The following rules and procedures for Education Council elections are in accordance with the College and Institute Act. In the event of any conflict between the rules and procedures and the Act, the College and Institute Act shall prevail.
"an instructor, librarian, tutor, counsellor, research associate, program coordinator or other employee of the institution that a collective agreement between the bargaining agents, as defined in section 1 of the Labour Relations Code, for the institution and faculty members specifies to be a faculty member."
Faculty will elect a total of ten (10) representatives to Education Council who will serve for a term of two (2) years and may be elected to one (1) additional consecutive term.
There will be two (2) faculty members nominated and elected as Members at Large.
Continue to meet the definition of a faculty member as defined in the College and Institute Act.
Continue to be an employee of Douglas College, as defined in the Collective Agreement Between Douglas College and Douglas College Faculty Association.
If any of the above-mentioned conditions are not met, the representative must forfeit the seat on Education Council.
"the employees of the institution who are not the president, educational administrators or faculty members."
Support staff will elect two (2) representatives to Education Council who will serve for a term of two (2) years and may be elected to one (1) additional consecutive term. The support staff will be elected from the support staff at large.
Continue to meet the definition of a support staff member as defined in the College and Institute Act.
Continue to be an employee of Douglas College, as specified above.
"a person the Registrar recognizes to be enrolled and in good standing in a course or program of studies at the institution"
For the purposes of elections, a student is an individual who is enrolled in at least one credit course and in good standing at the institution.
A student candidate may not be directly employed by the College as a faculty, support staff or administrative member.
Students will elect four (4) representatives who will serve for a term of one (1) year and may be elected to two (2) additional consecutive terms. The student representatives will be elected from the students at large. At least one is from the Coquitlam campus and one is from the New Westminster campus.
Maintain registration in at least one credit course at the College for at least two (2) semester of the term of office.