GSA General Elections 2026-2027

Please note that members of the Executive Team are remunerated up to $1320 per month based on the amount and quality of work that they do for the GSA community.

President

The president acts as the CEO of the GSA. They are responsible for the day-to-day operations of the GSA. This includes acting as a key liason between staff and the Council of Directors and ensuring that the other executives are fufilling their duties.

Learn more about the position of president here.

Vice-President Internal

The Vice-President Internal acts as the CFO & head of Human Relations for the GSA. The Vice-President Internal is responsible for ensuring the financial health of the organization as well as upkeeping a institutional record of all documents used in the GSA.

Learn more about the position of vice-president internal here.

Vice-President External

The Vice-President External acts as the head of Public Relations at the GSA. They act as the main liason between the GSA and external bodies (this includes vendors, other external student groups, etc.)

Learn more about the position of vice-president external here.

Vice-President Academics & Advocacy

The Vice-President  Academics & Advocacy acts as the head of Academic Standards and Student Advocacy for the GSA. They work closely with Concordia’s Senate in order to uphold academic standards at the university and appoint graduate student representatives to various governing bodies at Concordia University. They also act as the main point of contact between the GSA and the CSU’s Advocacy Center.

Learn more about the position of vice-president academics & advocacy here.

Vice-President Mobilization

The Vice-President Mobilization acts as the head of communications for the GSA. They work closely with the Communications & Outreach manager in order to keep the GSA community informed of all GSA events and opportunities via our various communication channels.

To learn more about the position of vice-president mobilization here.

Please note that the members of the Council are remunerated $75 per council meeting and are additionally compensated based on their involvement in sub-committees at the end of their term. 

Director

Directors act as the main liason between the GSA and the members of their faculty.  They work together to advocate for the needs of graduate students at Concordia University and improve student life.

Here’s the breakdown of Director positions based on faculty:

• Gina Cody School Director | 8 positions available
• John Molson School Director | 3 positions available
• Arts & Science Director | 7 positions available
• Fine Arts Director | 2 positions available
• INDI Director | 1 position available*
• INDI Vice-Director | 1 position available*

Find more information about the position of Director here.

*INDI Director and Vice-Director must be part of the same slate and must be nominated together. 

The nomination period is the first step in the elections process.

In order for a nomination to be accepted, each candidate must get a minimum of signatures from other GSA members:

• Executive Candidates need a minimum of 15 signatures;
• Director Candidates need a minimum of 10 signatures;

All nomination forms must be filled out no later than 11:59 pm EST on March 20th, 2026.

The final list of certified candidates will be released on March 23rd, 2026.

Once the nomination process is complete, the campaigning period will begin.

Please note that all campaigning materials are to be submitted to the CRO during the campaigning period.

These materials will be shared on the GSA website and social media channels once approved by the CRO.

If the candidate is planning on postering as part of their campaign, it is their responsibility to come to GSA house to get the posters stamped and dated. Candidates are also responsible for putting up their own campaigning materials.

Each candidate shall be limited to a total reimbursement of $70 CAD to cover the costs of campaigning materials.

All graduate students vote via the SimplyVote platform.

Congratulations to the newly

Please note all positions have been acclaimed, which means they ran uncontested and won by default.

GSA Executives 2026-27

President: Laxmipathiraj Venkatasalapathi

VP Internal: Arichand Rahul Coimbatore Murugesan

VP External: Syed Shahab Shah

VP Mobilization: Kyana Mohammadi

VP Academics and Advocacy: Muhammed Zayed Abdul Nasser

 

GSA Directors 2026-27

Director | Fine Arts: Cris Carroca
Director | Arts & Science: Vasudevan Karanghat
Director | Arts & Science: Snigdhodeb Dutta
Director | JMSB: Nikunjkumar Kishorbhai Patel
Director | JMSB: Sumit Dahiya
Director | JMSB: Prachi Goyal
Director | Gina Cody: Dhruvkumar Patil
Director | Gina Cody: Priya Dharshini Krishnan
Director | Gina Cody: Zareen Suhara Nazeer Ali
Director | Gina Cody: Sanaz Naghdi
Director | Gina Cody: Tanvir Hassan
Director | Gina Cody: Risat Ahmed