Election information for undergraduate student positions on Academic Council

Voting for 2012-2014 undergraduate student positions on the UOIT Academic Council will take place through an online, confidential process from Wednesday, September 26 at 9 a.m. until Thursday, September 27 at 4 p.m.

Five (5) positions are available:

• Academic Council (one position);
• Academic Appeals Committee (two positions);
• Curriculum and Program Review Committee (one position); and
• Honorary Degrees Committee (one position).

All positions carry a two-year term, concluding on August 31, 2014.

To vote: please visit the Academic Council election voting website (http://ssbprod.aac.mycampus.ca/uoit_student_ac.html). Only current UOIT undergraduate students are eligible to vote in the Academic Council elections (see Election procedures).

2012-2014 candidates

Nominations closed on September 21. To have been eligible for nomination, candidates must be full-time registered students at UOIT in good academic standing. All nominees must be available to attend all meetings of the governing body to which they are elected and be willing to support that body’s decisions to the best of their abilities. Nominees have provided a written declaration that they accept the terms and conditions of the nomination.

The following students have been nominated:

Academic Council (one position):

• Aajab Abdulhusein
• Omar Afifi
• Mohamed Rizwan Bachani

Academic Appeals Committee (two positions):

• Sheema Arifeen
• Justin Bolshin
• Syed Husain
• Mohammad Jamil
• Sabina Narula
• Rajachandra Rajaratnam
• Aditya Sriram

Curriculum and Program Review Committee (one position):

• Aajab Abdulhusein
• Syed Husain

Honorary Degrees Committee (one position):

• Mohamed Rizwan Bachani
• Jasleen Hora

Candidates’ statements

• Link to candidates’ statements

Election results will be posted on the Academic Council website after the results have been declared official.

About Academic Council

The Academic Council is the highest academic body at UOIT and is composed of faculty, students, staff and senior administrators. The committees that report to it are responsible for a wide range of academic matters, including the creation of degree programs; the approval of the contents and curricula of all courses of study; the awarding of scholarships and other awards for academic achievement; the review of academic appeals; and the selection of honorary degree recipients. For more information, please visit the Academic Council website.

General information is also available on the Academic Council website. For specific inquiries, please contact Vivianne Sharpe, senior executive assistant, Office of the Provost, at 905.721.8668 ext. 5467.