Students’ Council and General Faculties Council candidates announced
The list of students running for Students’ Council and General Faculties Council positions has been announced. Voting will take place on March 21 and 22. All undergraduates at the University of Alberta can vote.
Students’ Council
Students’ Council consists of 32 student councilors representing 15 faculties. A councilor’s duty is to consult and represent their constituents, while guiding the direction of the Students’ Union as a whole. Councillors meet every second Tuesday to vote on bylaws and policies such as those that determine the Students’ Union’s stance on tuition, deferred maintenance, and other issues. Councillors also work with various committees and boards.
Agricultural, Life and Environmental Sciences (two seats)
Brandi Kobes
Steven Lin
Augustana (one seat)
Lane Anderson
Arts (six seats)
Robert Bilak
Yiming Chen
Deirdra Cutarm
Mariam Hosseiny
Rowan Ley
Tina Liu
Mpoe Mogale
Stephen Raitz
Dustin Sandler
Mitch Wilson
Business (two seats)
John Hussein
Connor Palindat
Luke Statt
Campus Saint-Jean (one seat)
Tahra Haddouche
Education (three seats)
Alizeh Ansari
Kara Farris
Jimmy Thibaudeau
Engineering (three seats)
Brendan Samek
Cindy Liang
Syed Mustafa
Audrey Rosalind
Amlan Bose
Janet Yao
Kinesiology, Sport & Recreation (one seat)
No candidates have been named.
Law (one seat)
David Chung
Medicine (one seat)
Brianne St. Hilaire
Native Studies (one seat)
Nathan Sunday
Nursing (one seat)
Abigail Bridarolli
Open Studies (one seat)
Breanna Palmer
Pharmacy (one seat)
Miray Aizouki
Jesse Wowk
Science (six seats)
Joel Agarwal
Katherine Belcourt
Tiffany Bruce
Courtney Camp
Julia Craig
Genna DiPinto
Michelle Kim
Marina Kirillovich
Shuaa Rizvi
General Faculties Council:
General Faculties Council (GFC) is the university body in charge of making decisions related to academics, such as program creation, suspension, curriculum changes and more. GFC consists of 158 members, including university administrators, deans, professors, and around 40 undergraduate student representatives from various faculties. GFC meets every month.
Agricultural, Life and Environmental Sciences (two seats)
Brandi Kobes
Augustana (one seat)
No candidates have been announced.
Arts (eight seats)
Robert Bilak
Yiming Chen
Victoria DeJong
Mariam Hosseiny
Mpoe Mogale
Dustin Sandler
Mitch Wilson
Erin Allin
Business (three seats)
John Hussein
Luke Statt
Campus Saint-Jean (one seat)
Tahra Haddouche
Education (four seats)
No candidates
Engineering (six seats)
Cindy Liang
Syed Mustafa
Amlan Bose
Ryan Holowaty
Janet Yao
Kinesiology, Sport & Recreation (one seat)
No candidates have been announced.
Law (one seat)
David Chung
Medicine & Dentistry (one seat)
Albert Hu
Native Studies (one seat)
Nathan Sunday
Nursing (two seats)
No candidates have been announced.
Pharmacy (one seat)
Miray Aizouki
Jesse Wowk
Science (eight seats)
Joel Agarwal
Tiffany Bruce
Julia Craig
Genna DiPinto
Hyejun Kim
Shuaa Rizvi
Rachel Wang