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    To:
    Senate
    SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY
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    From: Kate Ross
    Registrar & Executive Director, Student Enrolment
    Date:
    February 14, 2013
    Subject: Election Report to Senate (For Information)
    S.13-48
    The University Act and Rules of Senate requirethat the Registrar report the results of
    elections to Senate and the Board of Governors for information.
    Student Election to Senate
    A call for nominations was sent to all undergraduate and graduate students on January 10,
    2013 for sixteen student positions on Senate for term of office from June 1,2013 to May
    31,2014. The election rules state that there shall be at least one student elected from each
    faculty and at leastthree undergraduate andthree graduate students among the total
    number of students elected.
    Sixteen nominations were received: three graduate students and thirteen undergraduate
    students.
    In accordance with the requirements, the following
    four
    candidates are elected by
    acclamation for term of office from June 1,2013 to May 31, 2014:
    Name
    Faculty
    Undergraduate/Graduate
    Ehsan Jozaghi
    Arts & Social Sciences
    Graduate
    Catherine Shaffer
    Arts & Social Sciences
    Graduate
    Japreet Lehal
    Health Sciences
    Undergraduate
    Yasmine Norouzi
    Science
    Graduate
    Twelve nominations were received for the remaining
    ten
    positions* and online voting
    resulted in the election
    of the following candidates for term of office from June 1,2013 to
    May 31,2014:
    Name
    Faculty
    Undergraduate/Graduate
    Moe Kopahi
    Applied Sciences
    Undergraduate
    Kyle Acierno
    Arts & Social Sciences
    Undergraduate
    Sarah-Sophia Flodr
    Arts & Social Sciences
    Undergraduate
    HumzaKhan
    Arts & Social Sciences
    Undergraduate
    Caleb Kwon
    Arts & Social Sciences
    Undergraduate
    Karanvir Singh Thiara
    Arts & Social Sciences
    Undergraduate
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    Forrest Wakarchuk
    Arts & Social Sciences
    Undergraduate
    Harvy Jawanda
    Business
    Undergraduate
    Yoko Lu
    Environment
    Undergraduate
    Tessica Truong
    Environment
    Undergraduate
    * NOTE: Two faculties did not submit candidates. A second call for nominations will be
    issued during the summer 2013 term to fill the remaining
    two vacancies
    from the Faculty
    of Communication, Art and in Technology and the Faculty of Education.
    Student Election to Board of Governors
    A call for nominations was sent to all undergraduate and graduate students on January 10,
    2013 for two student positions on the Board of Governors: one undergraduate student,
    elected by and from the undergraduate studentbody, and one graduatestudent, elected by
    and from the graduate student body, for term of office from June 1,2013 to May 31,
    2014.
    Six undergraduate student nominations were receivedand online voting resulted in
    Caleb
    Kwon
    being elected to the undergraduate studentposition on the Board
    of Governors.
    Two graduate student nominations were received and online voting resulted in
    Yasmine
    Norouzi
    being elected to the graduate student position on the Board
    of Governors.
    Student Election to Senate Graduate Studies Committee
    A call for nominations was sent to all graduate students on January 10,2013 for four
    graduate student positions on the Senate Graduate Studies Committee for term of office
    from June 1,2013 to May 31,2014.
    One nomination was received and therefore
    Yasmine Norouzi
    was elected by
    acclamation to the regular position. The remaining three vacancies will be filled by
    elections at Senate through the Senate Nominating Committee.
    Student Election to SFU Community Trust
    A call for nominations was sent to all students on January 10,2013 for one student
    positions on the Senate Graduate Studies Committee for term of office from April 1,
    2013 to March 31,2014.
    Four nominations were received and online voting resulted in
    Japreet Lehal
    being elected
    to the student position on the SFU Community Trust.

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