Elections are being held for joint faculties representatives (members-at-large) on the Okanagan and Vancouver Senates of the University of British Columbia for the 2026-2029 triennium. For more information about the Senates, please click here.
Joint Faculties Representatives
Positions for eligible faculty members to serve on the Senates are as follows:
- Sixteen (16) people representing the joint faculties on the Okanagan Senate, elected by and from members of the UBC Okanagan faculty
- Twelve (12) people representing the joint faculties on the Vancouver Senate, elected by and from members of the UBC Vancouver faculty
Eligibility
Eligible faculty members are all persons with primary appointments to either UBC Okanagan or UBC Vancouver, as applicable, with the rank of Professor, Associate Professor, Assistant Professor, Professor of Teaching, Associate Professor of Teaching, Assistant Professor of Teaching, or Lecturer. Clinical, adjunct, emeritus, sessional, partner, and honorary faculty are not eligible. Representatives of the joint faculties are faculty members who serve as faculty-members-at large and can be elected from any of the Faculties of a particular campus. Joint appointments are not required.
Nomination Forms
Nominations are closed.
Elections
Elections are required following the second call for nominations. Voting is expected to occur in January 2026.
Candidates
UBC Okanagan
- Rishma Chooniedass
- Jannik Haruo Eikenaar
- Michael Evans
- Ruth Frost
- Heather Latimer
- Julien Picault
- Matt Rader
- Christine Schreyer
- Emily Snyder
UBC Vancouver
- Elisa Baniassad
- Agnes D'Entremont
- Simon Rabkin
- Tsur Somerville
Results
Results to-date appear below. Further results will be posted when available.
UBC Okanagan
- Peter Arthur, Professor of Teaching, Faculty of Education
- Joanna Cockerline, Lecturer, Faculty of Creative and Critical Studies
- Tamara Ebl, Lecturer, Faculty of Management
- George Grinnell, Associate Professor, Faculty of Creative and Critical Studies
- Sandy Hilton, Associate Professor of Teaching, Faculty of Management
- Daniel Keyes, Associate Professor, Faculty of Creative and Critical Studies
- Stephen O'Leary, Professor, Faculty of Applied Science
- Ray Taheri, Professor of Teaching, Faculty of Applied Science
UBC Vancouver
- Chris Addison, Associate Professor of Teaching, Faculty of Science
- Ben Britton, Professor, Faculty of Applied Science
- Joanne Fox, Professor of Teaching, Faculty of Science
- Andre Ivanov, Professor, Faculty of Applied Science
- Jessica Kalra, Assistant Professor of Teaching, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences
- Christina Laffin, Associate Professor, Faculty of Arts
- Siobhán McElduff, Associate Professor, Faculty of Arts
- Charles Menzies, Professor, Faculty of Arts
- Santokh Singh, Professor of Teaching, Faculty of Science
- Greg Werker, Lecturer, Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration
Submitting a Nomination
Nominations (second call) closed at 4 pm on Thursday 27 November 2025.
Instructions for completing and submitting nominations are on the forms themselves. Deadlines and word limits are strictly observed. Forms and statements should be scanned and emailed to UBC Elections at elections.information@ubc.ca.
Questions
Please contact UBC Elections at elections.information@ubc.ca if you have any questions.
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These elections are being carried out in accordance with the Regulations for Elections to the Board of Governors and the Senates.