Reading Time: 2 minutesUOSU equity commissioner resigned from position on Aug. 2.
Sana Almansour
Reading Time: 3 minutesIn the second of four nights of election coverage, Fulcrum editor-in-chief Charley Dutil and news editor Zoë Mason sat down with equity commissioner candidates Sana Almansour and Daphnée Veilleux-Michaud.
Reading Time: 4 minutes “Of all parties to this report, academics should be fully aware of the fact that words matter. There is absolutely no need to use racial slurs in an academic setting. It is possible to have conversations about discrimination without using discriminatory language,” said Tim Gulliver, the University of Ottawa Students’ Union’s president.
Reading Time: 2 minutesDespite efforts, turnout remained low for this by-election, with Sana Almansour receiving just 1,278 votes out of a possible 36,855 voting members. Chloe Bergeron and Harneet Cheema were each only eligible to be voted in by members of the faculty they were vying to represent.
Reading Time: 5 minutesA lack of candidates means that the three candidates running in the UOSU by-election will seek a vote of approval from their peers… Harneet Cheema, Chloe Bergeron and Sana Almansour are running for University Senate, UOSU BOD and UOSU equity commissioner respectively.
Reading Time: 3 minutes“There are systemic issues to what these students face. So now is the time to address that,” said Sana Almansour, the University of Ottawa Students’ Union interim equity commissioner.
