Elections

Winter 2025 Election Dates

Nomination Period: Monday, January 13 to Monday, February 10, 2025 (1:00 pm)
Voting Period: Wednesday, February 26 to Tuesday, March 4, 2025 (1:00 pm)

The results for the Winter 2025 Election are as follows: 

Senate - Faculty
Acclaimed

  • Ontario Agricultural College - Michael Rogers and Richard Heck
  • Ontario Veterinary College - Terri O'Sullivan 
  • College of Social and Applied Human Sciences - Craig Johnson, Elena Choleris, Boyer Winters, Leah Levac, John Lindsay
  • College of Engineering and Physical Sciences - Animesh Dutta, Medhat Moussa, Julie Vale, Prasad Daggupati

Senate - Graduate Students
Acclaimed

  • College of Arts - Laila Harris
  • College of Social and Applied Human Sciences - Lilian Barraclough
  • Gordon S. Lang School of Business and Economics - Michael Yu
  • Ontario Agricultural College - Jayden Cote

Elected

  • College of Biological Science - Alyssa Luchessi
  • College of Engineering and Physical Sciences - Megan Black

Senate - Undergraduate Students
Acclaimed 

  • Bachelor of Arts - Prabhjot Rattan and Victoria Kay
  • Bachelor of Engineering - Marcus Aldred-Ganhao and Elaine Xu
  • Bachelor of Indigenous Environmental Science and Practice - Ava Augustine
  • Bachelor of Landscape Architecture - Emily Pham
  • Bachelor of Science in Environmental Science - Miran Moss-Stricher

Elected

  • Bachelor of Arts and Sciences - Kimia Mehrafshan 
  • Bachelor of Computing - Nathaniel Broughton 
  • Guelph-Humber - Julia Telfer, Andrea Joy Deveraturda, Andrea Lue, Ashon Raja Vaz

Board of Governors 
Faculty - Elected 

  • Evie Adomait

Staff - Elected

  • Vanessa Joy

Undergraduate Students - Elected 

  • Ava Augustine
  • Jaedon O'Neill

Graduate Student - Acclaimed 

  • Jayden Cote

Commitment to Indigenization, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (IEDI)
The University of Guelph recognizes that an inclusive campus and a culture of inclusion are institutional and social imperatives. A culture of inclusion necessitates the involvement of stakeholders with a wide array of lived experiences, identities and perspectives on the Board of Governors and Senate to support, oversee and drive a strategic and system-wide approach to IEDI.    

The University is committed to fostering a culture of inclusion and to designing, reviewing, and rebuilding structures – including policies, programs, and practices – that are inclusive, equitable, and accessible to all.  In keeping with this commitment, nominations of qualified individuals from historically marginalized and underrepresented communities including those who identify as Black, Indigenous, or Persons of Colour; persons with a disability or who identify as differently abled; persons of all genders, and sexual orientations; and those with a demonstrable track record of confronting oppression and promoting belonging in their organizations and communities are strongly encouraged. 


Fall 2025 By-election Dates

Nomination Period: Monday, August 18 to Tuesday, September 16, 2025 (1:00 pm)
Voting Period: Tuesday, September 23 to Friday, September 26, 2025 (1:00 pm)