The Carleton University Students’ Association council is assembling for the 2026-2027 academic year.
Starting today and ending Thursday at 5 p.m., undergraduate students can vote for candidates in their faculty on a ballot sent to their Carleton emails.
Councillor responsibilities include passing the CUSA budget and electing the association’s vice presidents.
The council has 32 seats for faculty representatives, including one seat for special students (students who have not been admitted to a degree program but are taking courses).
There are only 18 candidates seeking election, so a by-election will be held to fill the vacancies.
Some candidates have submitted additional information and platforms to CUSA’s candidate profile page.
Sienna Scullion and Yaser Abidakadr are both listed on the candidate profile page but said in an email they were “ejected” from the election.
Both candidates failed to fulfill nomination requirements, chief returning officer Basit Ur Rehman wrote in an email to the Charlatan.
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (3 candidates, 7 seats):
- Erin Harlan, second-year cognitive science
- Jade Proulx, childhood and youth studies
Faculty of Engineering and Design (2 candidates, 8 seats):
- Ngan Cao, fourth-year information technology
- Rushelle Verma, first-year architectural engineering
Faculty of Public and Global Affairs (11 candidates, 6 seats):
- Hanna Abdalla, first-year global and international studies
- Maya Briggs, second-year economics and political science
- Ryan De Villeres, global and international studies
- Andrew Dinh, first-year political science
- Aditri Janapatla*, second-year journalism and political science
- Alex Krneta, third-year global and international studies
- Lynn-Nancy Okafor, third-year criminology
- Kaylie Precepa, second-year political science
- Caleb Raymond, third-year law and legal studies
- Ibrahim Saban, second-year political science
- Jozeef Vijayaratnam, third-year political science
Faculty of Science (1 candidates, 7 seats):
- Shann Pandya, second-year computer science
Sprott School of Business (1 candidate, 3 seats):
- Nolan Giroux-Laplante, second-year commerce
*Aditri Janapatla has previously contributed to the Charlatan.
Featured graphic by Maryam Teima/the Charlatan
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