2024 Students’ Union election candidates announced 

On February 16, the candidates for the University of Alberta Students’ Union (UASU) 2024 general election were announced at the all-candidates’ meeting.

The UASU elections committee has extended the nomination deadline for the Board of Governors (BoG) representative and vice-president (external) positions to February 20, or until both positions are contested.

The scheduled forums are:

• Augustana Campus Forum: February 27 at 6:30 p.m. on Augustana campus.
• Campus Saint-Jean (CSJ) Forum: February 28 at 1:00 p.m. on CSJ campus.
• International Students’ Association (ISA) Forum: February 29, at 3:00 p.m. in the Orion Room in the Students’ Union Building (SUB).
• Indigenous Students’ Union (ISU) Forum: March 1 at 2:30 p.m. in the ISU lounge.
• Myer Horowitz Forum: March 4, from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. in the Horowitz Theatre (HT).
• Presidential Debate: March 4 at the end of the Myer Horowitz forum, in the HT.

All forums held in-person will also be accessible virtually.

The campaign period for candidates will begin February 26 at 9:00 a.m.. Voting will start on March 6 at 9:00 a.m. and end on March 7 at 6:00 p.m..

Elections’ results will be announced on March 7 at 9:00 p.m..

The candidates for the 2024 Students’ Union election are:

Presidential candidates

• Lisa Glock
• Michael Griffiths

Vice-president (academic) candidates

• Layla Alhussainy
• Farah Elgaweesh 

Vice-president (external) candidates

• Abdul Abbasi
• Logan West

Vice-president (operations and finance) candidates

• Joachim Bony
• Levi Flaman

Vice-president (student life) candidates

• Renson Alva 
• Adrian Lam

Board of Governors representative candidates

• Adrien Lam

Referendums

• “Yes” Side: Engineering Students’ Society (ESS)
• “Yes” Side: HUB Community Association Fee (HCA)
• “Yes” Side: International House
• “Yes” Side: International Students’ Association (ISA)
• “Yes” Side: Organization for Art Students and Interdisciplinary Studies (OASIS)
• “Yes” Side: The Gateway
• “Yes” Side: The Landing

Plebiscites

• “Yes” Side: CJSR
• “Yes” Side: Indigenous Students’ Union (ISU)

UPDATE: This article was updated at 8:37 a.m. on February 20 to remove Jayden Blumhagen from the list of vice-president (academic) candidates, as she had dropped out of the race.

UPDATE: This article was updated at 11:16 a.m. on February 22 to add the three candidates announced after the nomination extension deadline: Layla Alhussainy in the vice-president (academic) race, Abdul Abbasi in the vice-president (external) race, and Adrien Lam in the Board of Governors representative race.

UPDATE: This article was updated at 9:39 a.m. on February 26 to remove Nathan Thiessen from the list of Board of Governors representative candidates, as he had dropped out of the race.

UPDATE: This article was updated at 5:15 p.m. on February 26 to add the updated times for the Augustana and ISU forums.

UPDATE: This article was updated at 4:24 p.m. on February 27 to add the updated times for the Augustana forum.