CAPS (the Canadian Association of Postdoctoral Scholars) is currently holding elections for the 2016-17 executive council. The following candidates have been nominated:
Chair:
Dr. Mohamad Nadim Adi
Dr. Joseph S. Sparling
Vice-Chair External:
Dr. Nafisa Jadavji
Vice-Chair Communications:
Dr. Mónica Sesma-Vázquez
Vice-Chair Finance:
Dr. Pengwei Wang
Candidate statements can be found here [PDF].
Any postdoc that is a) associated with a Canadian institution (regardless of citizenship), or b) a Canadian citizen (regardless of location) can vote. There will be an electronic vote for the position of Chair, to be held in conjunction with a referendum on changes to the CAPS-ACSP constitution (information on the proposed constitutional changes can be found here [PDF]). As there are no other candidates Dr. Jadavji, Dr. Sesma-Vázquez and Dr. Wang will be acclaimed to their respective positions.
You can vote at the Google form here:
Voting will end at 5PM Pacific time, on May 31, 2016.
Additionally, the positions of Vice-Chair Operations and Vice-Chair International will be reopened for nominations. Nominations for these two positions are now due by June 7, 2016. Descriptions of these positions can be found in this document [PDF].
If you wish to run for either of these positions, please respond by email to operations@caps-acsp.ca indicating:
- Your name
- Your email address
- The institution where you work as a postdoc
- The position you wish to run for
- A short (< 250 words) candidate statement that will be distributed to voters.
Thank you for your interest in the future of CAPS-ACSP!
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