2025 Students’ Council and General Faculties Council elections results
In May, 15 councillors will begin their terms on Students’ Council, an increase of five from last year.
Joshua StorieThe unofficial results for the 2025 Students’ Council and General Faculties Council (GFC) elections were announced on March 21 on the University of Alberta Students’ Union’s (SU) Instagram account. The official results will be published on the SU’s website at a later date, according to the post’s caption.
Students’ Council results
Students’ Council is the ultimate authority of the SU, with 19 seats for faculty representatives. For 2025-26, 15 councillors have been elected, leaving four vacancies. This is higher than last year’s election, which saw 10 councillors elected and nine vacancies.
Elected councillors represent their faculty in committees and bi-weekly Students’ Council meetings, and are expected to advocate for students and consult with their constituents.
The following candidates have been elected to represent their faculties on Students’ Council:
Agriculture, Life and Environmental Sciences
- Morgan Vany
Arts
- Arman Chauhan
- Christopher L. Reynolds
Augustana
- Bhavya Suri
Business
- Owen Pasay
Education
- Antony Salib
Engineering
- Michael Chang
- Bassam Dakhel
Faculté Saint-Jean
- Skyla Seguin
Kinesiology, Sport & Recreation
- Paige Wall
Medicine & Dentistry
- Habba Mahal
Nursing
- Asha Jama
Science
- Lavanya Jain
- Christene Saji
- Hannan Sandhu
Faculties not listed did not have any candidates running.
General Faculties Council results
GFC is the highest academic governing body at the U of A, and is responsible for decisions that relate to academic and student affairs. Composed of 158 members, GFC includes faculty deans, professors, students, librarians, academic staff, non-academic staff, and all U of A vice-presidents. Elected representatives represent their faculties in a monthly meeting, and in subcommittees.
There are 39 seats on GFC for appointed undergraduate students. With 25 elected representatives, there are 14 vacant seats and four unrepresented faculties.
The following candidates have been elected to represent their faculties on GFC:
Agriculture, Life and Environmental Sciences
- Michael Seiffert
- Morgan Vany
Arts
- Abdullah Al Anik
- Arman Chauhan
- Luke Markowski
- Nathan Perez
- Angelina Raina
Augustana
- Bhavya Suri
Business
- Mohit Makhija
- Josh Su
Education
- Antony Salib
Engineering
- Michael Chang
- Bassam Dakhel
- Bhavya Goyal
- Aamir Mohamed
Kinesiology, Sport & Recreation
- Paige Wall
Medicine & Dentistry
- Habba Mahal
Nursing
- Roshant Vig
Science
- Nathanael Ip
- Lavanya Jain
- Christene Saji
- Hannan Sandhu
- Aaryan Shetty
- Armaan Singh
- Manan Upadhyaya
The faculties not listed did not have any candidates running.
