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ast week’s TRUSU General Election resulted in the highest voter turnout since 2011 and a student government split almost evenly between two of the three slates, the Student Advocacy Coalition (SAC) and TRYou. With 93 more votes over incumbent Melissa Gordon, SAC’s Brian Chiduuro became the next president of the Thompson Rivers University Students’ Union late Friday night. Chiduuro said he waited hours in anticipation of a call from friend and fellow SAC candidate, Yash Thakker. “On Friday night, Yash waited outside the CAC. He was running as well and waiting for results. He was the first one to call me that night and tell me the great news,” Chiduuro said. Members of the union who volunteered to count ballots as well as two scrutineers, one from TRYou and one from SAC, stayed inside the TRUSU boardroom until almost 10 p.m. after voting closed earlier that day at 4 p.m. CONTINUES page 8
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Divestment campaign builds momentum for fall launch Sean Brady EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Ω A student campaign has launched to pressure Thompson Rivers University to divest from its oil and gas holdings and sever its relationships with energy and resource extraction companies like Kinder Morgan and KGHM Ajax Inc. In the campaign’s opening forum, approximately 45 students met in the Irving K. Barber Centre to hear from event organizers Sachin Sundhu, Tristan Muhr and Kevin Pankewich, and from faculty members Michael Mehta and Cynthia Ross Friedman. Mehta said the goal of the campaign was for students to “collectively send a signal” to university administration and governance that sustainability has to be made a much higher priority. “This is part of a social change agenda, and divestment is the biggest signal any individual or organization can give to focus attention on a future that we can
dream about rather than fear,” Mehta said in his address. In 2015, the university took over an endowment fund previously held by the TRU Foundation, and the university’s current energy holdings now total 2.9% invested in energy-related securities, up from 2 per cent of its total investments in 2015, according to TRU’s VP Admin & Finance Matt Milovick. In reference to an earlier 2015 report in The Omega that cited the university’s energy holdings as approximately one per cent of its total holdings, Ross Friedman said “Get rid of them.” “Perhaps we can start with that. Symbolic or not symbolic, we have to try to make this really happen,” she said at the forum. Beyond financial divestment, there were also calls to reject money from companies like Kinder Morgan and KGHM Ajax Inc., both of which have pledged money or otherwise partnered with the university. On April 7, 2015, TRU accepted a memorandum of understanding with Kinder Morgan that stated the company would provide $500,000
for student awards over a period of 20 years to the university if its proposed Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project was approved. Earlier this year in January, the university announced that it would be teaming up with KGHM Ajax to create a research project on reclamation science. In that instance, the university highlighted its conflict of interest policy and Lauchlan Fraser, the researcher involved, made it clear that there would be transparency and that academic freedom would be maintained. In the past, Milovick has made it clear that TRU isn’t interested in divestment, but it is interested in what it calls a responsible investment policy. In February, the TRU Board of Governors approved a change to the university’s investment policy that aligned it with the United Nations Principles of Responsible Investment. “By becoming signatories to the UNPRI, this is not a divestment policy or strategy but a means by which TRU will minimize the risk that our investments are in companies that have egregious social,
ethical or governance practices,” Milovick said. At the forum, Ross Friedman commented on the university’s approach. “I really believe that socially responsible investment (SRI) has to be coupled with divestment. We can’t just say we’re going to do SRI, it’s not enough. I really believe that we have to divest from more than bonds and portfolios to keep up a high level of academic credibility,” she said. “TRU will say they’re not taking a side, but if you’re going to accept money you’re essentially taking a side,” organizer Sachin Sundhu said. Sundhu, along with co-campaigners Tristan Muhr and Kevin Pankewich who are all members of the TRUSU Socialist Club, are looking to inform students on the matter and start with campaign action in September. “We’re not in for an easy task. We don’t see it being a one month campaign with 100 students that changes everything. We realize it’s a tough process,” Sundhu said. “We don’t know what direction
it’ll go, but I know that if we put enough pressure, if we can mobilize students to come together, that we can send a message to the administration that the students don’t want companies like Kinder Morgan and Ajax and their influence on campus.” When asked how they would rally students towards a political goal on a campus that hasn’t been particularly politically active in the past, campaigners said that support from TRUSU and bringing information to students will be important factors. “It’s not that people don’t care, it’s that they don’t know. TRU has a very consumer-like culture, where you come, hang out, pay your tuition, do your classes and then get out. People are very rarely engaged with the institution. Once you inform them, they’re interested,” Muhr said. With the recent election of seven members from the Student Advocacy Coalition slate, which mentioned divestment in its campaign platform, that support may come. Muhr is hopeful that TRUSU will support their campaign.
