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
Board of Governors
Faculty representative
Eligibility: Elected by teaching faculty
Term of office: to June 30, 2028
Status: First call for nominations
Notes: One position, filling a vacancy
Senate
Faculty of Management representative
Eligibility: Elected by teaching faculty within the Faculty of Management
Term of office: to June 30, 2026
Status: First call for nominations
Notes: One position, filling a vacancy
Faculty of Academic and Career Preparation representative
Eligibility: Elected by teaching faculty within the Faculty of Academic and Career Preparation
Term: to June 30, 2026
Status: First call for nominations
Notes: One position, filling a vacancy
Curriculum Committee
Faculty of Social Sciences representative (by-election)
Eligibility: Elected by teaching faculty within the Faculty of Social Sciences
Note: One position. No nominations have been received to date.
The Curriculum Committee normally meets on the second Monday of the month, starting at approximately 4 pm. For more information, see the Terms of Reference.
Educational Standards Committee
Faculty of Education representative
Eligibility: Elected by teaching faculty within the Faculty of Education
Term of office: to June 30, 2026
Status: Third call for nominations
Note: One position. No nominations have been received to date
The Educational Standards Committee normally meets on the second Tuesday of the month, starting at approximately 4 pm. For more information, see the Terms of Reference.
Indigenous Commitments Committee
Support Staff representative
Eligibility: Elected from and by VIU indigenous people in support staff positions
Term of office: July 1, 2025 – June 30, 2027
Status: Second call for nominations
Note: One position. In nomination emails, candidates and nominators are asked to please confirm that they self-identify as Indigenous.
Faculty of Academic and Career Preparation representative
Eligibility: Elected by teaching faculty within the Faculty of Academic and Career Preparation
Term: to June 30, 2026
Status: First call for nominations
Note: One position, filling a vacancy
Faculty of Education representative
Eligibility: Elected by teaching faculty within the Faculty of Education
Term: to June 30, 2026
Status: First call for nominations
Note: One position, filling a vacancy
Faculty of Trades and Applied Technology representative
Eligibility: Elected by teaching faculty within the Faculty of Trades and Applied Technology
Term: to June 30, 2027. *Leave of absence to fill only one year, until June 30, 2026
Status: First call for nominations
Note: One position, filling a vacancy
The Indigenous Commitments Committee normally meets on the second or third Wednesday of the month, starting at approximately 4 pm. For more information, see the Terms of Reference.
All nominations are to be submitted by 3:00 PM on Friday, September 26, 2025 by email to the Office of the Registrar via elections@viu.ca.
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.
Voting emails will be sent from elections@viu.ca to eligible voters only. From this email, you will be directed to an anonymous, secure online ballot specific to your constituency. The ballot emailed to you is your confidential, non-transferable ballot. You may only vote once.
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Candidates for an election that has proceeded to the voting period are encouraged to submit a platform statement. Only those employees who are candidates for election will be able to submit a statement.
To submit a statement, please email a one-page, 150-400 word, PDF file to elections@viu.ca. Your candidate statement should be posted to the elections website within two business days.