
From left: Mohammad Mansouri, Marcela Lopes, Elena Favaro, President Brit Paris, and Mina Iskander.
March 21, 2018
From left: Mohammad Mansouri, Marcela Lopes, Elena Favaro, President Brit Paris, and Mina Iskander.
A new Board of Directors for the Graduate Students' Association has been elected following what turned out to be an exciting election with a total of 13 nominees and record numbers for voter turnout.
President Brit Paris was acclaimed, keeping her position after serving last year. The vice-president external was also acclaimed, seeing Marcela Coelho Lopes capture that position.
“It’s so great to see such an increase in student engagement in this year’s election,” says Paris. “This election might be the largest one we’ve had in over 10 years, which shows that our membership cares about the future of the GSA.”
Other result highlights:
This election saw a significant increase of student involvement over the previous year resulting in 697 votes, approximately 12 per cent of the graduate student population over last year’s 455 votes at 7.5 per cent.