Legal clinic offering service from students Dominique Bayens CONTRIBUTOR Ω The grand opening of the TRU Community Legal Clinic was held on Friday, April 1 on the North Shore with the mayor and members of the legal community in attendance. TRU Community Legal Clinic supervising lawyer Ted Murray said he was very impressed with the turnout. “It was nice for me to meet a lot of these people and they were very enthused about the opportunity the clinic presents to improve
justice in Kamloops,” he said. The new program was designed to increase access to justice and legal services for low-income populations in Kamloops while giving students practical experience. Murray said, “the biggest and most concrete thing you immediately get from a program like this is having clients, and even just the initial interview with the client and the process of identifying their legal issue is a very, very important skill for law students to develop.” The initial focus of the program was meant to be on residential tenancy, however Murray said
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professional responsibility. “The clinical legal education program will enable law students to use the law as a tool for social justice by working with community agencies and nonprofit organizations,” she said. Murray said it was a selected and closely-supervised group of six students chosen by a committee to participate in the program. “I, as the supervising lawyer, am in charge of reviewing in detail whatever advice the students plan to give,” he said. “My students can’t provide the same caliber of legal services that someone who’s been called to the
bar for 25 years can but the vast majority of our population in Canada can’t afford that kind of lawyer in any event,” Murray said. “We’re not quite yet at the stage where we can go to court on behalf of a client but in my experience with a similar program at UBC is that overall, clients really benefit from the assistance of students,” he said. The Community Legal Clinic is located in the Centre For Seniors Information in Brocklehurst Shopping Centre with free legal advice for clients meeting low-income financial eligibility requirements.
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Delivering on diversity TRUSU’s latest election means an interesting year to come Sean Brady EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Ω “Diversity” has long been a buzzword here at TRU. Usually it’s something used for marketing and our own internal cheerleading, but the term has also rubbed off on student politics. Each slate in this past election talked about the diversity they will bring to student government. And it’s true. Each slate did bring a lot of different perspectives to the table. To what extent that diversity creates diversity that actually matters is something that can be argued, but nonetheless the mixing and mashing of ideas that is sure to follow will keep things interesting. In this instance, I think diversity means taking any two people or groups who might not have the same ideas and forcing them to work together, to compromise, to reach common ground and
take the best from each of their respective piles of ideas. That’s what has happened with this year’s TRUSU election. The 13 spots are split as evenly as possible, with seven going to the Student Advocacy Coalition and six to TRYOU. The two slates weren’t so different to begin with, but SAC’s energy and appetite for change was beyond the more experienced TRYOU’s, and this will mean that the new board will combine eagerness and experience and will hopefully deliver on promises made during the short campaign period. Will this diversity last, however? It’s easy to call for change when you’re on the outside of the organization doing the changing. Often once you’re inside you find out that something was the status quo for a reason. Newly elected members will have a lot to learn in a short time. Will they be able to hold on to their ideas while taking all of it in? Is the governance structure
of the students’ union something that just moulds those elected into the person that preceded them? It’s a question that is especially relevant to student politics, I think, considering positions roll over every year and most people aren’t at the school for more than four years in total. Most of the continuity is sourced from union staff or from any overlap between elected groups. At any rate, students should be proud that any one particular slate didn’t completely sweep the election. Given how close many of the races were, given the turnout (doubled from 2015) and given the results, it would appear that students took the time to inform themselves prior to voting. I’m surprised, given the schedule issues that arose this year, but relieved that our student government is so diverse. I’m excited to see what they’ll take on and what they’ll be able to deliver. editor@truomega.ca
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Graduating fine arts students showcase their work Story and photos by Marlys Klossner
As the winter semester comes to a close, the six graduating students of the Bachelor of Fine Arts program are putting the finishing touches on their final projects. After going through several critiques, their work will be exhibited on April 22 at 7 p.m. in TRU’s art gallery.
