The Camosun College Student Society (CCSS) held its fall elections from Monday, October 24 to Wednesday, October 26.
Denver Xavier got voted in as international director, Puneet Kaur as women’s director, Safs Saifullah as pride director, and Astrid Klee as wellness and access director. Purvi Dubey, Jaisica Singh, Ayush Chauhan, and Alex Joseph are Interurban directors; Angela Chou, Banipreet Bhan, Divyam Bhardwaj, and Manik Chopra are Lansdowne directors.
Addison Wong is Lansdowne executive, and Abhishek (no last name given) is off-campus director.
The ballot also had two referendum questions. The first asked students if they support allowing the cost of the student health and dental plans to increase annually at a maximum rate of inflation plus 1 percent (it’s currently a maximum of three percent) during years “when inflation is higher than traditionally normal.” This passed, with 54 percent of students voting in favour.
The second referendum question asked if students support the CCSS implementing a virtual care program at a cost to students of $35 per year to provide all students with 24/7 virtual access to medical care. This also passed, with 70 percent of students voting in favour.
A total of 740 students voted in the election, which was held online. 410 voted on day one, 134 on day two, and 196 on day three. These results are preliminary and have yet to be ratified by the CCSS board.
See camosunstudent.org for more info on the CCSS.