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  • UWSA Board of Director Meeting Rescheduled for

    March 27th, 2023

    The UWSA Board of Directors Meeting is rescheduled and will happen on Wednesday, March 29, at 5:30 PM over Zoom.

    All UWinnipeg students are welcome to attend Open Session. Please email t.hanan@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:

    230322 OPEN PACKAGE

    230322 AGENDA

    All participants are expected to abide by the University’s Respectful Work and Learning Environment Policy.

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  • Resignation of Reza Hossain, UWSA VPSA 2021-23

    March 23rd, 2023

    Reza Hossain Photo

    The last two years have been very important for the UWSA with many positive changes and development, and I am humbled to be part of the team that work so dedicatedly to support our student body during these years. However, these years were also full of challenges for the UWSA as well as for our student body as we continued learning and working amid a global pandemic and had to navigate through the impacts of the pandemic and the post-pandemic changes. After serving our student body for nearly two years, when I am almost at the end of my 2-year term, I have made a difficult decision to resign from my role as the Vice-President of Student Affairs.

    I always loved helping our students in whichever capacity I could. I led multiple clubs between 2019 and 2022 and served as the director of student life at the UWSA during 2019-20 as a volunteer. And so, it was a privilege to be elected to the role of Vice-President of Student Affairs and be able to help our students in an even greater capacity. It was not an easy decision to leave my role as I would very much love to continue helping the University of Winnipeg students through my work.

    However, it has become very important for me right now to take some time off to take care of my health and well-being, and so I have decided to resign from my role as the VPSA.

    With my role soon being filled by the newly elected Vice-President of Student Affairs, I believe there will not be any lacking in terms of student support.

    I want to thank the students at the University of Winnipeg again for electing me to serve them and I hope the little positive changes that I was able to make have helped our student body and would continue to do so in the coming days.

    I also want to thank my colleagues at the UWSA – the executives, the board members, and all members of the staff team – for sharing the passion and enthusiasm of helping our students and supporting my work throughout my term which allowed me to successfully serve our student body.

    Reza Hossain
    Vice-President Student Affairs (2021-23)
    The University of Winnipeg Students’ Association (UWSA)

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  • Next Board of Directors Meeting on Wednesday, March 22

    March 20th, 2023

    UWSA Board Meeting

    The next UWSA Board of Directors Meeting is on Wednesday, March 22, at 5:30 PM over Zoom.

    All UWinnipeg students are welcome to attend Open Session. Please email t.hanan@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:

    230322 OPEN PACKAGE

    230322 AGENDA

    All participants are expected to abide by the University’s Respectful Work and Learning Environment Policy.

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  • UWSA General Election 2023 Results*

    March 15th, 2023

    Congratulations to all the winners! Here are the unofficial UWSA General Election results*:

    Turnout: 1542 (16.8%) of 9205 electors voted in this ballot.

    President

    Option Votes
    Tomiris Kaliyeva 486 (34.7%)
    Kiratveer (Kirt) Hayer 450 (32.1%)
    Parul Chauhan 301 (21.5%)
    Zekaria Salahadin 124 (8.9%)
    Quinton Vander Aa 39 (2.8%)
    VOTER SUMMARY
    Total 1542
    Abstain 142 (9.2%)

    Vice President Student Affairs

    Option Votes
    Christine Quiah 594 (43.6%)
    Patrick Trudeau 405 (29.7%)
    Manav Narang 205 (15.0%)
    Anjali Soni 159 (11.7%)
    VOTER SUMMARY
    Total 1542
    Abstain 179 (11.6%)

    Accessibility Director – Patel Devanshi Alpeshkumar

    Option Votes
    YES 918 (89.3%)
    NO 110 (10.7%)
    VOTER SUMMARY
    Total 1542
    Abstain 514 (33.3%)

    Arts Director – Ethan Redekop

    Option Votes
    YES 899 (91.4%)
    NO 85 (8.6%)
    VOTER SUMMARY
    Total 1542
    Abstain 558 (36.2%)

    Business and Economics Director – Sahil Lekhi

    Option Votes
    Yes 851 (88.9%)
    No 106 (11.1%)
    VOTER SUMMARY
    Total 1542
    Abstain 585 (37.9%)

    Community Liaison Director – Shanza Waheed Khan

    Option Votes
    Yes 763 (87.4%)
    No 110 (12.6%)
    VOTER SUMMARY
    Total 1542
    Abstain 669 (43.4%)

    Education Director

    Option Votes
    Sarah Anderson 814 (86.0%)
    Evan Gordon 132 (14.0%)
    VOTER SUMMARY
    Total 1542
    Abstain 596 (38.7%)

    Emerging Leader Director

    Option Votes
    Karamjeet Singh 646 (75.4%)
    Gabriel Louer 118 (13.8%)
    Clay Mykietowich 93 (10.9%)
    VOTER SUMMARY
    Total 1542
    Abstain 685 (44.4%)

    Graduate Students Director – Dhruv Gupta

    Option Votes
    Yes 761 (87.9%)
    No 105 (12.1%)
    VOTER SUMMARY
    Total 1542
    Abstain 676 (43.8%)

    International Students’ Director – Ishita Wadhwa & Ravpreet Singh Saluja

    Option Votes
    Yes 821 (88.4%)
    No 108 (11.6%)
    VOTER SUMMARY
    Total 1542
    Abstain 613 (39.8%)

    2SLGBTQ* Students’ Director – Brie Villeneuve

    Option Votes
    YES 748 (84.0%)
    NO 143 (16.0%)
    VOTER SUMMARY
    Total 1542
    Abstain 651 (42.2%)

    Part-Time/Mature Students’ Director – Walter Dyck

    Option Votes
    Yes 727 (89.4%)
    No 86 (10.6%)
    VOTER SUMMARY
    Total 1542
    Abstain 729 (47.3%)

    Professional, Applied, and Continuing Education (PACE) Students’ Director

    Option Votes
    Sanchit Shangari 408 (50.4%)
    J Krish 402 (49.6%)
    VOTER SUMMARY
    Total 1542
    Abstain 732 (47.5%)

    Racialized Students’ Director – Oyin Akinboye

    Option Votes
    Yes 838 (92.7%)
    No 66 (7.3%)
    VOTER SUMMARY
    Total 1542
    Abstain 638 (41.4%)

    Recreation and Athletics Director

    Option Votes
    Eniola Soetan 449 (48.5%)
    Afrasiyaab Khan 220 (23.8%)
    Mubarak Owolabi 153 (16.5%)
    Vandan Khunt 104 (11.2%)
    VOTER SUMMARY
    Total 1542
    Abstain 616 (39.9%)

    Science Director – Vrutti Gabani

    Option Votes
    Yes 793 (91.3%)
    No 76 (8.7%)
    VOTER SUMMARY
    Total 1542
    Abstain 673 (43.6%)

    Student Living Director – Anshul Pathania

    Option Votes
    Yes 696 (87.0%)
    No 104 (13.0%)
    VOTER SUMMARY
    Total 1542
    Abstain 742 (48.1%)

    UWSA Regent – Karaninder Singh Delow

    Option Votes
    YES 782 (89.2%)
    NO 95 (10.8%)
    VOTER SUMMARY
    Total 1542
    Abstain 665 (43.1%)

    UWSA Senator

    Option Votes
    Rahul Kanwal Brar 547 (52.2%)
    Nick Wasyliw 501 (47.8%)
    VOTER SUMMARY
    Total 1542
    Abstain 623 (40.4%)
    *Results are unofficial till ratified by the Board of Directors.

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