ALLIE HENDRICKSON Hendrickson’s project has its roots in her Scandinavian ancestry, specifically Norse mythology and themes within. “It’s a new exploration for me, but it has always been an interest,” Hendrickson said. Her exhibit will include oil paintings of flumes (gravity-driven water channels) and wood carvings that were mostly done with a chainsaw. “One of the most important things for me is texture and woodwork and oil painting really let you play with that,” Hendrickson said. When Hendrickson started studying fine arts, she wouldn’t have thought that she would be exhibiting chainsaw carvings at her final show. “A lot of people, when they’re coming into the program, initially think that you’re just going to do drawing, and that might be your primary interest, but you do find a lot of things like screen printing and etching, and you might find something you like better, and you might end up doing something completely different,” she said. The most impressive piece in Hendrickson’s show will be a seven-foot-tall totem-pole-like carving of a raven. Ravens symbolize wisdom and knowledge, and in Norse mythology Odin has two ravens, Huginn and Muninn, who bring him information about the goings-on of the world. One of Hendrickson’s pieces, a wooden dodo bird, has already been displayed in Salmon Arm as part of an exhibit on stupidity. After graduation she hopes to continue exhibiting her work. “I’ve been contacted for commission work with the wood carving but I think I’d like to do more painting in the future,” Hendrickson said.
MAEGHAN WATKINSON Watkinson’s exhibit will be of several paintings showing the hard work that goes into the B.C. ranching lifestyle. “I’m looking at aspects of the ranching industry that are not usually depicted and trying to stay away from stereotypical imagery. I’m trying to get away from the romantic aspects and stay away from the typical depictions of cowboys,” Watkinson said. Watkinson’s family has a ranch, and her paintings are recreations of pictures of her family going about their business. To demonstrate the divide between the image of country life and what it is actually like today, Watkinson painted an image of an ATV on an old saddle. “I’m trying to change people’s perspective of the cowboy stereotype. They don’t just ride through the ranch in the rain, there’s a lot more work that goes into it. It’s a 24/7 job, it’s not something you can start at nine and leave at five,” Watkinson said. Watkinson’s paintings are large snapshots of the effort that goes into maintaining a ranch, including all the technology and machines that don’t necessarily fit the pastoral fantasy. Also included are depictions of some of the notso-pretty aspects, like the carcass of a cow that has been chewed on by a predator. “I wasn’t going to be an artist, I was going to be a writer. In elementary school people made fun of me for how I did art. I always had a different perspective. I decided to prove them wrong and figure out how to paint and draw, and I had a really good art teacher in high school,” Watkinson said. Watkinson hopes to become a teacher herself, and is waiting to hear back from UBC. Once she becomes a teacher she plans on doing art on the side, or, ideally, teaching it.
