March 2021
This is your voter’s kit for the election of members to the Research (RE) Group Executive for a two (2) year term - beginning on the day of the RE Annual General Meeting to be held in May or June 2021 (To be confirmed).
You will be receiving by email your electronic ballot key on March 19, 2021 and you have until 4 PM, Ottawa time, on April 16, 2021 - that is 4 weeks, as per RE Group by-law 8.6 – to cast your ballot.
Voting will be done by electronic means only. No paper mail-in ballots will be provided.
Please read all materials carefully to ensure that your vote will be counted.
At the close of nominations on January 29th, 2021, the RE Election Committee had received 13 valid nominations for the 13 positions on the RE Executive. Please refer to the RE Group by-law 8.4 for the required composition of the RE Group Executive.
According to that bylaw, each region defined in the By-Laws of the Institute and each former group within the RE Group shall be represented on the Executive by a minimum of one (1) elected member.
Therefore, Nathaniel Newlands and Jean Berube are ACCLAIMED as the only nominees from the BC/Yukon and Quebec Regions, respectively. Emily MacDonald is ACCLAIMED as the only nominee from the HR classification.
Also, as we received no nomination from the Atlantic Region by the deadline for receipt of nominations, the Executive will appoint a member to fill this position.
The 10 candidates (in alphabetical order) for the 9 remaining positions to be filled are:
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NAME |
CLASS. |
DEPT. |
REGION |
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SE |
Environment and Climate Change Canada |
Ontario |
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DS |
National Defence |
Ontario |
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MA |
Statistics Canada |
NCR |
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MA |
Statistics Canada |
NCR |
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SE |
Agriculture & Agrifood Canada |
Prairies/NWT |
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DS |
National Defence |
NCR |
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DS |
National Defence |
NCR |
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SE |
Fisheries and Oceans |
Prairies/NWT |
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DS |
National Defence |
NCR |
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SE |
Agriculture & Agrifood Canada |
NCR |
Voter Eligibility
Only regular and retired members in good standing of PIPSC in the Research (RE) Group are eligible to vote in these elections. Please note that members may vote for all positions open for election, regardless of their own region or classification.
The results of the vote will be published as soon as possible after the count.
Candidate’s Résumés
Brief biographical sketches for these nominees are posted on our website.
NOTE: The résumés submitted have been reproduced without correction. The translated versions were produced by PIPSC translators.
The Research Group Election Committee 2021
Harold Mantel (Chair), Humayoun Akhtar, John Donohue, John Macfarlane