{"id":18,"date":"2026-06-27T18:07:02","date_gmt":"2026-06-28T01:07:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/environmentalengineeringstudentassociation\/?page_id=18"},"modified":"2026-07-18T10:35:53","modified_gmt":"2026-07-18T17:35:53","slug":"council","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/environmentalengineeringstudentassociation\/council\/","title":{"rendered":"26\/27 EESA Council"},"content":{"rendered":"

EESA 2026\/2027 Council<\/h1>\n

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President – Jordan Dearsley
\nYear: 5<\/em><\/p>\n

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About Me: <\/strong>Hi! I’m Jordan and I’m really excited to be serving as president this fall in my fifth year of EESA! I’m originally from Winnipeg and am a huge fan of Vancouver’s lack of snow. I’m super into wetlands and my life dream is to be in a cranberry bog like in the Ocean Spray commercials. In my free time my favourite hobby is to fill all of my free time but you can sometimes catch me out at concerts!<\/p>\n

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Treasurer – Laduli Hewage<\/h2>\n

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Year: 4<\/p>\n

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Academic Representatives – Katie Drobe and Liz Murashko<\/h2>\n

Year: 4<\/p>\n

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About Liz: <\/strong>About me: I\u2019m Liz and looking forward to joining EESA as one of the academic reps! I\u2019m originally from Calgary but just coming back to uni from an exchange in Australia. I love anything outside and active and am excited to be back in Vancouver!<\/p>\n

About Katie:\u00a0<\/strong>Hi I\u2019m Katie and I will be an academic rep this year with Liz! I\u2019m from Penticton B.C and going into my 4th year at UBC. I have been a part of EESA for 2 years now previously as a 2nd year class rep, and a communications rep. I am looking forward to what our council will achieve this year and can\u2019t wait to connect with the ENV community.<\/p>\n

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Industry Representatives\u00a0 – Meghan Doyle and Talia Lemieux<\/h2>\n

Year 4<\/em><\/p>\n

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About Talia:<\/strong> Hi! I\u2019m Talia and super excited to be one of your industry reps. I\u2019m currently working in water treatment in-between my third and fourth year and am stoked to show the diverse industries of environmental engineering!<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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About Meghan: <\/strong>Hi! My name is Meghan and I am excited to be one of EESA’s industry reps. I am in my fourth and final year of environmental engineering with an international relations minor. I am originally from Seattle, WA and I love spending time outdoors.<\/div>\n
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Student Life Representatives – Chehan Mallawa Arachchi and Esha Dhillon<\/h2>\n

Year 5<\/em><\/p>\n

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About Chehan:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hello, I am Chehan, and I’ll be serving as Co-VP Social this year with Esha! Currently I’m on an internship, but you’ll see me around the clubroom or on campus after work hours. My hobbies are 3D printing and logging species on iNaturalist.<\/div>\n

About Esha:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hi! I’m Esha, and I’ll be serving as Co-VP Social this year! I’m excited to plan fun events, help create memorable experiences, and meet new people during my final year. In my free time, I enjoy practicing nail art and paddleboarding\u2014weather permitting!<\/p>\n

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Grad Representative – Shayla Flores<\/h2>\n

Year 5<\/em><\/p>\n

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About Shayla:\u00a0<\/strong>Hi, I\u2019m Shayla! I\u2019m currently a 4th year ENV and I\u2019m so excited to be serving as this year\u2019s grad rep! I chose Environmental Engineering after my hometown flooded in 2021 so that I could work towards building climate resilient cities. My favourite things include watching\/playing hockey, reading, yoga, and baking!<\/p>\n

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Sports and E-Week Representatives – Mikhail Popovich and Colin Jones<\/h2>\n

Year 6 and Year 3<\/em><\/p>\n

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About Mikhail:\u00a0<\/strong>Hey! My name is Mikhail and I\u2019m excited to enjoy some sports and help run e-week with EESA this year. I am originally from Kyrgyzstan, and always am fascinated by the beautiful nature of Vancouver. You can find me outside hiking, camping, and checking out the Vancouver night life in my down time!<\/div>\n
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About Colin:<\/strong> Hi! I\u2019m Colin! I\u2019m in my third year this year and am super excited to be Sports and E-Week Rep! I\u2019m from Seattle (Go Seahawks) and in my free time I like to listen to music, hike and play water polo for the UBC club team!<\/div>\n
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Communications Representative – Jenavieve Gan<\/h2>\n

Year 3<\/em><\/p>\n

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About Jenavieve:<\/strong> Heya! My name\u2019s Jenavieve and I\u2019m so grateful to be EESA\u2019s VP Comms this year. I\u2019m originally from Jakarta, Indonesia and teleported all the way to UBC to be with you env folks. As much as I miss home, I think Vancouver brings me so much peace. Stay tuned for some quality content in our instagram and all social media platforms! Follow us @ubceesa<\/p>\n

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Facilities Managers – Mackenzie Leckie and Olivia Kempfe<\/h2>\n

Year 6<\/em><\/p>\n

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About Max:<\/strong><\/p>\n

I’m Mackenzie, a 4th-year ENVL student, and I’m excited to take care of our facilities along with Olivia for the 2026\/2027 school year! I love to read sci-fi books and play board, card and video games. You can probably find me in the clubroom or in the library, but you might even get lucky and catch me in the lab!<\/p>\n

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EESA 2026\/2027 Council President – Jordan Dearsley Year: 5 About Me: Hi! I’m Jordan and I’m really excited to be serving as president this fall in my fifth year of EESA! I’m originally from Winnipeg and am a huge fan of Vancouver’s lack of snow. I’m super into wetlands and my life dream is to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":112848,"featured_media":7,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-18","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/environmentalengineeringstudentassociation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/environmentalengineeringstudentassociation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/environmentalengineeringstudentassociation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/environmentalengineeringstudentassociation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/112848"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/environmentalengineeringstudentassociation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/environmentalengineeringstudentassociation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":138,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/environmentalengineeringstudentassociation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18\/revisions\/138"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/environmentalengineeringstudentassociation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/environmentalengineeringstudentassociation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}