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• Revised Unofficial Results of the UWSA General Election 2024

  April 29th, 2024

  Please find the revised unofficial results of the UWSA General Election 2024*. The unofficial results will be ratified by the next Board of Directors Meeting on Tuesday, April 30 at 5:30 p.m.

  Please note that the Chief Elections Commissioner and Election Accountability Board resolved all complaints received during the General Elections. The full report from the Election Accountability Board, which will include a summary of the complaint resolutions, will be forthcoming.

  Turnout: 1861 (20.5%) of 9060 electors voted in this ballot.

  Do you support a fee of $4.07 per student annually and increased at the rate of CPI annually, for the UWSA to become members of CASA?

  Option	Votes
  No, I do not support the $4.07 fee for the UWSA to join CASA	1169 (72.5%)
  Yes, I support the $4.07 fee for the UWSA to join CASA	444 (27.5%)
  VOTER SUMMARY
  Total	1861
  Abstain	248 (13.3%)

  President

  Option	Votes
  Tomiris Kaliyeva	343 (20.4%)
  Alan Saji Koshy	265 (15.7%)
  Christine Quiah	238 (14.1%)
  VOTER SUMMARY
  Total	1861
  Abstain	177 (9.5%)

  Vice-President External Affairs

  Option	Votes
  Chhavi Dhir	415 (26.1%)
  Melody Olowo	243 (15.3%)
  Abdelrahman Abdelmeguid	105 (6.6%)
  VOTER SUMMARY
  Total	1861
  Abstain	273 (14.7%)

  Vice President Student Affairs

  Option	Votes
  Abrar Abdelmahmoud	419 (26.7%)
  Arundhatti Muthu	220 (14.0%)
  VOTER SUMMARY
  Total	1861
  Abstain	290 (15.6%)

  Accessibility Director – Mahavir Partap Singh

  Option	Votes
  YES	1036 (81.9%)
  NO	229 (18.1%)
  VOTER SUMMARY
  Total	1861
  Abstain	596 (32.0%)

  Arts Director

  Option	Votes
  Farwa Awan	647 (50.5%)
  Preet Surkhab Singh Birring	635 (49.5%)
  VOTER SUMMARY
  Total	1861
  Abstain	579 (31.1%)

  Business and Economics Director

  Option	Votes
  Oladayo Daniel Adeniji	377 (31.0%)
  Debashish Sarkar	364 (30.0%)
  Sahil Lekhi	288 (23.7%)
  Richel Saldanha	186 (15.3%)
  VOTER SUMMARY
  Total	1861
  Abstain	646 (34.7%)

  Community Liaison Director

  Option	Votes
  Harleen Kaur Deol	539 (47.0%)
  Harsimran Sadioura	472 (41.2%)
  Krupa Joshi	136 (11.9%)
  VOTER SUMMARY
  Total	1861
  Abstain	714 (38.4%)

  Emerging Leader Director

  Option	Votes
  Karaninder Singh Delow	334 (33.4%)
  VOTER SUMMARY
  Total	1861
  Abstain	861 (46.3%)

  Environmental Ethics Director

  Option	Votes
  Arshdeep Singh Jassal	532 (72.7%)
  Navreen Kaur	200 (27.3%)
  VOTER SUMMARY
  Total	1861
  Abstain	1129 (60.7%)

  International Students’ Director

  Option	Votes
  Robinjeet Singh	630 (63.6%)
  Tariq Ahmad	218 (22.0%)
  Dhruv Gupta	142 (14.3%)
  VOTER SUMMARY
  Total	1861
  Abstain	871 (46.8%)

  2SLGBTQ* Students’ Director – Muskan Vhora

  Option	Votes
  YES	971 (83.9%)
  NO	186 (16.1%)
  VOTER SUMMARY
  Total	1861
  Abstain	704 (37.8%)

  Part-Time/Mature Students’ Director – Harmandeep Ghataura

  Option	Votes
  Yes	1025 (87.3%)
  No	149 (12.7%)
  VOTER SUMMARY
  Total	1861
  Abstain	687 (36.9%)

  Racialized Students’ Director

  Option	Votes
  Tioluwalase Elizabeth Ajibola	665 (57.8%)
  Partho Sarkar	486 (42.2%)
  VOTER SUMMARY
  Total	1861
  Abstain	710 (38.2%)

  Recreation and Athletics Director – Lavmeet Singh

  Option	Votes
  Yes	1008 (85.6%)
  No	169 (14.4%)
  VOTER SUMMARY
  Total	1861
  Abstain	684 (36.8%)

  Science Director

  Option	Votes
  Mohammed Sheheryar Mouzam	481 (39.7%)
  Samarjeet Singh	431 (35.5%)
  Muhammed Ayyan	172 (14.2%)
  Abhijit Singh	129 (10.6%)
  VOTER SUMMARY
  Total	1861
  Abstain	648 (34.8%)

  Student Living Director – Aryan Sharma

  Option	Votes
  Yes	915 (82.7%)
  No	192 (17.3%)
  VOTER SUMMARY
  Total	1861
  Abstain	754 (40.5%)

