This page sets out instructions for voting, and information about candidates, in the 2016 by-election for a representative of the Joint Faculties to the Vancouver Senate of the University of British Columbia.
Results
As a result of the election held 18 to 25 March 2016, Professor Alan Richardson of Philosophy has been elected as a Representative of the Joint Faculties to the Senate until 31 August 2017 and thereafter until replaced. The vote totals were as follows
RICHARDSON, Alan - 139 votes
WILKES, Rima - 37 votes
CREIGHTON, Millie - 22 votes
198 out of 2557 eligible voters cast ballots.
Respectfully submitted,
Christopher Eaton
Returning Officer
Voting in this Election
This is an election for one (1) faculty member to serve as representative of the Joint Faculties on the Vancouver Senate of the University of British Columbia.
Eligibility:
All Faculty Members are eligible to vote in this election. “Faculty Members” is defined for this election as all persons with appointments in the ranks of Professor (Full/Associate/Assistant), Instructor (Senior/II/I), Professor of Teaching, or Lecturer to any Faculty of the University of British Columbia (Vancouver).
Sessional, Honourary, Adjunct, and Emeritus appointments are not eligible.
Instructions for Voting:
Polls will be open from 9:00 am on Friday, March 18th, 2016 to 11:59 pm on Friday, March 25th, 2016.
Please follow the instructions below carefully. Be aware that the WebVote system does NOT use the CWL login. To access the system, you will need to follow the steps set out below:
1) Click here to go to the WebVote System.
2) Click on “Cast Vote”.
3) Click on “Vote” next to the "2016 By-Election of Joint-Faculty Representatives to the Vancouver Senate".
4) Enter your User ID: This is your 7-digit UBC Employee ID number.*
*this can be found on your UBCID card or paystub.
5) Enter your six-digit password: This is your date of birth in format YYMMDD.
6) Vote for up to 1 candidate by clicking on the box next to the candidate’s names.
7) Click on “Submit Vote” then click “ok” to confirm your submission.
If you have questions about this election, or experience any difficulty voting, please contact elections.information@ubc.ca
Candidate Information
Millie Creighton, Associate Professor, Anthropology
The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, has a large, beautiful campus but one whose location can separate it from the city in which it is located, the communities it serves, and the non-academic lives of students, particularly commuting students. I seek to create links between academic work and local, national, and international groupings; locally through such involvements as serving 4 years on the Board of Directors of the Vancouver Asian Heritage Month Society, serving on the Board of Directors of a Vancouver language school, and through interface with the office of the Mayor of Vancouver, nationally through policy meetings on risk reduction of disasters, and internationally as President for Canada of a worldwide organization on transnational popular culture, and as Representative for Canada of IMACO a UNESCO organization promoting Intangible Cultural Heritage. Through long-term work linked to the Centre for Japanese Research and the Centre for Korean Research, other units on Asia, on other world regions, or those internationally focused at UBC, I seek to create links between research and teaching at UBC with student interests and community groups beyond the university. I wish to promote further opportunities to help students engage in community involvement and presenting their own work at other venues nationally and internationally. In the past few years, I have been involved in assisting both undergraduate and graduate students gain grants or awards to help them participate in national and international conferences and wish to continue this towards even broader intellectual and educational possibilities for UBC students.
Alan Richardson, Professor, Philosophy
The Senate is the body that, subject to approval of the Board, makes the decisions regarding the activities that define the University—the academic activities associated with teaching and research. (The BC University Act states that [Section 37.1] “the academic governance of the University is vested in the Senate.”) The Senate, in particular, has a key role to play in approving curriculum, managing the Library, and developing the budget. The Senate also interacts with the Board, recommending actions to the Board that it deems in best interests of the University and approving the procedures by which the Board proposes to appoint senior administrators, including the President. These functions of the Senate are always important, but all the more so now with so many unanswered questions about the governance of the University. As a member of the UBC-Vancouver Senate, I will work to make sure that the academic goals and interests of the University are central to all University-level decision-making. I will also work to enhance the sense of academic community at UBC and to assure that the needs of that community are always at the forefront of the University’s actions. I have particular interests in clarifying the educational leadership faculty stream and utilizing its talents to advance education at UBC, developing responsible sexual violence policies and other policies that promote our community values, controlling tuition costs so that finances are not a barrier to any student wishing to study at UBC, and in promoting transparent governance generally.
Rima Wilkes, Professor, Sociology
Though there can be major challenges, at the end of the day it is a privilege to work at UBC alongside so many great faculty, staff and students. As a member of senate I would work to represent the needs of the entire UBC community and to ensure that the senate upholds transparency, equity, and shared governance. My research focusing on institutional trust, immigration, media, and Indigenous politics reflects a commitment to these values. In recent years I have spoken out about issues relevant to my discipline at large in both academic and public outlets including national media, editing the national journal in the discipline, and, most recently, publishing commentaries in Science and PNAS.