Election Groups
(if not hyperlinked, there are no current elections in that category)
- Board of Governors
- Senate
- Curriculum Committee
- Educational Standards Committee
- Indigenous Commitments Committee
Senate and Senate Standing Committee Elections 2024
Senate
Nominations are now being accepted for a three-year term in the following position:
• Trades and Applied Technology Faculty Representative
For the position noted above:
Term of Office: July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2027
Nomination Period: February 23 to May 6, 2024
Campaign Period: May 7 to June 3, 2024
Voting Period: June 4,5, and 6, 2024
Nominations must be submitted via email as per the nomination procedure, by 3:00 pm on May 6, 2024 to elections@viu.ca.
Senate meets once per month on a Thursday, normally at 4 pm. For more information, please visit
the VIU Senate site.
Curriculum Committee
Nominations are now being accepted for three-year terms in the following positions:
- Science and Technology Faculty Representative
- Trades and Applied Technology Faculty Representative
For the positions noted above:
Term of Office: July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2027
Nomination Period: February 23 to May 6, 2024
Campaign Period: May 7 to June 3, 2024
Voting Period: June 4,5, and 6, 2024
Nominations must be submitted via email as per the nomination procedure, by 3:00 pm on May 6, 2024 to elections@viu.ca.
Curriculum Committee meets once per month on a Monday, normally at 4 pm. For more information, please visit the VIU Senate site.
Educational Standards Committee
Three Faculty Representative positions are reaching end of term on June 30, 2024.
Nominations are now being accepted for three-year terms in the following positions:
• Arts and Humanities Faculty Representative
• Social Sciences Faculty Representative
• Trades and Applied Technology Faculty Representative
For all the positions noted above:
Term of Office: July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2027
Nomination Period: February 23 to May 6, 2024
Campaign Period: May 7 to June 3, 2024
Voting Period: June 4,5, and 6, 2024
Nominations must be submitted via email as per the nomination procedure, by 3:00 pm on May 6, 2024 to elections@viu.ca.
Educational Standards Committee meets once per month on a Tuesday, normally at 4 pm. For more information, please visit the VIU Senate site.
Indigenous Commitments Committee
Nominations are now being accepted for a three-year term in the following position:
- Support Staff Representative - nominee and nominators must be self-declared as indigenous persons
For the position noted above:
Term of Office: July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2027
Nomination Period: February 23 to May 6, 2024
Campaign Period: May 7 to June 3, 2024
Voting Period: June 4,5, and 6, 2024
Nominations must be submitted via email as per the nomination procedure, by 3:00 pm on May 6, 2024 to elections@viu.ca.
Indigenous Commitments Committee meets once per month on a Wednesday, normally at 2 pm. For more information, please visit the VIU Senate site.
Eligibility
- Support staff holding a regular (not temporary) appointment are eligible to be elected only to the support staff position on Senate or Standing Committees.
- Faculty members within BCGEU or VIUFA holding a regular (not temporary) appointment are eligible to be elected only to the faculty position on Senate or Standing Committees.
- Vancouver Island University (VIU) students who hold temporary or part-time, regularized, faculty or staff positions at VIU are not eligible to be elected to the faculty or staff positions on Senate or Standing Committees.
Per the University Act:
"Faculty member" means a person employed by a university as an instructor, lecturer, assistant professor, associate professor, professor, or in an equivalent position designated by the Senate.
"Support staff" means employees of the special purpose, teaching university who are not (a) officers of the special purpose, teaching university, or (b) deans or faculty members.
- Support staff members holding a regular appointment at the time of the election are eligible to vote for the support staff member position on Senate or Standing Committees.
- Faculty members holding a regular appointment at the time of the election are eligible to vote for the faculty positions on Senate or Standing Committees.
Per the University Act:
"Faculty member" means a person employed by a university as an instructor, lecturer, assistant professor, associate professor, professor, or in an equivalent position designated by the Senate.
"Support staff" means employees of the special purpose, teaching university who are not (a) officers of the special purpose, teaching university, or (b) deans or faculty members.