Here’s what happened at the April 16, 2026 WUSA Board of Directors Meeting!

Items Adopted by Board

• The Ownership Consultation Committee (OCC) made recommendations for better student consultation and director engagement such as an expectation that Directors engage in 2-3 student consultation activities per term, regular research updates are reported to Board, and a planning session of priority areas for consultation happens annually. 
• The following Election Dates were approved for the 2027 WUSA General Election: 
  • Nomination Period: Dec 1, 2026 – Jan 21, 2027 
  • Interim Period: Jan 22 – 23, 2027 
  • All-Candidates Meeting: Jan 22, 2027 
  • Campaign Period: Jan 24 – Feb 1, 2027 
  • Voting Period: Feb 2 – 4, 2027 
  • Results: Feb 5, 2027 

Items of Business

Disbanding the Governance Committee

Following the 2025-2026 Governance Reform Project, it was determined that many significant governance policy discussions would regularly get re-litigated at Board meetings. Board understands its important role in these matters. It was determined that it was the right move to eliminate the committee and instead have bi-monthly meetings of interested Board members where ideas for policy changes can be deliberated before they reach the full Board.

Executive Director Report

• The Executive Director shared that operationally the capital fees would be amalgamated with the operational fees. She noted that further information and announcement of the change would go out in August of 2026.  
• As a part of her report, the Executive Director featured a Student Publications Department Update which detailed the work, growth, and next steps of the student publications around campus.  

President Report

• President Damian Mikhail commended the second “Politics Without the Podium” that allowed students the opportunity to connect and ask questions to Waterloo Mayor Dorothy McCabe and Colleen James, Regional Councillor for the Region of Waterloo.  
• In relation to his work on Senate, he noted fellow Senator Andrew Chang had put forth a motion to create an $800,000 grant to increase bursary awards for students. However, the motion was rejected from the Senate, and instead the Senators moved a motion to have administration seek data on the true impact of OSAP cuts to students, recommendations on mitigating such impacts, and report the findings back to the Senate floor.  
• Director Skylar Duggan asked how WUSA would be maintaining engagement on the OSAP cuts. The President answered that it’d be best to keep relevance high within the Spring term to allow the Board to take greater action in the Fall semester. 

Vice President Report

• Vice President Remington Aginskaya-Zhi shared that they, alongside the President and a few Directors, had gone to Queen’s Park to observe the NDP and Marit Stiles’ motion on repealing the OSAP cuts. While the vote had failed, the President took the opportunity to help push media on the cuts and votes, alongside fellow student leaders.  

Director Reports

• Director Muhammad Kanji noted that the Engineering Society would potentially be holding a referendum at the end of April to review their fee structure and include an optional fee to support capital projects and sponsorships.  

Board Member Time Tracker

These hours reflect the period of March 1 to March 31, 2026.

	Board Responsibilities	Committee Work	Engagement with Students	Ongoing Initiatives	Irregular Meetings	Miscellaneous	Total
S. Sharma	7	21.5	3	16.5	9		57
A. Razmjoo	6.5	2	10	5	28	3.5	55
S, Duggan	11	3.5	2.5		4		21
A. Chang	13.5	1.75			2	5.5	22.75
M. Manohar	9.5	6	3.5		2		21
K. Traynor	8.5	11	4.65	15	2		41.15
M. Kanji	27.74	35.83			6.16		69.73
R. Norris	12.75	1.75		6.75	24.5	1	46.75
I. Khan	10	18.25	2			1	31.25
R. Sayed	2.5	4	4.5	6	8		25