The “EngSoc VPA Election” election is now closed. Open time: 2023-07-20 00:00:00Close time: 2023-07-23 23:59:59 The results are as follows: Vice President Academic Number of Seats 1 Quota 21 Number of ballots cast 41 Number of eligible voters 8351 Declines 4 Number of Voters 45 Elected Candidates Baboolal, Maya Eliminated Candidates Voter Preferences Candidate First Choice Second Choice Baboolal, Maya 35 5 No candidate 6 10 Rounds Round 1 Voter Preferences Candidate Name Number of Votes Baboolal, Maya 35.0 No candidate 6.0 The following candidates have exceeded the quota and are elected. Votes in excess of the quota are redistributed. Baboolal, Maya Round 2 Voter Preferences Candidate Name Number of Votes Baboolal, Maya 35.0 No candidate 6.0 Final votes tallies are above. […]

The “Engineering Society A Election Spring 2023 VP Election #2” election is now closed. Open time: 2023-07-03 00:00:00Close time: 2023-07-07 23:59:59 The results are as follows: VP Finance Number of Seats 1 Quota 33 Number of ballots cast 65 Number of eligible voters 6794 Declines 5 Number of Voters 70 Elected Candidates Keay, Hilus Eliminated Candidates Voter Preferences Candidate First Choice Second Choice Keay, Hilus 58 5 No candidate 7 17 Rounds Round 1 Voter Preferences Candidate Name Number of Votes Keay, Hilus 58.0 No candidate 7.0 The following candidates have exceeded the quota and are elected. Votes in excess of the quota are redistributed. Keay, Hilus Round 2 Voter Preferences Candidate Name Number of Votes Keay, Hilus 58.0 No candidate 7.0 Final votes tallies are […]

The “Engineering Society A Election Spring 2023 VP Election” election is now closed. Open time: 2023-06-12 00:00:00Close time: 2023-06-16 23:59:59 The results are as follows: Vice President Communications Number of Seats 1 Quota 32 Number of ballots cast 62 Number of eligible voters 8716 Declines 5 Number of Voters 67 Elected Candidates Tse, Maia Eliminated Candidates Voter Preferences Candidate First Choice Second Choice No Candidate 5 22 Tse, Maia 57 5 Rounds Round 1 Voter Preferences Candidate Name Number of Votes No Candidate 5.0 Tse, Maia 57.0 The following candidates have exceeded the quota and are elected. Votes in excess of the quota are redistributed. Tse, Maia Round 2 Voter Preferences Candidate Name Number of Votes No Candidate 5.0 Tse, Maia 57.0 Final votes tallies […]

The votes for the presidential election are in! Thank you to the candidates for your excellent campaigns and your hard work! We look forward to electing the remaining executive team during the remainder of this term. The results for the election are as follows: Engineering A Society President: Tyler West The full breakdown of the votes are provided below. A ranked ballot system was used, where a candidate was elected if they received a majority of votes out of the ballots cast. If no majority was reached, the candidate with the least number of first choice votes was eliminated and the second place votes on those ballots were redistributed. This would repeat until a majority was reached. Please contact cro.a@engsoc.uwaterloo.ca if you have any questions or concerns. President Number of […]

The “Engineering B Society Vice President Election” election is now closed. Thank you to the candidates for your excellent campaigns and your hard work! Open time: 2023-03-20 00:00:00 Close time: 2023-03-24 23:59:59  The results are as follows: VP Finance: Michael O’Brien VP Communications: Thomas Li VP Student Life: Jacob Welfare VP Academic: Grace Marshall WEEF Director: Zachary Zammit The full breakdown of the votes are provided below. A ranked ballot system was used, where a candidate was elected if they received a majority of votes out of the ballots cast. If no majority was reached, the candidate with the least number of first choice votes was eliminated and the second place votes on those ballots were redistributed. This would repeat until a majority was […]

The votes for the presidential election are in! Thank you to the candidates for your excellent campaigns and your hard work! We look forward to electing the remaining executive team during the remainder of this term. The results for the election are as follows: Engineering B Society President: Dylan Ellingson The full breakdown of the votes are provided below. A ranked ballot system was used, where a candidate was elected if they received a majority of votes out of the ballots cast. If no majority was reached, the candidate with the least number of first choice votes was eliminated and the second place votes on those ballots were redistributed. This would repeat until a majority was reached. Please contact cro.b@engsoc.uwaterloo.ca if you have any questions or concerns. President Number […]

