21.
A total of 2,568 students, or 8.6 per cent of all eligible students, voted. In comparison, 3,527 students, or 11.9 per cent of eligible voters, voted in the 2018 council elections. Here’s who won:
Students’ Council
Students’ Council has 33 councillor seats from the university’s faculties including seats for the Students’ Union president, four vice-presidents, speaker, and the undergraduate Board of Governors representative. Councillors attend council meetings and vote on the Students’ Union’s bylaws and policies, including the union’s stances on tuition, deferred maintenance, and sexual violence. They are also involved with the Students’ Union’s committees, standing committees, and boards
Agriculture, Life and Environmental Science (two seats):
Stephanie McKenzie
One vacant seat.
Arts (six seats):
Juan Vargas Alba
Chris Beasley
Yiming Chen
Talia Dixon
David Draper
Abigail Isaac
Augustana (one seat):
One vacant seat.
Business (two seats):
Samir Esmail
Phoebe Marinakis
Faculté Saint-Jean (one seat):
Tahra Haddouche
Education (three seats):
Katie Kidd
Samantha Tse
One vacant seat.
Engineering (five seats):
Ayman Adwan
Amlan Bose
Three vacant seats.
Kinesiology, Sports & Recreation (one seat):
One vacant seat.
Law (one seat):
One vacant seat.
Medicine and Dentistry (one seat):
One vacant seat.
Native Studies (one seat):
Nathan Sunday
Nursing (one seat):
Anthony Nguyen
Open Studies (one seat):
One vacant seat.
Pharmacy (one seat):
One vacant seat.
Science (six seats):
Adarsh Badesha
Simran Kaur Dhillon
Ian Gatera
Mohamad Jamaleddine
Rojine McVea
Amber Sayed
General Faculties Council
General Faculties Council is the highest academic governing body of the university and has 158 members (including all of the university’s vice-presidents, deans, professors, and students). The council meets every second month and approves student awards, academic programs and policies, and the university calendar.
Agriculture, Life and Environmental Science (two seats):
Stephanie McKenzie
One vacant seat.
Arts (eight seats):
Yiming Chen
David Draper
Abigail Isaac
Yejide Omotoso
Four vacant seats.
Augustana (one seat):
One vacant seat.
Business (three seats):
Melinda Chisholm
Two vacant seats.
Faculté Saint-Jean (one seat):
Tahra Haddouche
Education (four seats):
Samantha Tse
Three vacant seats.
Engineering (six seats):
Ayman Adwan
Amlan Bose
Four vacant seats.
Kinesiology, Sports & Recreation (one seat):
One vacant seat.
Law (one seat):
One vacant seat.
Medicine and Dentistry (one seat):
One vacant seat.
Native Studies (one seat):
One vacant seat.
Nursing (two seats):
Anthony Nguyen
One vacant seat.
Pharmacy (one seat):
One vacant seat.
Science (eight seats):
Adarsh Badesha
Simran Kaur Dhillon
Ian Gatera
Mohamad Jamaleddine
Rojine McVea
Amber Sayed
Two vacant seats.
