Education Council Byelection
Education Council - Byelection - Central Okanagan (Faculty)
Term: to July 31, 2025
To submit your application:
- Gather all supporting documents
- Download and complete three nomination forms
- Attach completed forms to the online application as part of step 3
- Submit an (form is open during the nomination period, see below for dates)
2024 Election Dates for Education Council
Nomination Period:
Wed, Oct 30 - Tue Nov 12
Candidate Names Published:
Wed, Nov 13
Campaign Period:
Wed, Nov 13– Tue, Nov 26
Election Dates:
Wed, Nov 27– Tue, Dec 3 at 4 pm
Announcement of Results:
Tue Dec 3 by 6 pm
Appeal Deadline:
Thu Dec 5 by 4 pm
Education Council - Central Okanagan Faculty
Sean Johnston
Sean Johnston has been teaching at À¦°óSM for 17 years, served as Chair of the Department of English, 2nd VP of the OCFA, and Kelowna Steward for the OCFA.
He's also served on the following committees: Arts CPRC; Arts PD; GIA; and ESL.
Information Regarding Elections and Campaigns
Elections for positions on À¦°óSM Board of Governors and Education Council are conducted by the Registrar’s Office.
Questions may be emailed to elections@okanagan.bc.ca.
To obtain further details about the regulations governing the election, please click on the button below.
To access further details about the guidelines governing the campaign process, please click the button provided below.
Eligibility Requirements
Faculty/Instructor
Faculty/Instructor member means any faculty member or vocational instructor employed by À¦°óSM who is a member of the À¦°óSM Faculty Association or BC Government and Service Employees’ Union (Vocational Instructors).
Any faculty member or vocational instructor shall be deemed eligible to stand for election if they in good standing with their representative group and have an employment contract or a reasonable expectation of a contract that covers the period of the term of office.
Support staff
Support staff member means any individual employed by À¦°óSM who is a member of BC Government and Service Employees’ Union Support Staff or covered by the Terms and Conditions for Administrators or Excluded Staff and is not in a position excluded under Appendix A.
Any support staff member shall be deemed eligible to stand for election if they in good standing with their representative group and have an employment contract or a reasonable expectation of a contract that covers the period of the term of office.
Student
Student means any person enrolled as a student at À¦°óSM in a program approved by Education Council.
Eligibility to stand for election and to hold office.
Be deemed to be in good standing by the Registrar. Any Student is eligible be nominated to be a Student elected member with the following exception: that a Student candidate may not be employed by the College as a Support Staff, Faculty or Educational Administrator except when the employment falls under one of the following: Letter of Understanding #1 - Student Employees, Letter of Understanding #2 – Co-operative Education Students and Letter of Understanding #3 – Research Projects as part of the Collective Agreement between À¦°óSM (Support Staff) and the B.C. Government and Service Employees’ Union (2014-2019 and as renegotiated). Be considered a Student on the day the election is held.
Appeal committee
- The Registrar/Associate Vice President who will chair the Committee and be non-voting;
- A student (President of the À¦°óSM Student Union or designate in odd years, the President of the Vernon Students’ Association À¦°óSM or designate in even years);
- A representative from the Faculty/Instructor representative groups (Chair of the BCGEU (Vocational Instructors) or designate in odd years and the Chair of the À¦°óSM Faculty Association or designate in even years); and
- A representative from Support Staff/Administrator representative groups (Chair of BCGEU Support Staff union or designate in odd years and the Chair of the Administrators Association or designate in even years).
Note: OCFA & BCGEU Vocational and OCSU & VSAOC agreed to serve on alternate years.