elections 2021 Archives - Queen's Journal

Rohit Shukla voted next SGPS Vice-President (Graduate)

Written on March 26, 2021. Posted in Elections, News.

Rohit Shukla was elected Vice-President (Graduate) of the Society of Graduate and Professional Studies (SGPS) for the 2021-22 year on March 18. He won 53.4 per cent of the vote over opposing candidate Darren Zanussi. Though the SGPS held its presidential and vice-presidential election in February,...

Uncontested COMPSA presidential candidate discusses platform

Written on March 2, 2021. Posted in Elections, News.

Sanindie Silva, CompSci ’23, is running uncontested for President of the Computing Students Association (COMPSA). Silva spoke with The Journal to discuss her goals for the Association. After wanting to be involved in student government since elementary school, Silva jumped at the opportunity to...

Uncontested COMPSA presidential candidate takes questions at open forum

Written on March 2, 2021. Posted in Elections, News.

The Computing Students Association (COMPSA) hosted a virtual question and answer period for Presidential candidate Sanindie Silva, CompSci ’23, on Feb. 23. A small group of students came out to the virtual event to ask Silva questions about her candidacy. Uncontested in this year’s race, Silva presented...

Justine Aman secures second term as SGPS President

Written on February 26, 2021. Posted in Elections, News.

As voting for the Society of Graduate and Professional Studies (SGPS) election closed Feb. 12, incumbent Justine Aman won a vote of confidence to continue for a second year as the President of the SGPS. Aman ran uncontested for president for the second year in a row, receiving a 99.3 per cent vote...

Team AmPLify voted next CESA Executive Team

Written on February 26, 2021. Posted in Elections, News.

Team AmPLify was voted CESA’s next executive on Feb. 12. The team is comprised of Alexis Pascoal (President), Lexie Ingoldsby (Vice-President Internal) and Paris Tomazic (Vice-President External), all ConEd ’23. The group ran against Team BluEJay, which was composed of Presidential candidate John...

Jared Fernyc voted next ResSoc Vice President of Residential Affairs

Written on February 17, 2021. Posted in Elections, News.

As voting closed Wednesday night, Jared Fernyc was elected the Residence Society’s (ResSoc) incoming Vice-President of Residential Affairs (VPRA). Fernyc ran uncontested and earned a 92.6 per cent vote of confidence, though only 5.5 per cent of eligible voters cast a ballot in the election. In an...

Editors in Chief of Queen’s Journal Volume 149 elected

Written on February 17, 2021. Posted in Elections, News.

Aysha Tabassum and Shelby Talbot were elected the next Editors in Chief of The Journal, Volume 149, last Friday. Tabassum is one of The Journal’s Features Editors and Talbot is the Lifestyle Editor. With 26 votes—72 per cent—cast in their favour, Tabassum and Talbot secured the vote over Arts Editor...

Team RTZ voted next AMS executive

Written on February 11, 2021. Posted in Elections, News.

As voting closed Wednesday, an 18.2 per cent turnout rate elected next year’s student leaders. AMS Voters elected Team RTZ, composed of President-Elect Zaid Kasim, Sci ’21, Vice-President (Operations)-elect Tiana Wong, ArtSci ’21 and Vice-President (University Affairs)-elect Ryan Sieg, Kin ’21, for...

At CESA debate, executive teams present similar platforms with some key differences

Written on February 11, 2021. Posted in Elections, News.

CESA Executive Teams BluEJay and AmPLify went head to head at a debate Monday evening over Zoom. Team BluEJay is composed of Presidential candidate John Habib, Vice-Presidential (External) candidate Esther Eisen, and Vice-Presidential (Internal) candidate Brendan Lerant, all Con-Ed ’22. Presidential...