List of candidates for 2018 Union elections

2018 Union Elections are on Tuesday, May 22, 2018, in Social Science room 2050 starting at 4:30PM.

Here is the list of Nominees in alphabetical order that we have received so far:

▪   President: Mohammed Abdelhameed, Katelyn Mitri 

▪   Administration Chair: Basem Haroun

▪   Finance Chair: Mohammad Chowdhury 

▪   Communications Chair: Xiaoguang Liu, Jody Tomchishen 

▪   Arts and Humanities Chief Steward: Oluwoler Badmus, Jen Hinkkala

▪   Biological Sciences Chief Steward: Jeremy Lant, Wesley Robinson

▪   Physical Sciences Chief Steward: Mahsa Bataghva, Shannon Hibbard, Sadaf Mehrabi

▪   Social Sciences Chief Steward: Robert Armstrong, Joshua Patenaude

▪   Postdoctoral Chief Steward: Khurram Nadeem 

▪   Occupational Health and Safety Officer: Siddharth Gupta

Please click here for the Nominated Candidate Statements.

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Campaigning regulations for Union elections

From the office of the Chief Returning Officer of PSAC Local 610

Dear Members, 

1. PSAC constitution and our bylaws allow any Executive Committee (EC) member or any other committee members to run for any position and campaign for it. However, such a member who has the privilege of being associated with Local 610 cannot use her/his title or the means available to her/him that belongs to Local 610 (like social media, mail list, etc.) for campaigning purposes. No EC member, Committee, or Committee member shall use her/his title to endorse a candidate. For example, at a personal page one cannot write "I as president of Local endorse ...", or "The bargaining committee endorses..", or " I as a finance committee member endorse ... ." In short legal status associated with Local 610 cannot be used for campaigning purposes. However, this does not prohibit any lawful campaign activities at a personal level. 

2. No social media pages shall be created for the purpose of campaigning that uses logos or brands that belongs to Local 610 or PSAC.

The campaigning period of one week began at 4pm May 15, 2018 and ends at 4pm May 22, 2018.

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Annual General Meeting 2018

PSAC Local 610 Annual General Meeting (AGM) will take place in SSC 2050 on Thursday May 17, 2018 at 12:00 PM. All members are invited to attend.

Important Union businesses including modifications on our Union's bylaws and next year's budget will be decided by members in the AGM.

Listed below are documents which you can review before the meeting:

• Agenda of the AGM
• Proposed Bylaws and Appendix P
• Proposed budget
• 2017 AGM Minutes

Food will be provided. Members are always more than welcome to have their children accompany them to union functions and should not hesitate to do so.

Notice of Nomination for 2018 Union elections

The nomination for all PSAC Local 610 officer positions (except the departmental stewards, and CRO) is now open.

The Election will take place in SSC 2050 on May 22, 2018 starting at 4:30PM.

We are accepting nominations for the following officer positions. Information on each position is in our Bylaws and Policies.

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