Hi everyone! Just a reminder that you can still sign up for this year’s Join Anual General Meeting! TLDR: Engsoc’s Joint Annual General Meeting is occurring March 28th at 9:30 a.m. EST. – Learn about the meeting content here: https://bit.ly/JAGM2021 – To attend or proxy your vote (so someone else can vote for you), register here: http://bit.ly/JAGMregistrationLink – Join the zoom at this link: https://zoom.us/j/94743110038 On the 28th of March EngSoc will have our Joint Annual General Meeting (JAGM). JAGM is the one time a year that both societies get together to make a change, and we need your opinions and your voice! This JAGM will see motions about changes to Engineering Society student fees, renaming an award in honor of Professor Igor Ivkovic, and […]

After 16 months my Executive team and I have wrapped up our term as your A-Society Executive. It was an honour to both serve and represent our fellow undergraduate engineering students. The past year has flipped the world upside down and I have been incredibly proud of the adaptability my team demonstrated. Even though this executive term was nothing like what we expected, we were able to still keep the Society going strong, make an impact (hopefully a positive one), and we also learned a ton along the way. There is often a disconnect between what engineering students see from EngSoc on the front end and all of the work that goes in on the backend so my team and I have each written a final executive summary to record some of our biggest focuses over the past 16 months. Hopefully these […]

About WESS Waterloo Engineering Speaker Series (WESS) is a speaker series run by Engineering students, for Engineering students. We aim to bring in speakers each term to give an engaging and interesting presentation about how they got to where they are, their research and work, or another topic of their own interest. Coming Up Next Dr. Chae-Ho Yim – DEC.3 at 6PM Presentation Title: The Future of Battery Technology and Machine Learning Topic: Chae-Ho is a Research Council Officer in National Research Council Canada (NRC). He has graduated with a double major in BASc in Chemical Engineering and BSc in Biochemistry from University of Ottawa in 2008, and has received MASc in Chemical Engineering from University of Ottawa in 2011. Since graduation he has worked on Li-ion battery […]

The results are in! Thank you to all of our candidates for running amazing campaigns and for a respectful election season. It was a pleasure serving as your returning officers, and we are happy to congratulate the rest of your incoming EngSoc Executive Team: VP Academic: Ahmad Kamal VP Communications: Zoey Zhang VP Finance: Helen Engelhardt and Anita Yang VP Student Life: Jose Montoya Cabrera As well as your next WEEF Director: Yuvraj Walia. The full breakdown of the votes are provided below. A ranked ballot system was used for each ballot. A candidate was elected if they received a majority of votes out of the ballots cast. If no majority was reached, the candidate with the least number of first choice votes was eliminated and the second place votes on those ballots were redistributed, […]

The results are in! Thank you to both of our presidential candidates for an amazing campaign. We are happy to congratulate your next EngSoc President: Kathrine Von Friedl. Here is the breakdown of the votes. The voting system used was a ranked ballot. 394 ballots were cast and 4 ballots were declined out of 5122 eligible voters (7.8% voter turnout) which surpassed the quota of 197 votes for the validity of the election.  Candidate First Choice Second Choice Third Choice No candidate 11 28 83 Thompson, Claire 133 139 10 Von Friedl, Kathrine 250 62 10 ~ Claudia Nashmi (CRO) and Claudia De Fazio (DRO) […]

The results from the election have been announced and here is the breakdown of the votes. The voting system used was single transferable vote. President Candidate First Choice Second Choice Casale, Matthew William 138 0 No Candidate 4 10 VP Academic Candidate First Choice Second Choice Gans, Ariel 129 1 No Candidate 4 5 VP Student Life Candidate First Choice Second Choice Ruffo, Rachel 145 0 No Candidate 1 7 VP Communications Candidate First Choice Second Choice Nichols, Elle 154 1 No Candidate 3 6 VP Finance Candidate First Choice Second Choice Third Choice Sos, Nicole Esther 108 11 0 Hu, Vanessa 53 34 0 No Candidate 3 0 5 WEEF Director Candidate First Choice Second Choice Ghosh, Kasturi 125 0 No Candidate 5 8 Due to an error with vote.wusa.ca, we note that 22 of 219 voters were not in […]

Presidential Candidates Matthew Casale Hello! My name is Matthew Casale I am a 3A environmental engineering student. For the past 16 months I have been your Vice president academic. I have done my best to advocate for you and provide a positive learning environment.  I Have decided to run for the position of engineering society president. I am doing this to for 3 reasons.  I want to continue advocating for you and to ensure that even in a time like this we can strive for being the best that we can be. I want to do my best to continue creating a positive, safe, and effective learning environment for every student that I can. This means improving our wellness services, having more lines of communication, and providing a larger net of resources. I want to make sure everything still […]

