ASFA By-Election Campaign Gets Started

The Arts and Science Federation of Associations (ASFA) by-election campaign kicks off today. Candidates will be trying to convince voters for the next week and a half that they are right for the job.  

The VP Communications and Promotions position remains open as no one ran for the position last year. But Katie Brioux, Alexis Suzuki and Laura Robbins will be vying for the job this time.

Brioux is a Communications student in her fourth year from Brampton, Ontario. She plans on creating an “open communication platform” on ASFA’s website to keep students informed. Brioux is currently the Graphics Editor at The Concordian newspaper.

Suzuki is in her third year studying English, Art History and Studio Art. She is the VP External for Concordia Volunteers In Action (VIA) club. Suzuki plans to add a “sustainable” twist to getting students informed about ASFA events.

Robbins is an activist on campus with student-led movements. She promises to provide students with ways to be involved while doing her part to keep ASFA transparent and accountable.

The position for VP External and Sustainability is also up for grabs. Boris Degas and Paul Jerajian will go head to head in the by-election.

Degas is in his fourth year in Biochemistry from Marseille, France. He plans on starting a ride share program as well as reviving the annual Green Week.

Jerajian is in his second year of Actuarial Mathematics and Finance from nearby Saint Laurent, Quebec. He plans to focus on fighting tuition fee hikes and to create more sustainability-centred events on campus.

Also looking to get elected, Yazzy Zahar and Sian Mill will try and fill the vacant Independent Councillor slot. 

Zahar is a second year student from Washington D.C. specializing in Environmental Science. She wants to incorporate international students into ASFA as well as increase its visibility on campus.

Mill is in her fourth year from Vancouver, B.C. studying Geography and Urban Studies. A former VP Internal of the Geography Undergraduate Students Society, Mill also wants students to know what ASFA is all about by increasing student "awareness" of the organization.

Stay tuned to cjlo.com/news for continued coverage of the 2011 ASFA by-election.

Arts and Science students can vote in various locations around campus from 10am to 8pm on October 12th and 13th.