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Referendums

2023 Winter Referendum

In conjunction with the Annual TDSA Winter Election, the TDSA is running a referendum question to be voted upon by the general membership. If you are interested in running a Yes or No side for this referendum, please email elections@mytdsa.ca.

Question: 
Do you agree that the Trent Durham Student Association (TDSA) should formally join the Canadian Alliance of Student Association at the conclusion of the 2022/2023 academic year?

​The terms and reference for this referendum can be found here.

Results of the referendum
  • Yes: I agree – 277 votes (80.06%)
  • No: I do not approve the fee – 13 votes (3.76%)
  • Abstain: I decline to cast my vote – 56 votes (16.18%)

Referendum package

2022 Winter Referendum

In conjunction with the Annual TDSA Winter Election, the TDSA is running a referendum question to be voted upon by the general membership. If you are interested in running a Yes or No side for this referendum, please email elections@mytdsa.ca

Question: 
Do you support an annual non-refundable Off Campus Housing Support Fee of $5.25 per term for full time and $1.40 per course for part time undergraduate students?
The terms and reference for this referendum can be found here.

Results of the referendum
  • Yes: I approve the fee – 68 votes (28.69%)
  • No: I do not approve the fee – 110 votes (46.41%)
  • Abstain: I decline to cast my vote – 59 votes (24.89%)


​2020 Winter Referendum

In conjunction with the Annual TDSA Winter Election the TDSA is running two (2) referendum questions to be voted upon by the general membership.

Question #1:
Be it resolved that the Membership of the Trent Durham Student Association approve the initiation of a $0.70 per credit fee in order to facilitate the creation and maintenance of a food bank on campus associated with Feed the Need
Durham and maintained by trained TDSA staff.
Be it further resolved that this fee will be voted on again in the 2023 electoral cycle and every three years subsequently.

Question #2:
Be it resolved that the membership of the Trent Durham Student Association pass the following bylaws to govern the Trent Durham Student Association.
Be it further resolved that, with the exception of bylaws 4 and 5, the bylaws be locked for changes until September 1st, 2025.


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Bylaws- to be voted for approval

2019 Winter Referendum

Notice about Convocation Fee Referendum
The referendum has passed and has been ratified by the Board of Directors.

​The results are as follows:
Total Votes: 218
Yes: 183
No: 16
Abstain: 19

Please see updated policies and bylaws for changes. 

Thank you to all who voted and had their say in the way your student government is run! 
Information about the Referendum Questions for January 2019
Information concerning when the Referendum Town Hall will be held in January 2019

Graphic of 2018/2019 TDSA structure
Graphic of proposed TDSA structure to be questioned during the referendum held in January 2019

Referendum Timeline:
January 7th-11th, 2019: Referendum Advertising
January 9th, 2019: Referendum Town Hall, 12 pm, Front Atrium
January 14th-16th, 2019: Referendum Voting Period, Voting Ends at 8 pm on January 16th, 2019
January 18th, 2019: Referendum Results Released

To vote in the Referendum, a link will be sent out to your @trentu.ca email.
Previous Referendums
We respectfully acknowledge that we are on the treaty and traditional territory of the Mississauga Anishnaabeg. We offer our gratitude to the First Nations for their care for, and teachings about, our earth and our relations. May we honour those teachings. ​

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Trent Durham Student Association

779 King St West
Oshawa, Ontario

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