Hello! I have been looking forward to Spring 2020, since probably last summer. I was pumped to get back on campus and see my friends, hang out in POETS, take interesting classes, throw purple powder during Engineering Day and spend a bit too much time in the EngSoc Office. Unfortunately, a lot has changed in the world recently and we will now be attending classes online. It’s been a bit of a process over the last few weeks to accept and understand what this term means for everyone. It’s not the summer I envisioned but I can tell you with certainty that I am just as excited for it! I can’t see my friends in person, but I can see them over video chat! I can still hang out in POETS, just on the POETS channel on the EngSoc Discord server. Classes moving online gives me the […]

Dear Engineering Students,  We’re sure you are now well aware of the University’s decision to move Spring 2020 classes online. We are sure it was a difficult decision to make and one the University does not make lightly. We also only learned of this decision today, and will be working to bring clarification to this situation.  We are sure you have many questions and concerns, and are unsure what this change is going to mean moving forward. Many of the specifics are still to be determined.  We are working on your behalf to bring clarity to the many questions you may have over the coming weeks.  Given there is 6 weeks until the beginning of your academic or co-op term, this allows time to inform students of what is to come, and allow University leadership to make […]

Hello Everyone! With the rapidly changing COVID-19 situation I hope that everyone is staying safe, healthy, and informed. The Engineering Society is here to support you during these times and if you ever have any concerns please reach out to the Executive team as we have been in contact with the faculty, co-op, counselling, accessibility services, and the Waterloo Undergraduate Student Association to make sure that the Engineering student voice is shared and well informed.  If you are looking for updates on the evolving COVID-19 situation both the University and the Waterloo Undergraduate Student Association have been centralizing information on a COVID page on their websites. These are great places to check to stay up-to-date on the situation as it evolves and develops.  It can […]

Hello Everyone! Countdown is on with our Joint Annual General Meeting (JAGM) only being two weeks away!! Keep reading for more information regarding this year’s meeting. Our Joint Annual General Meeting is still planned for 10am on Sunday March 29th, 2020 with check-in starting at 9:30am. The agenda for this year’s meeting along with all supporting documents are now publicly available online in this JAGM folder. Based on the newly released information on COVID-19, efforts are being made to move most of the meeting to an online format. The option to attend in person is currently still available however, in person attendance will be limited based on restrictions put forward by the University. If you plan to attend the meeting either in person or online please fill out this […]

Our Joint Annual General Meeting will be taking place at 10am on Sunday March 29th, 2020! This post outlines some necessary information for the upcoming meeting to keep you all informed and to provide some resources. The deadline to submit a motion to JAGM is Saturday March 7th at 17:00, please send all motions to the JAGM Chair via jagm@engsoc.uwaterloo.ca. A guideline to writing motions is available in the JAGM folder. If you are unable to attend the meeting in person you can either attend remotely or proxy your vote. More information on remote attendance will be coming soon and the proxy form is also found in the JAGM folder. All members attending in person can hold two proxies (meaning you can hold a total of three votes). Please submit your proxy to jagm@engsoc.uwaterloo.ca by […]

APPLY HERE: http://bit.ly/DirectorsS20 Hello everyone! Directorship applications for Spring term are open! Directorships are an exciting way to get involved with EngSoc by helping run important events and services. There are many positions available under many different umbrellas. To just name a few: Mental Health (Mental Health Blog, Puppies in POETS) Communications (Social Media, Graphic Design, Media, PEO)  Student Services (Workshops, Resume Critiques, Exam Bank) Events (Talent, Semi Formal, Esports) Finance (POETS, Charities, Student Deals, Novelties) Outreach (WiE, Educational Outreach, Pride Parade) Waterloo Engineering Competition (Competition director, logistics) EngHacks (Sponsorship, Hacker Experience, Logistics) Involvement (P**5, Scunt) Create your own!  We would be […]

The Friend of the Society Award is awarded to a faculty or staff member every semester for their contributions to bettering the mental health of their students. They are selected through a nomination period by a committee composed of the VP Academic ‘B’, and three at large council-elected members. The winning person’s nomination(s) must indicate that they have contributed significantly to at least one of the following: Advocating on behalf of students to eliminate elements that have a negative effect on student mental health Showing a long-term commitment and vested interest to the betterment of student mental health Taking action to directly improve the mental health of students Professor Patrick Lam aims to support student mental health in any way possible. For the past three years, in […]