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
The following position received more than one nomination and is now in the campaign period.
Voting will take place April 16, 17, and 18 by electronic ballot. Eligible voters will receive voting instructions by email at the onset of the voting period.
Support Staff Representative
The nominees are:
- Kathleen Bortolin - view candidate statement
- Rolanda Murray - view candidate statement
Campaign Period: March 18 to April 12, 2024
Voting Period: April 16, 17, and 18, 2024
Term of office: July 1, 2024, to June 30, 2027
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.