Undergraduate students will vote for 31 new councillors in the upcoming Carleton University Students’ Association (CUSA) 2023 general election. Electronic ballots will be sent to students’ emails at 9 a.m. Feb. 7 and will be available until 5 p.m. Feb. 9.
Thirty-seven councillor candidates had their nominations confirmed and will be on the ballot.
Originally, 41 students had submitted their candidacy, but two dropped out and two were deemed ineligible as they did not attend the all-candidates meeting, provided no communications with the chief returning officer (CRO) and did not sign the candidate code of conduct, CRO Connor Plante said.
Candidates have submitted profiles to the CUSA elections website. Elected councillors will start their terms March 12.
Faculty of Public Affairs (15 candidates, 7 seats):
- Aya Abu Sheikh, third-year business law
- Rachel Awad, second-year public affairs and policy management
- Tayssir Benchoubane, second-year political science and economics
- Nabiha Bilgrami, second-year business law
- Keana Cavero, third-year law*
- Nir Hagigi, first-year global and international studies
- Michael Huynh, second-year political science
- Connor Matthew Dobrin, first-year criminology
- Ana Miranda, first-year student political science and law
- Chas Nuhn, first-year public affairs and policy management
- Clara de Oliveira Borba, first-year political science
- Aiden Rohacek, first-year public affairs and policy management
- Rana Saadi, fourth-year criminology
- Rana Saleh, third-year political science and law
- Mannat Sra, second-year public affairs and policy management
Faculty of Science (8 candidates, 6 seats):
- Jayln-Faith D’Jan, fourth-year biology
- Edi Ekeng, third-year computer science
- Sameer Khan, third-year biology
- Aly Matrawy, second-year computer science
- Parihan Parihan, third-year health science*
- Madena Sherzad, fourth-year biology*
- Kaniz Fathma Sinethyah, third-year computer science
- Maheeshan Sivanesan, first-year computer science
Sprott School of Business (3 candidates, 3 seats):
- Youssef El Nil, second-year information systems
- Diya Kulkarni, third-year accounting*
- Zeba Munira, second-year international business
Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences (6 candidates, 8 seats):
- Tima Saka Amini, third-year developmental psychology
- Moobinah Faisal, fourth-year humanities & biology
- Nicky Laborde, second-year sociology
- Nkosinothando Mhlanga, second-year environmental studies*
- Grace Murray, first-year psychology*
- Eddy Udo, second-year cognitive science
Faculty of Engineering & Design (5 candidates, 7 seats):
- Addy Bakshi, fourth-year software engineering
- Marc Anthony El Khoury, third-year sustainable and renewable energy engineering
- Sarah Janmohamed, first-year industrial design
- Soroush Siddiq, second-year aerospace engineering
- Puru Parth Verma, third-year environmental engineering
*denotes an incumbent councillor
Featured graphic by Maryam Teima.
