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Component 1 Vice President Description
The Component Vice- Presidents shall:
a. Be elected from each of the Components
b. Chair their respective Component Membership Meetings.
c. Alternating with the other Vice-Presidents, chair any General Meetings and Board Meetings from which the President is absent.
d. If the President is absent or incapacitated, perform all duties of the President in cooperation with the other Vice-Presidents.
e. Sit on the Personnel Committee.
f. One Vice-President shall chair the Donations Committee; the Chair will be voted on at an Executive meeting. If no other members volunteer for the Donations Committee, all three Vice-Presidents shall sit on it.
g. Have signing authority, and sign, with the President, all cheques (in keeping with the appended policies and procedures), if the Treasurer is absent or incapacitated.
h. If the office of the President falls vacant, be Acting President until a new President is elected. This vacancy shall be filled until an election can be held on a rotational basis as follows:
January to April Component 1 Vice-President
May to August Component 2 Vice-President
September to December Component 3 Vice-President
i. Render assistance to any member of the Executive as directed by the Executive Board.
j. For Component 1, act as liaison to the University of British Columbia and Simon Fraser University Teaching Assistant Locals.
k. Be the liaison between their component’s stewards and the executive, and they shall organize and chair the steward meetings.
Candidates
(In alphabetical order)
Hayle Dambrowsky – TA -Political Science and Cultural, Social, and Political Thought; Member at Large for Comp One
Hello! My name is Hayle Dambrowsky (they/them). I am a second-year master’s student in Political Science and Cultural, Social, and Political Thought. I am an active member of CUPE 4163 Component One as a teaching assistant. I started my involvement with CUPE 4163 as a Steward for my department and quickly took on more responsibilities in meetings and events. I am currently the Member at Large for Comp One, and I am putting my name forward to serve as your Comp One Vice President. I am always pursuing education, and this role provides me with an opportunity to gain more experience in worker rights, labour concerns, and bargaining processes.
I will be an active member with CUPE 4163 until April 2027, and I am happy to serve the complete term of my pursued role. I have years of experience with unions in my workplace and schools. The most important part of any union is the workers, and it is crucial that people feel represented by their executives. To represent workers, I need to be able to speak with people to know their current concerns and situations. I can honestly say I have talked to almost every single person who attended a CUPE 4163 meeting (I am the person who yelled “What is your name!” as you walked into the meeting, Hehe).
I look forward to the opportunity to speak with people in Comp One roles across the province and our institution. Thank you for your time and consideration.
In Solidarity,
Hayle Dambrowsky
Abdellatif Ousalim – TA – Economics
Why are you interested in being on the executive? TO REPRESENT TAs
What does it mean to you to belong to a Union? To help in improving the labor work conditions and to get a fair compensation
Do you have any specific skills that you think would make you best suited to this role? Serious rigorous sharp and was previously working in the banking and investment industry
Neve Sugars-Keen TA, Sociology + Philosophy Departments; Sociology Union Steward
Our Union is one of the strongest tools we have to defend our rights and improve our working conditions. Serving as Vice President would give me the chance to contribute my skills and passion to help strengthen that tool and ensure that every member feels supported and heard as we move towards bargaining. To me, being in a Union means solidarity–supporting one another, building community, and joining our voices together to demand a fairer workplace and just compensation. I am committed to add my strength to that work in every way I can.
I am currently pursuing a PhD in Sociology, which has given me a strong understanding of power relations and broader social patterns of inequality and struggle. I bring three years of experience as a union steward–previously at Carleton University with CUPE4600, including during the Teaching Assistant strike in 2023, before coming to UVic–and I have also served on the boards of other non-union organizations. These roles have helped me refine my skills in communication, conflict resolution, and organization.
Beyond the local level, I attended the CUPE BC convention last year and currently serve on the provincial CUPE Environment committee, reflecting my dedication to the labour movement at multiple levels. These experiences have prepared me to take on the coordination, advocacy, and leadership that this role demands.
Together, we can continue building a stronger, more equitable Union—and I would be honoured to serve in that work as your Vice President.