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SU Elections 2025: Students’ Council and GFC Candidates

These are the Students’ Union 2025 election candidates hoping to represent their faculties on Students’ Council for 2025–26.

In 2025–26, there are 19 available seats on Students’ Council. Students’ Council is responsible for fulfilling the University of Alberta Students’ Union (SU) mandate. Elected councillors are expected to attend the bi-weekly council meetings, consult with and advocate for their constituents, and participate in multiple council committees. 

The General Faculties Council (GFC) is the highest decision-making body at the U of A. This council consists of students, professors, non-academic staff, and university administrators. It is chaired by the U of A president. 

Voting will begin March 19 at 9:00 a.m. and will close March 20 at 6:00 p.m.. 

The following races have no candidates running: law; native studies; open studies; and pharmacy. 

After the election, there will be 15 councillors on Students’ Council and four vacancies. The amount of vacancies has decreased from the 2024 elections, when there were nine vacancies. 


Agriculture, Life and Environmental Sciences (ALES) (one seat) 

The following candidates are running in this race: 

  • Rawaan Mohamed Said Ibrahim 
  • Morgan Vany 

Arts (two seats) 

The following candidates are running in this race: 

  • Abdullah Al Anik
  • Armandeep Chauhan
  • Brish Goorimoorthee
  • Christopher Liam Reynolds
  • Luke Markowski
  • Sebastian Perez

Augustana (one seat) 

The following candidate is running for this race: 

  • Bhavya Suri

Business (one seat) 

The following candidates are running for this race: 

  • Mohit Makhija
  • Owen Pasay

Education (one seat) 

The following candidate is running for this race: 

  • Antony Salib

Engineering (two seats) 

The following candidates are running for this race: 

  • Abdul Aleem Aamir Mohamed
  • Bassam Dakhel
  • Bhavya Goyal
  • Michael Junior Qi Wen Chang

Faculté Saint-Jean (one seat) 

The following candidate is running for this race: 

  • Skyla Seguin

Kinesiology, Sport & Recreation (one seat) 

The following candidate is running for this race: 

  • Paige Wall

Medicine & Dentistry (one seat) 

The following candidate is running for this race: 

  • Habba Mahal

Nursing (one seat) 

The following candidate is running for this race: 

  • Asha Jama

Science (three seats) 

The following candidates are running for this race: 

  • Lavanya Jain
  • Christene Saji
  • Abdul Hannan Akbar Sandhu
  • Aaryan Shetty
  • Armaan Singh

Peris Jones

Peris Jones is the 2024-25 News Editor at The Gateway. She previously served as the 2023-24 Deputy News Editor. She is in her third year, studying media studies and English. In her free time, she loves going to the gym, shopping, and watching movies with her friends.

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