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<\/a>Cunningham says that it’s taken everyone a while to adjust to campaigning online.<\/p>\n
\u201cI do believe it\u2019s harder to get students to look online,\u201d he says. \u201cCampaigning online is so much harder than being able to be on campus and maybe sit down with someone who\u2019s outside having a coffee\u2026 It poses a challenge to those running.\u201d<\/p>\n
Cunningham says that CCSS elections are the Camosun student membership\u2019s opportunity to voice who they want representing them.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s a great opportunity to help create a diverse board of students who are there to represent you, and the value is that those students meet monthly for [CCSS] board meetings, but all of them have different responsibilities within those roles, and we\u2019re constantly doing stuff throughout the month on an individual basis,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n
Cunningham points to the many different committees he attends, locally, provincially, and federally.<\/p>\n
\u201c[Student politicians] make sure the student voice is being heard and actively try to make change so that students have a better life on campus,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n
Given Camosun’s recent announcement that it will be returning to in-person learning in September, Cunningham says there is space in this election for those who are running\u2014he is not\u2014to tackle what they feel a return to campus should look like for students.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think there\u2019s a lot of room for people to shape their election platform around that,\u201d says Cunningham. \u201cI do think once they start protocols being followed when we get [back to campus], I think this new board\u2019s going to have the opportunity to actually have meetings on campus and start engaging with students on campus. It\u2019s going to radically change things.\u201d<\/p>\n
Students running should be cognizant of the fact that what campus looks this September will probably be different from what it looks like next September, particularly because so many students are in two-year programs and are at the college for a short period of time, says Cunningham.<\/p>\n
\u201cBecause we have a short time at Camosun for a lot of us, asking questions so that you\u2019re able to do what you\u2019re trying to do in the most effective manner and in the most timely manner is so important,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n
Even if you\u2019re not interested in running for any positions, says Cunningham, students can still make sure their voice is heard.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf you\u2019re not interested in running, voting is the quickest, simplest way to make sure that someone is representing you at that table who shares the same opinions as you.\u201d<\/p>\n
The positions that are open in the election are pride director, women\u2019s director, finance executive, external executive, Lansdowne executive, Interurban executive, student wellness and access director, sustainability director, international director, First Nations director, and Lansdowne director.<\/p>\n