{"id":23301,"date":"2022-11-16T09:00:13","date_gmt":"2022-11-16T17:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/?p=23301"},"modified":"2022-11-17T08:57:44","modified_gmt":"2022-11-17T16:57:44","slug":"camosun-college-student-society-moves-ahead-after-fall-student-elections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/2022\/11\/16\/camosun-college-student-society-moves-ahead-after-fall-student-elections\/","title":{"rendered":"Camosun College Student Society moves ahead after fall student elections"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Camosun College Student Society (CCSS) held its fall student elections from Monday, October 24 to Wednesday, October 26. CCSS external executive Jessie Niikoi says that the student society is happy with the how the elections went this time around.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe generally feel like it was a smooth one and we\u2019re happy we were able to fill all the positions on the board because it has been a while since we have had a full board,\u201d says Niikoi. \u201cSo, it is great to have more people on the board and for students to see that side of us in terms of decision making and whatever we do for students.\u201d<\/p>\n

Denver Xavier got voted in as international director, Puneet Kaur as women\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n

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Camosun College Student Society external executive Jessie Niikoi (photo provided).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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\u2019s currently a maximum of three percent) during years \u201cwhen inflation is higher than traditionally normal.\u201d This passed, with 54 percent of students voting in favour.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat one is was mostly because we observed we hadn\u2019t recently increased our student fees in terms of the health and dental… and just because of inflation, we wanted to be able to provide the same service we usually do to students without having to cut out so many things,\u201d says Niikoi. \u201cThat\u2019s why we had to bring that inflation forward because in case that inflation actually hits, it would compromise the services that are essential to the students.\u201d<\/p>\n

The second referendum question asked if students support the CCSS implementing a virtual care program at a cost 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.<\/p>\n

\u201c[The insurance company] suggested this service to us because it\u2019s something that\u2019s exclusive to students\u2026 it\u2019s like a Telus Health service, but it\u2019s exclusively for Camosun students. So, you wouldn\u2019t have the waiting times where you have to wait a few hours or a few days to get in with a doctor. This would be quick and easy because it\u2019s geared towards students. They also mentioned how cheap it would be. It\u2019s as expensive as an Amazon subscription basically, because it\u2019s only $3 per month, and then you have it for the whole year.\u201d<\/p>\n

Niikoi says that looking ahead to the next election, the CCSS plans to put more effort into campaigning and encouraging students to vote.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI especially feel like we could do more because we have a lot of students,\u201d she says. \u201cThe effort to actually reach out this year has been more because we had our work study, our social media pages having this out, so it\u2019s pretty much the same as last year… I definitely feel like we\u2019re going to have to do more in our next election because it\u2019s going to be another fresh set of people for most of the positions.\u201d<\/p>\n

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. The election results are preliminary and have yet to be ratified by the CCSS board.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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