Senate Elections
Participating as a member of Senate provides members of the University community with a unique opportunity to contribute to governance of the University, helping to influence policy and issues that affect the quality of student experience and education at the University of Guelph. The Senate of the University of Guelph is comprised of members from across the University community, and brings together members of the administration, faculty, staff, students and alumni.
In accordance with the bylaws and regulations of the Senate of the University of Guelph, elections for student, faculty and staff seats on Senate are held in the Winter semester for the next academic year. (By-elections for remaining open seats, are held, if required, in the following Fall semester.) Current information and nomination forms are available for download below. If you have trouble with the forms, please contact the University Secretariat office at x.56760 or email univsec@uoguelph.ca .
Election bylaws for all Senate seats are available in the Governance Handbook.
Winter 2012 Senate Elections
(for terms beginning September 1, 2012)
- Senate Undergraduate Student Representatives
- Senate Graduate Student Representatives
- Senate Faculty Representatives
- Senate Staff Representatives
- Senate Librarian Representatives
Senate Undergraduate Elections
Nomination period: January 16 - 27, 2012
Election period: February 6 - 10, 2012
- Nomination forms (pdf) (docx)
- Nominee statements - BASC, BSC
- Nominee statements - Guelph-Humber
- List of candidates
Senate Graduate Student Elections
Nomination period: January 16 - 27, 2012
Election period: February 6 - 10, 2012
Senate Faculty Elections
Nomination period: February 1 - 29, 2012
Election period:
March 19 - 23, 2012
Senate Staff Elections
Nomination period: February 1 - 29, 2012
Election period:
March 19 - 30, 2012
- Nomination forms (pdf) (docx)
- **please note we are having temporary difficulty posting the nomination forms. Please check back for updates or email elections@uoguelph.ca for a copy of the form
Senate Librarian By-Elections
- No librarian election will be required until 2013