Here’s what you need to know about the 2022 RSU election

It’s that time of year when students have to make decisions about the type of governance they want to see in the Ryerson Students’ Union offices.

On The Record has put together all the important information student voters need.

Important dates

The timeline of the election will look different this year as the entire process, from nominations to final voting date, occurs within a 10-day span. There will be two fewer days of campaigning than there were last year. 

Election Debate – Feb. 1, 2022, at 3 p.m., via Zoom (https://zoom.us/j/99338210538?pwd=SnQ0MDJ3SGJlOXErQ2lJak9pZDFhdz09)

Voting Days – Feb. 2 – Feb. 4

All students will be voting through the my.ryerson portal in a similar process as last year.

The polls will close at 4 p.m., on Friday, Feb. 4, and the results of the election will be released by 6 p.m. that day, according to the Chief Returning Officer. 

Campaigning

Candidates will only have two days to campaign, which will mostly be done online due to the nature of the school’s reopening plan.

There are two slates — or groups of candidates running under a common platform — as well as some candidates running as independents.

To read through Forward’s platform: www.voteforward.ca

To read through Revolution’s platform: https://www.instagram.com/_teamrev/

Candidates and slates breakdown

You can find more information on each candidate on the RSU site or at http://www.rsuonline.ca/get-involved. 

PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES 

Marina Gerges – INDEPENDENT  

Ahmed Ali – REVOLUTION 

Siddhanth Satish – FORWARD

VP EQUITY CANDIDATES 

Areesha Qureshi – REVOLUTION 

Hilla Yaniv – FORWARD

VP STUDENT LIFE

Ozioma Molokwu – INDEPENDENT 

Abaan Ahmed – REVOLUTION 

Nikita Khan – FORWARD

VP EDUCATION 

Umar Abdullah – REVOLUTION

Tarman Kaur – FORWARD

VP OPERATIONS

Salar Hussain Syed – REVOLUTION 

Amir Dehandi – FORWARD

FACULTY OF SCIENCE – DIRECTOR

Shirin Kalavi – INDEPENDENT 

Angie Awadallah – INDEPENDENT 

Jash Faldu – REVOLUTION 

Mahin Haider – REVOLUTION 

Marieyam Khan – FORWARD 

Zaid Ahmed – FORWARD 

FACULTY OF COMMUNITY SERVICES – DIRECTOR

Minkyoung (Alisha) Kweon – INDEPENDENT 

Zroha Khalid – REVOLUTION 

Marium Mazhar – REVOLUTION 

Gabriela L’orfano – FORWARD 

Maham Malek – FORWARD 

Rawan Izzeddin – FORWARD 

Ruth-Ebony Lyttle – FORWARD 

TED ROGERS SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT – DIRECTOR

Niraj Vaya – INDEPENDENT 

Hifza Badar – INDEPENDENT 

Sahil Kumar – INDEPENDENT 

Ahsan Sajjad – REVOLUTION 

Raisa Rahman – REVOLUTION 

Aman Mathur – FORWARD 

April West – FORWARD 

Nirusha Shanmuganathan – FORWARD 

Waqar Syed – FORWARD 

FACULTY OF COMMUNICATION AND DESIGN – DIRECTOR 

Gus Cousins – INDEPENDENT 

Tristan Meyer Odell – REVOLUTION 

Rania Elhilali – REVOLUTION 

Musa Attique – REVOLUTION 

Dalia Chami – FORWARD 

Khushi Popat – FORWARD 

Kushil Doshi – FORWARD 

Vincent Lecompte – FORWARD 

FACULTY OF ENGINEERING AND ARCHITECTURAL SCIENCES – DIRECTOR

Success Daka – INDEPENDENT 

Waleed Idrees – REVOLUTION 

Abdul Hanan Moheb – REVOLUTION 

Hafsa Siraj – REVOLUTION 

Chehada Asaf – FORWARD 

Joshua Lyttle – FORWARD 

Odeha Onyegbule – FORWARD 

FACULTY OF ARTS – DIRECTOR

Aia Bakir – INDEPENDENT 

Kiera Gray – FORWARD 

Sasha Ruptash – FORWARD 

INTERNATIONAL STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE 

Olivia Okoro – INDEPENDENT 

Ahoor Razavi Rezvani – REVOLUTION 

Mahima Singh – FORWARD