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Everyone’s invited to Habib’s house party
WCT celebrates its 40th by bringing Habib and Naseema’s 40th to the stage Annie Slizak COPY EDITOR Ω The Lebanese sure know how to throw a party. At least, that’s true of Habib and Naseema, who are celebrating their 40th wedding anniversary in Western Canada Theatre’s production of Habib’s Unforgettable All Night House Party. This year also happens to be Western Canada Theatre’s 40th anniversary, so this play is an excellent choice to celebrate this theatre season. The play follows a day in the life of a helter-skelter family as they prepare their house and themselves for the party that will be thrown that evening. As the title of the show suggests, all the action of the play takes place over one night, and what a
night it is. The family, whose parents originally settled in Newfoundland after leaving Lebanon, includes six children. One of the brothers never appears onstage, but the cast also includes a family friend/daughter’s love interest, bringing the total number of actors up to eight. With this many people involved, there is hardly a time where there are not at least two people onstage, and never a dull moment is had. All actors involved play their parts extremely well, with every one of them singing, dancing or playing music at least once throughout the show. There is no doubt that these are all very talented people. The one complaint I do have, however, is about their accents. Habib and Naseema (played by Andy Jones and Maria Vacratis) have very realistic
Film review: Allegiant Jennifer Will CONTRIBUTOR Ω Allegiant is part one of the third installment of the Divergent Series. In this film we see the growing tensions that could lead to an impending civil war, as the leaders of the two groups (one of untraditional values and one wanting to preserve tradition) bump heads. Of course we are introduced to a new villain, disguised as the good guy who ultimately deceives the heroes and tries to “rule the world” per se. Director Robert Schwentke, the stylist behind this new installment as well as the previous film, Insurgent, makes small improvements for the better but it’s not enough. Schwentke’s take on the series has been stylistically less attractive than the first installment Divergent directed by Neil Burger. Seasoned cinematographer Florian Ballhaus makes some surprisingly stunning choices that are countered with cringe-worthy shots that take away from the seriousness of the film. Shailene Woodley resumes her leading-lady role as Tris, with a less-than-inspired take. The once semi-badass is bored and negligent. Woodley’s performance is
ultimately lacking, and gives the impression that she is tired of the role. Theo James resumes his role as Four, the leading man and the object of Tris’ affection. James amends his awful performances in the previous films, Divergent and Insurgent, and kills it, allowing the true motives and inner struggle of his character to shine through the vast amounts of bleak and boring performances made by other cast members. Other notable performances are made by Miles Teller as Peter, who allows for some comic relief (unintentional or not). But why do we keep trusting his character? You can only Lando Calrissian someone so many times in a series before it is unforgivable. Allegiant was less disappointing than its counterpart, Insurgent, but still a very bland action-packed adventure with little to add to the series. It is carelessly split in two parts for nothing more than the purpose of making more money. Perhaps the worst thing about this film was how forgettable it was. It blends into the background of the month of March, leaving me to wonder what happened in the movie and what the major plot points were when I sit down to watch Ascendant, the final film, a year from now.
Lebanese accents. Their children, on the other hand, all have varying levels of Newfie accents, even though they were all born there. They all seem to inconsistently dip in and out of their accents, and one brother seems to not have one at all. The variance in dialect is quite noticeable and at times takes away from the dialogue itself. Overlooking this fact, the acting is quite spotless, and I believe the actors were well-chosen to portray such an eccentric family. Eccentricity is the name of the game in this household, and the entire play epitomizes chaos with many entrances and exits to, from and between the numerous doors both off and on a stage comprised of three levels. These levels make up a number of different acting areas, including a storefront, living room,
dining room and bedroom. The bedroom is elaborately decked out with a lavish bedspread and many pillows, and yet this room is used the least of all. It seems a little useless to have such a room on the stage if it is only used for one short scene; however, I cannot imagine another room in which this scene could take place. The bedroom is not the only ornately-decorated area of this house: the furniture, carpets, couches and knick-knacks all work together to create a busy atmosphere that reflects the lifestyle of these bustling people. Written by Janet Michael, Habib’s Unforgettable All Night House Party explores the family dynamic of some of the pioneers of Canada’s multiculturalism. This play is set in the 1940’s,
right on the cusp of Newfoundland becoming part of Canada, and so it is upon families like this that Canada was truly built. At this time, immigration laws in Newfoundland were very lax, and families like Habib’s were not uncommon. This play is a reminder of Canada’s multiculturalism, without being too self-aware or trying too hard. Even though there is so much going on, Habib’s Unforgettable All Night House Party manages to quietly tell an origin story without drawing too much attention to this fact. Habib’s Unforgettable All Night House Party runs until April 9 at the Sagebrush Theatre. Student tickets are $19 and are available online at kamloopslive.ca or by visiting the Kamloops Live! Box Office on Lorne Street.
