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: Nick d'Entremont, 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 2024-25 year, please fill out the interest form below. We are currently looking for from all faculties except Science and all communities except 2LGBTQIA+

Submit Interest Form

The voting members of the Senate caucus are:

  • Chair: Nick d'Entremont, DSU Vice President, Academic and External

  • Deputy Chair: Mariam Knakriah, DSU President  

  • Agriculture Representative: Vacant

  • Architecture and Planning Representative:  Vacant

  • Arts and Social Sciences Representative: Claire Goldberg

  • Computer Science Representative: Vacant

  • Continuing Education Representative: Vacant

  • Dentistry Representative: Dalia Nasser

  • Engineering Representative: Satyam Behl

  • Health Professions Representative: Swasti Arora

  • Law Representative: Maggie MacInnis

  • Management Representative: Vacant

  • Medicine Representative: Nicole Dupere

  • Science Representative: Ava Maleki

  • Graduate Students' Representatives (2): Gillian Nickerson

  • Black Students' Representative: Nathan Tesfazion

  • Indigenous Students' Representative: Vacant

  • International Students' Representative: Jeena Goyal

  • LGBTQ2S+ Students' Representative: Ry Lewis

  • Disabled Students' Representative: Eshan Arora

  • Women Students' Representative: Evelyn Burke



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!