General Elections 

The nomination process for the GSAÉD General elections is now open .

  • Last date to submit candidacy 11:59 p.m. on Monday, March 10th, 2025
  • Campaign Period : March 12 to March 26th
  • Voting: Conducted online on March 24, th ,25 th and 26 th

To submit your candidacy, please complete  the nomination form and contact the Chief Returning Officer at elections@gsaed.ca for further information about the process. 

Positions open for elections

Commissioners Positions
  • Governance commissioner
  • Student life and equity commissioner
  • University affairs commissioner
Senate Positions
  • Senate—Humanities
  • Senate—Sciences
uOttawa Board of Governor Position
  • Graduate student representative at the uOttawa Board of Governor
GSAÉD Board Members
  • Institute of Feminist and Gender Studies
  • School of Political Studies
  • Graduate School of Public and International Affairs
  • School of sociological and anthropological studies
  • Department of Criminology
  • Department of Economics (GESA)
  • School of Social Work
  • Telfer Graduate Professional Programmes
  • Institute of the Environment
  • School of Epidemiology and Public Health (SEPHGSA)
  • Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology (BMIGSA)
  • Mathematics and Statistics
  • Earth and Environmental Sciences
  • Interdisciplinary School of Health Sciences
  • School of Human Kinetics (HKGSA)
  • School of Rehabilitation Sciences (RSSA)
  • Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering
  • Department of Civil Engineering
  • Department of Mechanical Engineering
  • School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS)
  • Faculty of Law
  • Department of Communication
  • Department of Geography, Environment and Geomatics
  • School of Information Studies (AÉSISSA)
  • Department of Linguistics
  • Department of English
  • Department of French
  • Department of Modern Languages and Literatures
  • Official Languages and Bilingualism Institute
  • School of Translation and Interpretation (STIGSA)
  • School of Music
  • Department of Theatre
  • Department of Visual Arts

Please note

All candidates who wish to participate in the election process must be members of GSAÉD. Please note that candidates running for commissioner positions must pass a bilingualism test as per the GSAÉD bylaws. The test will be conducted before the election date, and candidates who do not pass the test will be disqualified from the electoral process. Kindly download the nomination form and click on the Sign up button to send it to us. More information about the bylaws can be also be found by clicking on the button below