The first all-candidates’ meeting for the 2018 Students’ Union executives and Board of Governors representative was held on Thursday, February 2. The following candidates have been announced, and will begin campaigning on February 26 at 9 a.m.; campaigning is forbidden until then. Voting will take place on March 7 and 8.

President:

• Reed Larsen
• Ilya Ushakov
• Shane Scott

Vice-President (External)

• Esther Thieba
• Adam Brown
• Jimmy Thibaudeau

Vice-President (Academic)

• Cristiana Pop
• Akanksha Bhatnagar
• Tiffany Bruce

Vice-President (Student Life)

• Stephen Raitz
• Michelle Kim
• André Bourgeois

Vice-President (Operations and Finance)

• Emma Ripka
• Jessie Benoit/ Donald Straump (Joke candidate)

Board of Governors Representative

• Levi Flaman
• Yiming Chen

Additionally, students will be voting on one referendum and one plebiscite.

Referendum: Student Events Initiative

• “Yes” side: Daria Nordell

Plebiscite: Campus Recreation Enhancement Fund

• “Yes” side: Sarah Jevne

Update (Feb. 15, 7:00 p.m.): Anthony Goertz was announced as a presidential candidate, but was declared ineligible to run because he was a graduate student. He has been removed from the candidates’ list.