FALL ELECTORAL EVENT Nomination Period Monday October 5, 2020 (9:00am PST) – Wednesday October 16, 2020 (9:00am PST) Campaign Period Monday October 26, 2020 (9:00am PST) – Friday November 6, 2020 (12:00pm PST) The approximate date of candidate platform publication in The Martlet Thursday October 22, 2020 Candidates Forum Friday October 30, 2020 Voting Opens Wednesday November 4, 2020 (9:00am PST) Voting Closes Friday November 6, 2020 (12:00pm PST) Campaign Posting Begins Monday October 26, 2020

SPRING ELECTORAL EVENT Nomination Period Monday February 8, 2021 (9:00am PST) – Wednesday February 24, 2021 (9:00am PST) Campaign Period Monday March 15, 2021 (9:00am PST) – Friday March 26, 2021 (12:00pm PST) The approximate date of candidate platform publication in The Martlet Thursday March 11, 2021 Candidates Forums March 22 & 23, 2021 Voting Opens Wednesday March 24, 2021 (9:00am PST) Voting Closes Friday March 26, 2021 (12:00pm PST)

2020 Candidates – UVSS Board of Directors

Director of Outreach and University Relations Sarina de Havelyn Isabella Lee

Director of Student Affairs Katy Berglund Dalal Tubeishat

Director of Finance & Operations Caleb Burd Shaun Zhang

Director of Campaigns & Community Tal Katz Emily Lowan

Director of Events Sebastian Franco-Monroy Tommy Lay

Director of International Student Relations Justin Lo Dipayan Nag

Director at Large (11 positions) Abdul Abuelazm Isaiah Adachi Jana Barkowsky Ramneet Bhullar Marran Dodds Nick Gaina Elizabeth Giesbrecht Evan Guildford Reeve Henderson Emily Hiser Isaac La Roy Paarth Mittal Jocelynne Parent Victoria Ritchie Carlton Taylor



2020 Referendum Questions

On 16 January 2020, the UVSS Board of Directors approved three referendum questions to be posted concurrently at the next elections.

REFERENDUM QUESTION #1: “Do you support an increase to the student fee for World University Services of Canada (UVic WUSC) in the amount of $1.50 per full-time student per semester, and $0.75 per part-time student per semester, for the purpose of expanding the Student Refugee Program to sponsor one additional student per year and to extend first-year support for newly resettled students?” Proponent: Tuqa Al-Musawi



REFERENDUM QUESTION #2: “Do you support an increase to the Students of Colour Collective Fund of $1 per full-time student and 50 cents per part-time student for the purpose of creating support resources for visible and invisible minorities on campus?” Proponent: Shayan de Luna-Bueno

REFERENDUM QUESTION #3: “Are you in favour of establishing a fee of $1.50 per full-time student and $0.75 per part-time student in order to fund the creation of open-source textbooks and other open-source learning materials, which would be used in UVic classrooms?” Proponent: Jonathan Granirer

2020 Election Supplement

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