Date: January 9, 2025
From: Genevieve Gauthier-Chalifour, University Secretary
Subject: Call for Senate Nominations
This serves as a call for nominations to fill upcoming graduate student seats on Senate, the University’s highest academic governing body. Three graduate students are to be elected by and from the full- and part-time graduate students of the University. The positions have two-year terms from May 1, 2025 – April 30, 2027.
At least five nominators are required, who must be graduate students.
To be eligible to accept the nomination, the candidate must be a full or part-time graduate student. A brief candidate statement (100 words maximum) must be submitted with thenomination form to appear with the election ballot.
If you are interested, please email elections@uwaterloo.ca to request the nomination form. Forms must be received by 4:30 p.m. on Monday, January 27, 2025. Forms can also be requested at any time during the nomination period.
Voting will begin Monday, February 3 and will close February 10.
Please refer to Senate Bylaw 3 for more information about nominations and elections. Any questions relating to the above may be directed to the Secretariat via elections@uwaterloo.ca.
*Terms and eligibility are defined in the University of Waterloo Act. Please note that graduate student senators shall not be members of faculty or members of the full-time staff of the University or and of the affiliated and federated institutions of Waterloo (AFIWs).
Gen
Genevieve Gauthier-Chalifour, MA, C.Dir.
University Secretary
Secretariat | University of Waterloo
Office: 519-888-4567, ext. 43183
https://uwaterloo.ca/secretariat/