  Women, Trans, and Non-binary Students Director – Harleen Kaur

  Option	Votes
  Yes	1010 (84.7%)
  No	183 (15.3%)
  VOTER SUMMARY
  Total	1861
  Abstain	668 (35.9%)

  UWSA Regent

  Option	Votes
  Tegveer Singh Marahar	797 (84.3%)
  Himanshu Tandon	148 (15.7%)
  VOTER SUMMARY
  Total	1861
  Abstain	916 (49.2%)

  UWSA Senator

  Option	Votes
  Anoisha Zafar	428 (24.0%)
  Puneet Sharma	295 (16.5%)
  Soban Faiz	231 (12.9%)
  Mandeep Singh Nanreh	207 (11.6%)
  Karan Singh	200 (11.2%)
  Priyanshu Mittal	187 (10.5%)
  Pragun Raj Aul	182 (10.2%)
  Mohammed Arqam Naveed	55 (3.1%)
  VOTER SUMMARY
  Total	1861
  Abstain	704 (37.8%)

  *Results are unofficial till ratified by the Board of Directors.

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• UWSA Board Meeting: Tuesday, April 30

  April 29th, 2024

  

  The next UWSA Board of Directors Meeting is on Tuesday, April 30, at 5:30 PM.

  All University of Winnipeg students are welcome to attend the Open Session. Please email admin@theuwsa.ca by 4:30 PM on the day of the meeting for the Zoom link using your UWinnipeg webmail address and your Student ID Number.

  Please review the following documents before the meeting:

  BOD Agenda 240430

  BOD 240430 Open Session Package

  Any questions can be directed to Carter Weins, Chair of the Board, at chair@theuwsa.ca.

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• Winter Term U-Pass extended until May 2

  April 26th, 2024

  

  The winter term U-Pass will now be valid until May 2, 2024 for University of Winnipeg students. 

  On Wednesday, May 1 and Thursday, May 2, University of Winnipeg students will be able to use their winter term U-Passes to board Winnipeg Transit buses simply by showing bus operators their U-Pass and valid student ID, without tapping their U-Pass cards on the farebox. U-Pass peggo cards will not work on the farebox and should not be tapped.

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• UWinnipeg Cyber Attack Update

  April 4th, 2024

  WINNIPEG, MB – The University of Winnipeg first brought news of a cyber attack to our community last week. Regrettably, we are confirming that the individuals who attacked us stole information.

  We have been investigating since the cyber incident first came to our attention on March 24, 2024. We have now confirmed that data from a University file server has been stolen and that the stolen information likely includes the personal information of current and former students and employees.

  Our investigation is continuing, but at this time we believe the theft most likely occurred in the week before March 24^th, and we have identified the following exposure.

  Population likely affected	Information exposed
  All current employees and all former employees employed since 2003	Names, social insurance numbers, dates of birth, street addresses, phone numbers, and compensation information
  All current employees and all former employees employed since 2015	Bank account information
  All students enrolled in University of Winnipeg undergraduate and graduate programs since the academic year beginning in September 2018   This does not include Professional, Applied and Continuing Education (PACE) students, English Language Program students, and University of Winnipeg Collegiate students	Names, programs of study, street addresses, student numbers, dates of birth, social insurance numbers (domestic students only), fee and tuition amounts, gender information, and marital status information
  All students enrolled in Professional, Applied and Continuing Education (PACE) and English Language Program (ELP) programs since the academic year beginning in September 2019   This does not include undergraduate and graduate students and University of Winnipeg Collegiate students	Names, programs of study, street addresses, student numbers, dates of birth, social insurance numbers (domestic students only), and tuition amounts
  All students to whom the University issued T4A forms since 2016	Names, street addresses, social insurance numbers (domestic students only), and funding amounts

  As a proactive step, we will be providing individuals who are likely affected a two-year credit monitoring service. This is a service that allows one to check for signs of identity fraud so protective action can be taken. Enrolling in the credit monitoring service provides you with excellent protection as you can ensure you receive an alert immediately if anyone attempts to open a credit account in your name.

  In the coming days, we will begin e-mailing and mailing codes along with instructions about how to enrol. You do not need to contact us for a code; however, if you are a former employee or student and would like to update your address, please e-mail incident.support@uwinnipeg.ca. We will send future communications to your updated address. If you are included in one of the groups listed above and do not receive a code within two weeks, please email us at incident.support@uwinnipeg.ca.

  We continue to investigate to determine whether others are affected, and will provide further notifications based on our findings. This investigation may take time, possibly months. In the interim, we have notified both law enforcement and the Manitoba Ombudsman.

  Our community has been subject to a cyber crime. It is disturbing that higher education institutions like the University and other public sector organizations are being targeted by cyber attacks. This has been a terrible incident that has directly impacted our community, and for that we are deeply sorry. Rest assured that we will carefully consider the results of our investigation with a commitment to emerge from this incident with stronger cyber defences.

  An FAQ containing more information can be found on our Incident Updates page. If you have questions that are not answered on that page, please email us at incident.support@uwinnipeg.ca or call our dedicated support line between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. at 204-786-9325.

  MEDIA CONTACT: Caleb Zimmerman, Executive Director, Marketing and Communications The University of Winnipeg E: communications@uwinnipeg.ca

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