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
Faculty of Health Sciences and Human Services representative (by-election)
Nominations must be submitted via email as per the nomination procedure, by 3:00 pm on August 29, 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.
Educational Standards Committee
Support Staff Representative
Faculty of Academic and Career Preparation (by-election)
Term of office for this position is upon election to June 30, 2026.
Nominations must be submitted via email as per the nomination procedure, by 3:00 pm on August 29, 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 Educational Standards Committee 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.