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2024 Students’ Union election candidates announced 

The campaigning period for candidates will begin February 26 at 9:00 a.m..

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.

Aparajita Rahman

Aparajita Rahman was the 2023-24 Staff Reporter at The Gateway. She is in her second year, studying Psychology and English. She enjoys reading, and getting lost on transit.

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