DSU Council

DSU Council comprises four main bodies: the Executive Officer team, the Board of Governors representatives, Community Representatives, and Faculty Representatives. The following is a list of the current councillors for the 2024-25 academic year. If you have concerns regarding an issue, please contact the appropriate councillor for your constituency (e.g., management representative if you are a management student). 

To learn more about council meetings, click the button below. If you have questions about this list or about the DSU Council in general, please email dsuchair@dal.ca.


Board of Governors

The Dalhousie Board of Governors (BoG) is the university’s highest governing body. Get in touch with our Board of Governors student representatives to chat about any issues being discussed at BoG meetings.

Board of Governors Representative

Eshan Arora
dsubog1@dal.ca

Board of Governors Representative

Ryan Dee
dsubog2@dal.ca

 
 

Community Representatives

Community representatives voice the interests of students in their communities to DSU Council.

Indigenous Students Community

Kassidy Augustine
dsufabos@dal.ca

Black Students Community

Evelyn Wedderburn
dsubsr@dal.ca

International Students Community

Vinayak Maheshwari
dsuints@dal.ca

LGBTQ Students Community

Vacant
dsulgbtq@dal.ca        

 

Residence Students Community

Vacant

dsustres@dal.ca

Disabled Students Community

Vacant
dsustdis@dal.ca

Women Students Community

Vacant
dsuwomst@dal.ca     

 

Faculty Representatives

Faculty representatives voice the interests of students within their faculties.

Faculty of Agriculture

Vacant
dsufagri@dal.ca

Faculty of Architecture & Planning

John Lau

dsufapl@dal.ca

Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences

Olivia Ripley
dsufass@dal.ca

Faculty of Dentistry

Bronwen Barter
dsufdent@dal.ca       

 

Faculty of Engineering

Lyndsay Robar
dsufengr@dal.ca

Faculty of Graduate Students

Rowan Keith Menezes
dsufgrds@dal.ca

Faculty of Law

Maggie MacInnis
dsuflaw@dal.ca

Faculty of Management

Thomas Schnare
dsufmgmt@dal.ca     

 

Faculty of Medicine

Nicole Dupere
dsufmed@dal.ca

Faculty of Computer Science

Tobi Onibudo
dsufcs@dal.ca

Faculty of Health Professions

Vacant
dsufhp@dal.ca           

Faculty of Science

Victoria Slipp
dsufsci@dal.ca


Council Staff

Chair

Alexa Colwell
dsuchair@dal.ca

Recording Secretary

Laya Balakumar
dsucosec@dal.ca