Faculty Elections - Fall 2025
Call for Nominations
A call for nominations is now issued for faculty vacancies on Senate, Senate Committees (DQAC, SGAAC, SUAAC), and Faculty College.
Eligibility to Nominate, Vote and Stand for Election:
All faculty (or designate electoral equivalent) employed by the University as full-time continuing or part-time continuing (50% or greater) shall be eligible to nominate, stand for election and vote except for the Faculty College positions. Faculty Members at the following ranks shall be eligible for Faculty College membership: Associate Professor with Tenure, Professor with Tenure, Senior Lecturer, and University Lecturer.
Details on eligibility are included in the University Act, the election sections of the Rules of Senate, and the University's Academic Policies.
Nominations:
Please click on the appropriate nomination form found in the column on the right in the table below.
The completed nomination form and an abbreviated CV and/or statement of interest from the nominee (combined information is limited to one page), must be received by Tuesday, November 18, 2025 at 4:00 pm. Send to senate@sfu.ca.
FACULTY |
POSITIONS |
TERM OF OFFICE |
NOMINATION FORMS |
| Applied Sciences | DQAC | Present – May 31/27 | Applied Sciences Nomination Form |
| SUAAC | Present - May 31/26 | ||
| Faculty College** (2 positions) | Present - August 31/26 | ||
| Faculty College** | Present – August 31/27 | ||
| Arts and Social Sciences | DQAC | Present – May 31/26 | Arts and Social Sciences Nomination Form |
| Faculty College** (2 positions) | Present - August 31/26 | ||
| Beedie School of Business | Faculty College** | Present - August 31/26 | Business Nomination Form |
| Faculty College** (2 positions) | Present – August 31/27 | ||
| Communication, Art & Technology | DQAC | Present – May 31/27 | Communication, Art and Technology Nomination Form |
| SUAAC | Present – May 31/27 | ||
| Faculty College** | Present – August 31/27 | ||
| Faculty College** (2 positions) | Present - August 31/26 | ||
| Education | Senate* | Present – May 31/28 | Education Nomination Form |
| Senate* | Present – May 31/26 | ||
| Faculty College** | Present – August 31/27 | ||
| Faculty College** (2 positions) | Present – August 31/26 | ||
| Environment |
DQAC | Present - May 31/27 | Environment Nomination Form |
| Faculty College** (2 positions) | Present – August 31/27 | ||
| Faculty College** | Present - August 31/26 | ||
| Health Sciences | SUAAC | Present - May 31/26 | Health Sciences Nomination Form |
| Faculty College** | Present – August 31/27 | ||
| Faculty College** | Present - August 31/26 | ||
| Science | Faculty College** | Present – August 31/26 | Science Nomination Form |
| School of Medicine | Senate* | Present - May 31/26 | School of Medicine Nomination Form |
| Senate* | Present - May 31/27 |
*Senate and Senate committees:
Each Senator is expected to sit on at least one Senate Committee.
For more information see: http://www.sfu.ca/senate/senate-committees.html
Senate committees elected by and from respective Faculties:
- DQAC - Diverse Qualifications Adjudication Committee
- SGAAC - Senate Graduate Awards Adjudication Committee
- SUAAC - Senate Undergraduate Awards Adjudication Committee
**Faculty College
The Faculty College is an elected body whose purpose is to provide a pool of individuals to serve on a Faculty Review Committee (Articles 29.25 – 29.34) or a University Salary Appeal Committee (Articles 33.23 – 33.28) where needed. Each Faculty shall be allocated spaces for Faculty College members as follows:
• 4 each for Applied Sciences; Business; Communication, Art & Technology; Education; Environment; Health Sciences; and Science.
• 6 for Arts and Social Sciences.
Faculty Members at the following ranks shall be eligible for Faculty College membership: Associate Professor with Tenure, Professor with Tenure, Senior Lecturer, and University Lecturer. Academic administrators above the level of Chair, members of Tenure and Promotion Committees, and candidates for promotion to Professor or University Lecturer are not eligible for membership on the Faculty College.
The election of Faculty College members will be conducted in accordance with the procedures for electing Faculty Members to Senate. Each year, by the end of June, two Faculty Members will be elected from the Faculties of Applied Sciences; Business; Communication, Art and Technology; Education; Environment; Health Sciences; and Science, and three Faculty Members will be elected from the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. Faculty Members elected to the Faculty College will have a term of office that commences on September 1 and lasts for two years. Both genders must be represented among the representatives from each Faculty.
Online Voting
If required, online voting will take place from Wednesday, November 19 to Friday, November 21, 2025. Voters will receive an email notification with voting information, candidate information, and a link to the online voting system. The data from the voting system will be downloaded on November 24, 2025. The candidate(s) with the highest number of votes will be declared elected.
Information Links
- Senate information: www.sfu.ca/senate.html
- Senate Committee information: www.sfu.ca/senate/senate-committees.html
- Faculty College information: https://www.sfu.ca/senate/senate-committees/fcc.html
Questions?
Questions about elections may be directed to Steven Noel, Senate Assistant and Electoral Officer, at senate@sfu.ca.