Book review: Geek Love
Katherine Dunn’s latest puts you inside a family of carnival freaks Marlys Klossner ARTS EDITOR Ω Geek Love is not a cute story about nerds falling in love. Instead it’s about a family of messed up carnival freaks and their screwed up family dynamic. The story is told from the perspective of one of the daughters, Olympia Binewski, who is an albino dwarf. The narrative jumps between her growing up with the family and her as a reclusive adult. As an adult the relationships with her family have broken down and she spends her days keeping tabs on her daughter, who has no idea Olympia is her mother. The family’s morals are incredibly skewed and the kids’ relationship with each other veers from extremely volatile sibling rivalry to unhealthy codependency. To create their family,
Olympia’s parents experimented with drugs to try to make their children deformed. One of the trailers in their carnie caravan houses vats containing the preserved bodies of children who died as a result of their deformities. A particularly jarring scene has the patriarch of the family, Al, telling Olympia and her siblings about how he created them. Al presents it as though it is a heartwarming story meant to make the children feel special and loved. The family’s values are bizarre and wrong, but in their view, they are completely justifiable. Although the characters are far from likable, Geek Love does humanize them in a way. At its core the book is about being markedly different, and how that affects the way people look at the world and vice versa. The story immediately brings to mind perhaps the most
famous real terrible carnie, Grady Stiles. Stiles had ectrodactyly and was thus billed as “Lobster Boy” in the ‘40s and ‘50s. Despite the deformity of his limbs, he was incredibly strong and violent. He shot his eldest daughter’s fiancé on the eve of their wedding, and was eventually killed by a sideshow performer who was paid to do it by his wife and stepson. The world that the Binewskis have created for themselves is high stakes all the time. It always feels as though death is right around the corner, as the characters enforce their twisted take on justice. Geek Love is a tough read because of the controversial subject matter, but it’s also a tough read to put down. It’s a fascinating window into a less tolerant time and will make you feel really, really good about your own relationship with your family.
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championship game in the history of women’s hockey. The teams are incredibly evenly matched and momentum shifted throughout the entire contest. Every time it looked like one team had the upper hand the other was able to storm back and look like they were the ones about to score at any second. The first period started the way high-pressure games often do. Both teams sat back and made the simple plays, trying their hardest to avoid making a mistake that would give their opponents an advantage. It was also clear that this would be a game unlike any other in the tournament. Both teams brought a physical edge that was not there in the earlier games. There was a scrum after every whistle and the refs were letting a lot more body contact go unpunished than usual. It took until the nine-minute mark in the first period for the
Team USA poses for a gold medal photo following Monday night’s game. (Kim Anderson/The Omega)
first clear-cut scoring chance of the game. Jillian Saulnier received a pass in the neutral zone and then put on a burst of speed that surprised the U.S. defenders, giving her a clear path to goal, but her shot flew just wide of the net. Hilary Knight, voted as the most valuable player of the tournament by the media, was everywhere for the Americans in the first period. Not only did Knight look dangerous every time the puck was on her stick but she also played a huge role on the penalty kill, blocking two Canadian shots in quick succession. After a scoreless first period the teams somehow managed to take the intensity up another notch when they came out for the second. Team Canada in particular stopped playing a defensive trap and started forechecking at every opportunity they got, putting a lot of pressure on the American defenders. That pressure almost paid off just three minutes into the period when Natalie Spooner separated an American defender from the puck and sent a pass out in front of the net to a wide open Marie-Philip Poulin. Poulin’s shot was heading for back of the net before the American goalie Alex Rigsby managed to just get a piece of the puck, sending it wide. The U.S. isn’t the reigning world champion for nothing, however. They were able to figure out how to deal with the Canadian pressure and spent a lot of time with the
puck in the Canadian zone throughout the period. The third period saw the tide begin to turn in favour of the Americans. Having had an easier route to the finals than Team Canada they appeared to have more energy as the game wound down. After a Canadian penalty with
gold-medal-winning goal. As it was, Canada went into overtime on the power play. With overtime being played 4-on-4, the power play advantage became even larger. The shorthanded team had just three players on the ice, leaving lots of room for the attackers. Canada almost made that advantage pay off multiple times throughout their power play but some heroics from Rigsby kept the Americans in the game. After killing off the penalty the Americans got their chance with the man advantage after Alex Carpenter, Team USA Halli Krzyzaniak was sent to the box for holding with nine minutes left in overtime. Maschmeyer was again able to answer the call in net just six minutes left to go, it was for Canada making a couple big Emerance Maschmeyer’s time to saves to see her team safely off the shine in net for Canada. She made penalty kill. three saves in quick succession that After a combined 66 shots left the capacity crowd that filled between the teams it was an innocthe Sandman Centre speechless. uous-looking one that finally made That same crowd was doing the difference. everything they could to energize Lamoureux floated a shot on their team. From the time the clock net from the point. Maschmeyer showed just five minutes left in the was unable to secure the rebound, game the crowd roared and leapt to and there was Carpenter standing its feet every time Canada had posin exactly the right spot to put the session of the puck in the American puck in the net and continue the half of the ice. Americans’ current run of domiWith just seven seconds left in nance at the world championships. the game Canada got their best Team USA has won three straight chance to score in the period. and seven of the last eight. A loose puck in the net found “I think it means we’re heading its way to the stick of Natalie in the right direction as a program. Spooner and only a desperation We aren’t concerned about what hook from Monique Lamoureux other people are doing. It’s more prevented Spooner from scoring self focus and where we are going what surely would have been a as a group,” Carpenter said.
