Election of Indigenous Senators to the University of Manitoba Senate

On April 7, 2021 the University of Manitoba Senate approved the addition of five Indigenousⁱ Senators to the membership of Senate over and above any Indigenous Senators already serving on Senate as representatives for their respective Faculty and School Councils. This addition is intended to add Indigenous participation in Senate governance and is not to preclude Indigenous Senators to continue to be elected by individual Faculty and School Councils as well.

As such, and in keeping with the mechanisms available under the Standing Rules of Senate Relating to Members Elected Under Section 27 of the University of Manitoba Act,  elections will be held, as required to ensure that there are five (5) Indigenous Senators as voting members of the University of Manitoba Senate over and above those elected by their Faculty or School Council. 

THERE ARE CURRENTLY NO ACTIVE ELECTIONS FOR INDIGENOUS SENATORS

Indigenous Senators Election Timeline

September 16, 2025      Call for Nominations Opens

October 3, 2025              Nominations must be received by 12:00 PM CT

October 6, 2025              Nominees are announced to Faculty and School Councils

October 6, 2025              Voting Period Opens

October 17, 2025            Voting Period Closes at 4:30 PM CT

October 20, 2025            Newly elected Indigenous Senators are announced

ⁱ For the purposes of these elections, Indigenous means those individuals having historical continuity with pre-invasion and pre-colonial societies in Canada and their relatives across the border with the United States who regard themselves as part of the same nations (adapted from the United Nations definition of Indigenous).