Caucuses are groups that meet to plan and strategize how to represent DSU members at the governing bodies of the University: the Board of Governors and the Senate. If you're interested in someday working as a DSU commissioner or officer, running for a councillor or executive position, or you just want to be involved in your student union, joining a caucus is a great way to start!

 

Join Senate Caucus! 

Contact: dsuvpae@dal.ca
Chair: Omotayo Bankole, VP Academic & External
Deputy Chair: Mariam Knakriah, President

Want to have a say in Dalhousie’s big decisions about academics? The Dalhousie University Senate is one of the University's two top governance bodies, along with the Board of Governors, and they’re in charge of Dal's academic mission.

The DSU Vice President, Academic and External and the DSU President sit on Senate along with 9 other students. All the student senate representatives meet in a larger group called the Senate Caucus to discuss what is happening at Senate, to get input from students about what they want to see done at Senate, and to plan how best to advocate for Dal students.There are 22 voting members of the Senate Caucus, but any student is welcome to join as a non-voting member! 

If you are interested in attending caucus meetings or filling one of the vacant voting seats for the 2023-24 year, please fill out the interest form below. We are currently looking for Representatives for Continuing Education, Black Students, Indigenous Students, Disabled Students, Agriculture Students, Dentistry Students and Health Professions Students.

Submit Interest Form

The voting members of the Senate caucus are:

  • Chair: Omotayo Bankole, DSU Vice President, Academic and External

  • Deputy Chair: Mariam Knakriah, DSU President  

  • Agriculture Representative: Vacant

  • Architecture and Planning Representative:  James Smith

  • Arts and Social Sciences Representative: Pratik Wani

  • Computer Science Representative: Vacant

  • Continuing Education Representative: Vacant

  • Dentistry Representative: Vacant

  • Engineering Representative: Rudransh Goyal

  • Health Professions Representative: Vacant

  • Law Representative: Eni Oguntona

  • Management Representative: Calantha D’souza

  • Medicine Representative: Sydney Forbes

  • Science Representative: Joyce Li

  • Graduate Students' Representatives (2): Rowan Keith Menezes

  • Black Students' Representative: To be appointed

  • Indigenous Students' Representative: Vacant

  • International Students' Representative: Vacant

  • LGBTQ2S+ Students' Representative: RJ Roggeveen

  • Disabled Students' Representative: To be appointed

  • Women Students' Representative: Carmen Minnis



Board of Governors Caucus

Contact: dsupres@dal.ca

Current members: Mariam Knakriah (Chair; President), Ryan Dee (Board of Governors Representative), and Eshan Arora (Board of Governors Representative).

The Board of Governors caucus plans strategies for representing student voices at the University’s Board of Governors, including writing reports and presentations to share with the Board and communicating back to students about decisions taken by the Board. Get in touch if you have ideas for what the DSU should advocate for at the board level!