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Elections

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Teaching Staff Results

By-Elections were held in October 2025 to fill Teaching-Staff vacancies on the University’s governing bodies.

 

Students Results

By-Elections were held in October 2025 to fill vacant Undergraduate and Graduate Student representative seats on the Senate, Board of Governors and University Planning Committee.

Governance Memberships 

* Indicates newly elected member based on elections held March 4-6, 2025 and by-elections held October 22 & 23, 2025.

Teaching Staff Representatives to the Board of Governors

Elected positions to the Board of Governors
NameRankDepartmentTerm
Anderson, CatherineAssociate ProfessorLinguistics and LanguagesJuly 1, 2023 - June 30, 2026
Clase, Catherine*ProfessorMedicine - Faculty of Health Sciences July 1, 2025 - June 30, 2028
Harada, MegumiProfessorMathematics and Statistics July 1, 2024 - June 30, 2027
Nishimura, MayuAssistant ProfessorPsychology, Neuroscience & BehaviourJuly 1, 2024 - June 30, 2027

Non-Teaching Staff Representatives to the Board of Governors

Elected positions to the Board of Governors
NamePositionDepartmentTerm
Fajutrao Dosen, Arlene Executive Director and Assistant Dean, Student Success Student AffairsJuly 1, 2024 - July 1, 2027
Owusu Ampofo, Nicole Recruitment Officer Wilson College of Leadership & Civic Engagement  July 1, 2023 - July 1, 2026

Staff Representative to the University Planning Committee

Elected positions to the University Planning Committee
NamePositionDepartmentTerm
Bolan, Lindsay Director, Outreach and Engagement Faculty of Engineering July 1, 2024 - July 1, 2027

Undergraduate Student Representatives to the Senate

Undergraduate Student Representatives to the Senate
NameProgramFacultyTerm
Tobias, Patrick*Honours Commerce (Level II)Faculty of BusinessJuly 1, 2025 - June 30, 2027
Khan, Azaan* B.Eng (Computer Engineering) (Level III)Faculty of EngineeringJuly 1, 2025 - June 30, 2026
Ahmad, Rasheed*Bachelor of Health Science, Child Health Specialization (Level II) Faculty of Health SciencesJuly 1, 2025 - June 30, 2027
Zhang, Edward* Humanities 1 (Level I) Faculty of HumanitiesJuly 1, 2025 - June 30, 2027
Rebello, Erin* Honours Earth and Environmental Sciences (B.Sc) (Level V) Faculty of ScienceJuly 1, 2025 - June 30, 2026
McLean, Logan* Combined Honours B.A in Health and Society and Political Science (Level II) Faculty of Social ScienceJuly 1, 2025 - June 30, 2027

Undergraduate Student Representative to the Board of Governors

Undergraduate Student Representative to the Board of Governors
NameProgramFacultyTerm
Zaher, Salwa* Honours Bachelor of Health Science (Level II) Faculty of Health Sciences July 1, 2025 - June 30, 2027

Undergraduate Student Representative to the University Planning Committee

Undergraduate Student Representative to the University Planning Committee
NameProgramFacultyTerm
Kahn, Lena Bachelors of Health Sciences (Level II) Faculty of Health Sciences July 1, 2024 - June 30, 2026

Graduate Student Representatives to the Senate

Graduate Student Representatives to the Senate
NameProgramFacultyTerm
Ologun, Olakunle Oluwakorede PhD (Level I) - Finance Faculty of BusinessJuly 1, 2024 - June 30, 2026
Talaat, Abdalla*PhD (Level II) - Civil EngineeringFaculty of EngineeringJuly 1, 2025 - June 30, 2027
Ismail Rajani, Mehak* Master (Level I) - Neuroscience Faculty of Health SciencesJuly 1, 2025 - June 30, 2027
Sabourin, Rachelle PhD (Level II) - Communications, New Media & Cultural Studies Faculty of HumanitiesJuly 1, 2024 - June 30, 2026
Klein, Lucas* PhD (V) - Psychology, Neuroscience & Behaviour Faculty of ScienceJuly 1, 2025 - June 30, 2027
Bhatta, Kusum PhD (Level III) - Social Work Faculty of Social SciencesJuly 1, 2024 - June 30, 2026

Graduate Student Representative to the Board of Governors

Graduate Student Representative to the Board of Governors
NameProgramFacultyTerm
McMillan, Leah* M.A. Health & Aging (Level I)Faculty of Social SciencesJuly 1, 2025 - June 30, 2026

Graduate Student Representative to the University Planning Committee

Graduate Student Representative to the University Planning Committee
NameProgramFacultyTerm
Awan, Hfsa* MSc (Level I) - Global Health Faculty of Health SciencesJuly 1, 2025 - June 30, 2026