The Carleton Academic Student Government (CASG) filled 15 contested seats during its 2024-2025 councillor elections in October.
CASG is responsible for advocating for students’ academic interests by working with faculty, administrators and the senate. CASG councillors represent undergraduate students in their program of study and make up almost all of CASG.
Councillor seats within 15 programs were filled during the election.
Faith Lam, a first-year communications and media studies student, was elected with 11 out of 22 votes in the first round.
Sophie Sattolo, a second-year criminology and criminal justice student, was elected with 24 out of 51 votes in the first round.
Jaylene Stewart, a third-year physical geography student, was elected with seven out of 14 votes in the first round. Stewart was CASG’s geography councillor last year.
Dhwani Pandya, a first-year geomatics student, was elected with four out of seven votes in the first round.
Yasmin Omar, a fourth-year global and international studies student, was elected with 17 out of 31 votes in the sixth round.
Clara House, a third-year history student, was elected with seven out of 21 votes in the second round.
Gerardo Maldonado-Jimenez, a fourth-year history and theory of architecture student, was elected with nine out of 20 votes in the first round.
Ana Jankowski, a second-year humanities and Greek and Roman studies student, was elected with 21 out of 36 votes in the first round.
Madeleine Woodburn, a second-year journalism student, was elected with 18 out of 32 votes in the fourth round.
Emma Peirce, a third-year law and legal studies and forensic psychology student, was elected with 19 out of 31 votes in the third round.
Rebekah Waddell, a fourth-year bachelor of music student, was elected with 18 out of 23 votes in the first round.
Michael Huynh, a second-year political science student, was elected with 27 out of 49 votes in the fourth round. This will be Huynh’s third year as CASG’s political science councillor.
Anshul Kumar, a first-year public affairs and policy management student, was elected with 20 out of 38 votes in the second round.
Bien Adams, a first-year social work student, was elected with 17 out of 34 votes in the first round.
Mia Spartalis, a fourth-year forensic psychology student, was elected with 27 out of 65 votes in the first round of a tie breaker.
The number of councillors decreased to 57, from 65 last year.
Across the five faculties, 43 councillor positions remain vacant.
CASG Councillors 2024/2025
Faculty of Public and Global Affairs
- Anshul Kumar (Public Affairs and Policy Managment)
- Kendall Peterson (Public Affairs and Policy Management – Society Rep)
- Yasmin Omar (Global and International Studies)
- Alexzander Thompson (Economics)
- Emma Peirce (Law and Legal Studies)
- Michael Huynh (Political Science)
- Sophie Sattolo (Criminology and Criminal Justice)
- Emma Girvan (Criminology and Criminal Science – Society Rep)
- Nathan Harlan (European, Russian and Eurasian Studies)
- Madeleine Woodburn (Journalism)
- Aidan Kallionen (Journalism – Society Rep)
- Noureen Moghadam (Journalism – Society Rep)
- Bien Adams (Social Work)
- Faith Lam (Communications and Media Studies)
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
- Dhwani Pandya (Geomatics)
- Ana Jankowski (Humanities)
- Sean Maguire (Religion)
- Ashley Paiva (English Language and Literature)
- Jaylene Stewart (Geography)
- Clara House (History)
- Mia Spartalis (Psychology)
- Nishtha Hurrydass (Sociology)
- Kuma Buoy (African Studies)
- Ruth Nobossi (Cognitive Science)
- Asmaa Alsalman (Child and Youth Studies)
- Jordan Habbick (Human Rights)
- Samantha Monastero (Art History)
- Max Schneider (Film Studies)
- Rebekah Waddell (Music (BMus))
- Sienna Moyer (Linguistics and Language Studies)
- Bianca Darie Schulze Torres (Biology (BA))
- Tamin Ansar (Environmental Studies)
- Gerardo Maldonado Jimenez (History and Theory of Architecture)
- Isabel Razpopova (Undeclared Major)
Faculty of Engineering and Design
- Emre Alper (Civil Engineering Stream)
- Connor Allan (Environmental Engineering Stream)
- Chloe Titco (Architectural Conservation and Sustainability Engineering Stream)
- Gail Cardoza (Architectural Studies Stream)
- Audrey Ann Awuah (Electrical Engineering Stream)
- Pine Kearns (Sustainable and Renewable Energy Engineering Stream A)
- Jesse Osborne (Engineering Physics Stream)
- Jordan Trach (Computer Systems Engineering Stream)
- Kyra Fingas (Software Engineering Stream)
- Shri Tungaturthi (Communications Engineering Stream)
- Keira Banks (Biomedical Electrical Engineering Stream)
- Vijay Thirunavukkarasurajah (Biomedical Mechanical Engineering Stream)
- Xavier Haziza (Mechanical Engineering Stream)
- Liam Downey-Pollard (Aerospace Engineering Stream)
- Mia Smith (Industrial Design Stream)
- Nathaniel Bruni (Information Technology – Society Rep)
Faculty of Science
- Farha Ahmed Gomaa (Biology)
- Nathasha Fernando (Neuroscience)
- Gabrielle Lachance (Physics)
- Oluwanishola Oluyemi (Computer Science)
Business
- David Matar (Commerce)
- Nolan Giroux-Laplante (Commerce)
- Isabel Cheng (International Business)
Featured graphic by Sara Mizannojehdehi.
