Board of Trustees Categories and Eligibility

Elected by the Board of Trustees:

10 members elected for 3-year terms

The Nominating Committee of the Board of Trustees recommends appointments to the Board.

Elected by the University Council:

6 members elected for 3-year terms (2 to retire each year)

At any one time, the Council has six elected members on the Board of Trustees serving three-year terms. After securing at least five nominations from fellow Councillors, two are elected annually.

Elected by the Staff:

2 members elected for 3-year terms

Elected by the Students:

1 undergraduate student for a 2-year term

1 graduate student for a 2-year term

Students who are registered in an academic programme of the University and are members of the AMS.

Students who are registered in an academic programme of the University and/or are eligible to be members of the SGPS.

Elected by the Faculty/Librarians/Archivists:

2 members elected for 3-year terms

All those eligible to be members of QUFA are eligible to nominate, to be nominated and to vote.

NOTE: Per the Queen’s University Faculty Association Agreement, the bargaining unit excludes members of the academic staff of Queen’s University who are full voting members of the Board of Trustees (Article 1.4(a)). If elected as a Faculty Trustee, the QUFA member will not be a part of the bargaining unit until the end of the elected term.