Our Team

Council 2024/25

Joban Raiwal

President

The President is the Chair of the Council and spokesperson of the ECSS. They ensure all positions fulfil their responsibilities and raise concerns to the Council when needed. They are responsible for actively reviewing the ECSS’ operations to maximise the benefit of members, organising and running the ECSS General Meetings with the support of Council and managing the on-boarding of all Council members.

Sophie Bechard

Vice-President Equity

vpequity@uvicecss.ca

The Vice-President Equity is responsible for researching potential changes the ECSS could make to support minorities and marginalized groups in engineering as well as reviewing the ECSS’s operations and raising concerns where anything may limit any individual from benefiting fully from the ECSS’s events and services.

Saad Nisar

Vice-President Student Life

vpstudentlife@uvicecss.ca

The Vice-President Student Life is the main point of contact for, and oversees the funding of, engineering and computer science clubs. They are responsible for managing the services the ECSS provides, including locker administration, the ECSS store, and academic tutorials, in addition to managing any space the ECSS is responsible for.

Mitchell Martin

Vice-President Events

vpevents@uvicecss.ca

The Vice-President Events is responsible for scheduling and planning safe, accessible and inclusive events in addition to organizing at least one charity event per term.

Sarah Keegan

Vice-President External

vpexternal@uvicecss.ca

The Vice-President External is responsible for serving as the Council’s representative to the Western Engineering Students’ Society, and the Canadian Federation of Engineering Students, which entails communicating on behalf of the UVic student engineering body with other engineering schools and their societies. Their responsibilities include assisting the Council in the policy writing process, overseeing advertisement of, and organising delegations to conferences and ensuring UVEC is organised well and competitions are designed and judged fairly.

Matthew Allen Curtis

Vice-President Corporate Relations

vpcorporate@uvicecss.ca

The Vice-President Corporate Relations is the main point of contact between the ECSS and local industry, working to secure sponsorship and industry attendees for relevant ECSS events, such as UVEC. They ensure the process for contacting industry members is professional and respectful. Additionally, they represent the ECSS to Engineers and Geoscientists BC, acting as a liaison between the council and the organization.

Arden Loewen

Vice-President Finance

vpfinance@uvicecss.ca

The Vice-President Finance is responsible for managing the finances and accounts of the ECSS which involves drafting a budget every term to be approved at the Semesterly General Meeting, ensuring spending is managed in a reasonable and fair manner and filing, storing and reimbursing invoices in a timely fashion.

Sam Wilson

Vice-President Internal

vpinternal@uvicecss.ca

The Vice-President Internal acts as the President during any midterm vacancies. Serving as the main liaison between the Council and the Faculty, they advocate on behalf of engineering and computer science students and are responsible for coordinating Discipline Representatives.

Beyonce Vuong

Vice-President Communications

vpcommunications@uvicecss.ca

The Vice-President Communications is responsible for conveying information about ECSS events and services to the student body, maintaining the ECSS website, social media accounts, and server, creating social media, website posts, posters, and advertising material, and creating and editing of any regular communication published by the ECSS.

Cathy Yeung

First Year Representative

firstyearrep@uvicecss.ca

The First Year Representative. They are also responsible for running the First Year Council, which meets weekly during the semester. The First Year Council runs semesterly events for first-year engineering and computer science students.