Call for nominations: Board of Governors and Senate

Elections will be held on March 4, 5, and 6, 2025, to fill vacant undergraduate student, graduate student, and teaching staff representative seats on the following University-wide governing bodies:

Board of Governors 

Undergraduate Student Representative

One vacancy (2-year term, July 1, 2025 – June 30, 2027)

Teaching Staff Representative

One vacancy (3-year term, July 1, 2025 – June 30, 2028)

Senate

Undergraduate Student Representatives – one from each of the following faculties 

Faculty of Business (2-year term, July 1, 2025 – June 30, 2027)

Faculty of Health Sciences (2-year term, July 1, 2025 – June 30, 2027)

Faculty of Humanities (2-year term, July 1, 2025 – June 30, 2027)

Faculty of Social Sciences (2-year term, July 1, 2025 – June 30, 2027)

Graduate Student Representatives – one from each of the following faculties

Faculty of Engineering (2-year term, July 1, 2025 – June 30, 2027)

Faculty of Health Sciences (2-year term, July 1, 2025 – June 30, 2027)

Faculty of Science (2-year term, July 1, 2025 – June 30, 2027)

Nomination Period 

Thursday Jan. 23, 2025 to Thursday Feb. 6, 2025

Nomination forms are available at secretariat.mcmaster.ca/elections/

Completed nomination forms must be received by the University Secretariat by 12 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 6, 2025. 

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Elections will be held on March 4, 5, and 6, 2025, to fill vacant undergraduate student, graduate student, and teaching staff representative seats on the following University-wide governing bodies:
<h4><span style="color: #7a003c">Board of Governors  </span></h4>
<strong>Undergraduate Student Representative </strong>
<ul>
 	<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="1" data-list-defn-props="{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;multilevel&quot;}" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1">One vacancy (2-year term, July 1, 2025 – June 30, 2027)</li>
</ul>
<strong>Teaching Staff Representative </strong>
<ul>
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</ul>
<h4><span style="color: #7a003c">Senate</span></h4>
<strong>Undergraduate Student Representatives – one from each of the following faculties  </strong>
<ul>
 	<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="4" data-list-defn-props="{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;multilevel&quot;}" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1">Faculty of Business (2-year term, July 1, 2025 – June 30, 2027)</li>
</ul>
<ul>
 	<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="4" data-list-defn-props="{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;multilevel&quot;}" data-aria-posinset="2" data-aria-level="1">Faculty of Health Sciences (2-year term, July 1, 2025 – June 30, 2027)</li>
</ul>
<ul>
 	<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="4" data-list-defn-props="{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;multilevel&quot;}" data-aria-posinset="3" data-aria-level="1">Faculty of Humanities (2-year term, July 1, 2025 – June 30, 2027)</li>
</ul>
<ul>
 	<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="4" data-list-defn-props="{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;multilevel&quot;}" data-aria-posinset="4" data-aria-level="1">Faculty of Social Sciences (2-year term, July 1, 2025 – June 30, 2027)</li>
</ul>
<strong>Graduate Student Representatives – one from each of the following faculties </strong>
<ul>
 	<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="5" data-list-defn-props="{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;multilevel&quot;}" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1">Faculty of Engineering (2-year term, July 1, 2025 – June 30, 2027)</li>
</ul>
<ul>
 	<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="5" data-list-defn-props="{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;multilevel&quot;}" data-aria-posinset="2" data-aria-level="1">Faculty of Health Sciences (2-year term, July 1, 2025 – June 30, 2027)</li>
</ul>
<ul>
 	<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="5" data-list-defn-props="{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;multilevel&quot;}" data-aria-posinset="3" data-aria-level="1">Faculty of Science (2-year term, July 1, 2025 – June 30, 2027)</li>
</ul>

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<h4><span style="color: #7a003c">Nomination Period  </span></h4>
<strong>Thursday Jan. 23, 2025 to Thursday Feb. 6, 2025</strong>

Nomination forms are available at <a href="https://secretariat.mcmaster.ca/elections/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">secretariat.mcmaster.ca/elections/</a>

Completed nomination forms must be received by the University Secretariat <strong>by 12 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 6, 2025. </strong>

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