It’s that time again for the University of Regina Graduate Students Association (URGSA) General Elections.
We are now accepting nominations for the 2023-24 URGSA Executive and council committee.
The positions that are open for nomination include:
President
VP Academic Affairs
VP External Relations
VP Student Life
VP Finance
Council committee positions (only students of the corresponding faculty are eligible to apply):
Arts
Education
Engineering & Applied Science
Johnson-Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy
Kenneth Levene Graduate School of Business
Kinesiology & Health Studies
Media, Art, & Performance
Nursing
Science
Social Work
We welcome you to get involved in the GSA by becoming a part of the GSA committee and helping to serve graduate students all year long. To apply, please send a nomination package to urgsa.president@uregina.ca by Sunday, May 21st, 2023 at 11:59 pm. Please read the instructions on the Nomination package carefully before submitting your nominations. Campaigning will run from Monday, May 22nd, 2023 at 9:00 am to, May 28th , 2023 at 11:59 pm
Voting will take place via Election portal link between Monday, May 29th, 2023 12:01 am and Tuesday, May 30th, 2023 at 11.59 pm. Please see the attachment to view the constitution and bylaws for a brief description of the positions and responsibilities.
The 2023-24 term will commence from June 2023 and end April 2024. The position of Graduate Student Executives and council members are mainly voluntary, but a small honorarium will be paid for your time and effort spent on URGSA's activities and planning.
If you have any questions or want to know more about the URGSA, please send us an email at urgsa.president@uregina.ca
Consistent with our constitution, and to maintain a fair and democratic process, the URGSA has appointed MUHAMMAD NOMAN SHARIF former GSA President (2018-2019) as a Chief Returning Officer (CRO). As CRO, Nauman Sharif will help ensure that URGSA Constitution and Bylaws are followed and that any disputes and conflicts are resolved with fairly according to the constitution and by-laws.
If you have any questions about the election process or the positions that are available, please feel free to e-mail us at urgsa.president@uregina.ca.