Vancouver Senators met for the final time of the 2024/25 Academic Year to confer degrees, approve a variety of motions and continue debate on a proposed academic freedom policy.
Voting is open for the student senator-at-large re-election from May 2-9.
Zarifa Nawar, Jasper Lorien, Kareem Hassib, Ananya Gupta and Solomon Yi-Kieran won the five student senator-at-large seats.
Last night, 9 out of 14 candidates for the student senator-at-large race, squared off in the Pit for the great debate.
Last night, 11 out of the 14 candidates for the student senator-at-large race showed up to exhibit their knowledge and plead their case for one of the five seats available.
Solomon Yi-Kieran is running for reelection as a student senator-at-large, looking to champion academic support and accessibility for students, as well as transparency.
Veeru Vaidesh Seethanaboyina is running for Senate on a platform of expanding student academic support, equity and experiential learning opportunities.
Mankanwar Singh is running for UBC’s Senate on a platform of enhancing open educational resources, strengthening mental health supports and boosting Senate transparency through effective communication with students.
Zarifa Nawar is running to be a member of UBC’s Senate on a platform of enriching students’ academic experience, improving equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI) initiatives, and boosting Senate efficiency.
Mohkam Singh Malik (ਮੋਹਕਮ) is a second-year student running for student senator-at-large on a platform centering support for commuter students, upgrading equipment students are provided and reducing the cost of books.
Bardia Mohammadizadeh, a second-year neuroscience student, is running for one of five student senator-at-large positions.
Jasper Lorien is a second-year political science student running for re-election as one of five student senators-at-large.
Incumbent and newly appointed vice-chair of the Senate Teaching and Learning Committee Kareem Hassib is running for his third year in a row to be one of UBC’s student senators-at-large.
Ananya Gupta is a fourth-year psychology student and the current Arts Undergraduate Society VP academic running for one of five student senator-at-large seats.
Shorya Goyalis running to be a student senator-at-large on a platform of making the academic appeal process more transparent, implementing compassionate withdrawal and grade adjustment policies for mental health crises and expanding mental health services.