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There was a lot more scoring in Canada’s first contest with the Americans. The two teams open their tournament agaisnt each other, with the U.S. taking it 3-1. Photo Kim Anderson
The rivalry continues as Canada took the silver medal in the 2016 IIHF World Women’s Championships. Photo Tristan Davies
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New TRUSU board takes positions May 1 Brian Chiduuro becomes the newest president of TRUSU with voter turnout at 18.8 per cent Wade Tomko NEWS EDITOR Ω CONTINUED (COVER) One scrutineer, Milap Dadlani, volunteered to watch over the ballot counting process on behalf of SAC. Dadlani described the process as being very arduous and time-consuming, especially considering the number of ballots. Despite this, Dadlani also recognized the importance of scrutineering in the election process. “Mistakes can be and are made, whether it is intentional or not, it does happen,” Dadlani said. “It is a good thing that there were people there from the multiple teams, too. It just means that there is complete transparency in the process.” While Dadlani noticed a few mistakes in the ballot counting process and attributed those mistakes to how late they stayed on campus, one thing surprised him in particular. “Something that actually did surprise me was that for quite a
few of the ballots there was no votes for a number of positions,” he said. A very small number of ballots were spoiled as well due to double-takes or votes for multiple candidates in the same category, yet Dadlani said that was to be expected. At the end of the night, after close to six hours of counting ballots, the SAC came out of the election winning seven of the 13 positions available, while TRYou took the remaining six. Though Chiduuro may now be president, he says this win comes from having a strong team behind him. “I’m really proud of my team. We faced a lot of challenges,” Chiduuro said. “But I encouraged my team to remain positive and get to our goal of getting the largest voter turnout ever.” Even if Chiduuro had not won the presidency, he said he would have remained proud regardless, due to achieving a voter turnout that doubled the previous year’s. Chiduuro admits that the win didn’t come easily. For him and the SAC, campaigning was by far
the hardest part of the election. “We just wanted the election to happen, so we could get in power and do all the things that we said we would do,” Chiduuro said. In the end, he believes that it was SAC’s determination and diversity that ultimately gave them the win. “The strategies I had from back home and even the strategies of people who were under the SAC led us to our great success,” Chiduuro said. “Our diversity worked out, which is something I’m really expecting this whole year, this diversity of ideas and culture will act in giving change in students’ lives.” Now that Chiduuro will be leading the union, he wants to focus on increasing engagement between the TRUSU board and students on campus. “We need to get students to know us. From there, we can work with them,” Chiduuro said. “We want to create a platform where students know us and we know them. When we have that relationship we can then move forward.”
