Read on for information on the upcoming UVSS Board of Directors’ elections and referendum questions.
To review last year’s electoral results + report, click here now.
What’s new
Find out about the introduction of Faculty Directors on this year’s UVSS Board of Directors.
We are hiring students to support our ‘Get Out The Vote’ efforts this year. Interested in extra cash?
What can we do better in 2023
to get you more involved?
Cast your vote
Directly impact your experience at UVic
Vote online this spring
9am March 23rd – noon March 27th, 2023
You are eligible to vote as long as you are a current undergraduate student (or international student, if you’re voting for Director of International Student Relations).
You can confirm your eligibility by reviewing your tuition statement and checking to see if you are currently paying UVSS fees.
You’ll get a reminder email at the start of voting, at which point you’ll be able to view the ballot online at webvote.uvic.ca.
LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Most of our members are located in Victoria, BC., the traditional territories of the Lekwungen peoples, also known as the Songhees and Esquimalt First Nations communities.
Many of us are settlers or visitors on land that was violently stolen from Indigenous peoples. The historical and continued dispossession of land threatens Indigenous peoples’ physical and emotional safety, cultural and linguistic growth, and basic and legal rights.
The Electoral Office organizes elections for students at the University of Victoria, but we, just like you, exist within a wider context of colonization. We encourage you to think about why you possess certain rights (like the ability to vote) while others may not, and why elected Directors are rarely Indigenous – or People of Colour, folks with disabilities, and other marginalized identities (both at the University and broader levels).
We are always open to feedback in order to critically evaluate our policy and processes. Deconstructing colonial systems and rebuilding equitable ones is uncomfortable, hard work, but we are ready.