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.