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2016 TRUSU GENERAL
PRESIDENT
ELECTION
COMPLETE RESULTS CANDIDATE
POSITION
AFFILIATION
VOTES
Brian Chiduuro
President
Student Advocacy Coalition
566
Melissa Gordon
President
TRYOU
473
Jeremy Jenvenne
President
Independent
58
Suryansh Vats
President
Nations United
67
Yashvini Bankal
VP External
Nations United
229
Amber Storvold
VP External
TRYOU
537
Yingqiong Wu
VP External
Student Advocacy Coalition
469
Oluwafemi Akinsanpe VP Finance
Student Advocacy Coalition
513
Mwansa Kaunda
VP Finance
TRYOU
495
Rahul Pujara
VP Finance
Nations United
216
Julian Simpson
VP Internal
TRYOU
527
Gagandeep Singh
VP Internal
Student Advocacy Coalition
709
James-Dean Aleck
Adv. Rep. Aboriginal
Student Advocacy Coalition
613
Rochelle DelaRonde
Adv. Rep. Aboriginal
TRYOU
575
Deepti S. Lobo
Adv. Rep. Graduate
TRYOU
511
Yash Thakker
Adv. Rep. Graduate
Student Advocacy Coalition
675
Chandan Sehgal
Adv Rep. International
TRYOU
596
Anselm Wilson
Adv Rep. International
Student Advocacy Coalition
568
Caitlin Orteza
Adv. Rep. LGBTQ
TRYOU
77% yes
Briana Guise
Adv. Rep. Women
Nations United
242
Sierra Rae
Adv. Rep. Women
TRYOU
507
Omatsoguwa Sola
Adv. Rep. Women
Student Advocacy Coalition
467
Bawazir Aboud
Director-at-Large
Student Advocacy Coalition
463
Sanchit Bansal
Director-at-Large
Nations United
296
Tatiana Gilbert
Director-at-Large
TRYOU
595
Humayra Haq
Director-at-Large
TRYOU
435
Cole Hickson
Director-at-Large
Student Advocacy Coalition
611
Kshitij Khadikar
Director-at-Large
Student Advocacy Coalition
451
Laura Santamaria
Director-at-Large
Student Advocacy Coalition
539
Gunveet Singh
Director-at-Large
TRYOU
583
Michael S. Zaitlin
Director-at-Large
TRYOU
483
BRIAN CHIDUURO
VICE-PRESIDENT EXTERNAL
AMBER STORVOLD
VICE-PRESIDENT FINANCE
OLUWAFEMI AKINSANPE
ADVOCACY: ABORIGINAL
JAMES-DEAN ALECK
ADVOCACY: GRADUATES
YASH THAKKER
DIRECTOR-AT-LARGE
COLE HICKSON
DIRECTOR-AT-LARGE
GUNVEET SINGH
VICE-PRESIDENT INTERNAL
GAGANDEEP SINGH
ADVOCACY: INTERNATIONAL
CHANDAN SEHGAL
ADVOCACY: LGBTQ
CAITLIN ORTEZA
ADVOCACY: WOMEN
SIERRA RAE
DIRECTOR-AT-LARGE
LAURA SANTAMARIA
DIRECTOR-AT-LARGE
TATIANA GILBERT
Voter turnout: 18.8%
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ELECTION RESULTS 2016-2017 REPRESENTATIVES President
International Students’ Representative
Chiduuro, Brian Gordon, Melissa Jenvenne, Jeremy Vats, Suryansh
566 473 58 67
Vice President External Bankal Yashvini Storvold, Amber Wu, Yingqiong
229 537 469
Vice President Finance Akinsanpe, Oluwafemi Kaunda, Mwansa Pujara, Rahul
513 495 216
Vice President Internal SImpson, Julian Singh, Gagandeep
527 709
Aboriginal Representatives Aleck, James-Dean De La Ronde, Rochelle
613 575
Sehgal, Chandan Wilson, Anselm
LGBTQ Representative Orteza, Cailtin Yes No
511 675
928 274
Women’s Representative Guise, Briana Rae, Sierra Sola, Omatsoguwa
242 507 467
Director-at-Large (4) Bansal, Sanchit Bawazir, Aboud Gilbert, Tatiana Haq, Humayra Hickson, Cole Kadiskar, Kshitij Santamaria, Laura Singh, Gunveet Zaitlin, Michael
296 463 595 435 611 451 539 583 483 0
Voter Turnout:
18.8%
Graduate Students’ Representative Lobo, Deepti S. Thakker, Yash
596 568
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