Agosti-Moro, Bhangu, Burnham, Mehta, Yee win Senate
Newcomers Shivani Mehta and Georgia Yee have won Senate seats alongside current senators Dante Agosti-Moro, Eshana Bhangu and Julia Burnham.
Newcomers Shivani Mehta and Georgia Yee have won Senate seats alongside current senators Dante Agosti-Moro, Eshana Bhangu and Julia Burnham.
Max Holmes has won re-election and will be joined by BoG newcomer Georgia Yee next year.
Gan, the current associate VP finance, ran for the seat uncontested.
Bhangu was in a two-way race with the current Associate VP Academic Shivani Mehta. The VPAUA race was the only contested AMS executive race this year.
Currently the associate VP external, Saad Shoaib ran uncontested the for seat.
Evans ran on a platform of COVID-19 recovery, equity and AMS governance reform.
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Evans also cited uncertainty about voter turnout in this year’s online election as a reason for no AMS-initiated referenda.
The fourth-year biology student’s platform centres equity across prongs of affordability, online learning, climate action and support for students writ large.
His platform is based on boosting UBC in Canadian university rankings, minimizing tuition increases and improving equity and inclusion measures.
Running for a third term, Max Holmes says he will continue the work he’s already started at the Board of Governors.
Mehrizi is running for one of two UBC Vancouver student seats on the Board of Governors on a platform of graduate student support, professional development support and stopping tuition increases.
Dante Agosti-Moro has sat on Senate for the last two years. He called running for Board the “next logical step” in his advocacy at the university.
Third-year political science student Emmanuel Cantiller is running to be a senator-at-large in the hopes of making life easier for students amid the pandemic.
Incumbent Julia Burnham hopes her experience in the Senate will make her an asset for the 2021/22 academic year.