The following candidates were elected in the 2025 By-Election:

• Elnaz Enayatpour,
• Samar Mohamed Ahmed,
• Emma Brisson,
• Jad Mghabghab,
• Justin Patrick,
• Yesha Villanueva,
• Farah Mourad,
• Evan Hong,
• Amy Park,
• Heddy Himi,
• Huy Nguyen,
• Gary Chao.

Question 1 regarding the recognition of FESA was adopted.

The University of Ottawa recently provided the Elections Office with the names of several members who were not previously included in the list of electors for the 2025 By-Election. These electors have now been added to the list.

In accordance with section 8.2.2 of the Elections Code, the Chief Electoral Officer is therefore extending the voting period by 72 hours. The voting period will now end on Monday October 13^th at 6 pm.

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Shivani Narendranath has withdrawn from the By-Election.

The following candidates are disqualified from the 2025 By-Election for failing to achieve the standard of bilingualism as set out in the Constitution:

• Kaitlin Ma,
• Shahad Al-Deewan.

The following candidates are approved to appear on the ballot in the 2025 UOSU By-Election, pending language assessments for candidates for the Executive Committee:

Communications Commissioner

• Kaitlin Ma

Student Life Commissioner

• Samar Mohamed Ahmed
• Emilia Bah

Operations Commissioner

• Hamza El Mendri
• Elnaz Enayatpour
• Shahad Al-deewan

Board of Directors (Arts)

• Shivani Narendranath
• Emma Brisson

Board of Directors (Engineering)

• Jad Mghabghab
• Justin Patrick

Board of Directors (Health Sciences)

• Eshaal Maher
• Yesha Villanueva
• Farah Mourad

Board of Directors (Science)

• Evan Hong
• Amy Park
• Neal Singh

Senate (Law)

• Heddy Himi

Senate (Science)

• Kevin Jospeh
• Huy Nguyen

Senate (Telfer)

• Gary Chao

On Sunday, July 27, 2025, the UOSU Board of Directors approved the following timeline for the 2025 By-Election:

• Nomination Period: September 3 to September 21 at 6 pm.

• Campaign Period: September 22 to October 5.

• Voting Period: October 6 to October 10 at 6 pm.

For any questions, please contact the Chief Electoral Officer at: elections@seuo-uosu.com.