Call for nominations - Council of Representatives

January 6, 2022

A call for nom­i­na­tions was issued on Jan­u­ary 6, 2022 for the URFA Coun­cil of Rep­re­sen­ta­tives (COR) elec­tions. Accord­ing to Arti­cle 8.3 of the Con­sti­tu­tion, a mem­ber shall be enti­tled to nom­i­nate and to vote only with­in the mem­ber’s constituency. 

About the Coun­cil of Rep­re­sen­ta­tives and the avail­able terms

Meet­ings of the Coun­cil of Rep­re­sen­ta­tives shall be held at least quar­ter­ly. The Coun­cil pro­vides pol­i­cy advice and rec­om­men­da­tions to the Exec­u­tive Com­mit­tee for the ben­e­fit of the Asso­ci­a­tion. The Coun­cil of Rep­re­sen­ta­tives are elect­ed for two-year terms (unless oth­er­wise indi­cat­ed), approx­i­mate­ly one-half elect­ed to take office each year, from var­i­ous con­stituen­cies at the Uni­ver­si­ty of Regi­na, Cam­pi­on Col­lege, Luther Col­lege, and the First Nations Uni­ver­si­ty of Canada. 

The terms of office for all Coun­cil mem­bers will com­mence May 1; how­ev­er, a meet­ing of the elect­ed mem­bers of the Coun­cil of Rep­re­sen­ta­tives is required on or before April 15 to elect the fol­low­ing Exec­u­tive Com­mit­tee mem­bers: Mem­ber at Large (Aca­d­e­m­ic), Mem­ber at Large (APT) and Equi­ty Officer. 

Accord­ing to 7.2.11 of the Con­sti­tu­tion, those con­stituen­cies that are enti­tled to one rep­re­sen­ta­tive on the Coun­cil of Rep­re­sen­ta­tives may elect, at the time of the Coun­cil elec­tions, an alter­nate rep­re­sen­ta­tive. This alter­nate may serve as rep­re­sen­ta­tive for that con­stituen­cy if the elect­ed rep­re­sen­ta­tive can­not do so.

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Nom­i­na­tion pack­ages and deadline

Nom­i­na­tion pack­ages for the Coun­cil of Rep­re­sen­ta­tives elec­tions were dis­trib­uted elec­tron­i­cal­ly to mem­bers in the constituencies. 

Nom­i­na­tion forms can be emailed to the URFA office and must be received no lat­er than 4:30 p.m. on Feb­ru­ary 1, 2022.

If you have not received a nom­i­na­tion pack­age after Jan­u­ary 6, 2022 and are an eli­gi­ble nom­i­nee in one of the con­stituen­cies list­ed below, please email or call the URFA office at 306 585 4378 and we would be hap­py to send a pack­age to you.

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