Representatives on the PGSC hold one-year terms, elected in April of each year. The team must include a minimum of 7 students, spanning both the Masters and PhD programs in the psychology department. Representatives provide updates on their respective responsibilities at the start of monthly meetings. For more information on our election protocol and positions click here.
Our current representatives are listed below:
Executive Council:
Co-Presidents
Eric Mah (Acting Co-President)
ericmah@uvic.ca
Jie Li (Acting Co-President)
zoejieli@uvic.ca
Secretary and Treasurer
Violet Cieslik
vcieslik@uvic.ca
Events and Student Engagement Coordinators
Alice Shen
aliceshen@uvic.ca
Jessica Yijia Li
jessyli@uvic.ca
General Council:
* Hold voting privileges in Department meetings
Nazanin Babaei
*Clinical Rep
nbabaei@uvic.ca
Alejandra Contreras
*Lifespan Rep.
acont@uvic.ca
Otis Geddes
*CaBS, SP, INDV Rep.
otisg@uvic.ca
Yaewon Kim
GEC Rep.
yaewonk@uvic.ca
Nazanin Babaei
GSS Rep.
nbabaei@uvic.ca
Alison Chung
CPA Rep.
afchung@uvic.ca
Affiliated Positions:
Zoë Gilson
CUPE 4163 Component 1 Steward
zgilson@uvic.ca
Alejandra Contreras
Teaching Assistant Consultant (TAC)
acont@uvic.ca
Lauren Qualls
SCCT Rep.
lqualls@uvic.ca
Erin Light
SCCT Rep.
emmlight@uvic.ca
Past members:
| POSITIONS | 2023-2024 Academic Year |
| Co-Presidents (2) | Cian Dabrowski | Jie Li |
| Secretary & Treasurer | Breanna McCreary |
| Events & Student Engagement Coordinators (2) | Erin Light | Violet Cieslik |
| GEC Rep. | Alison Chung |
| *Clinical Rep. | Yaewon Kim |
| *Lifespan Rep. | Madeleine Macdonald |
| *CaBS, SP, INDV Rep. | Eric Mah |
| Ombuddy | Breanna McCreary |
| GSS Rep. | Tara Cooper |
| CPA Rep. | Alison Chung |
| CUPE 4163 Component 1 Steward | Kimberly Ning |
| TAC | Alejandra Contreras |
| SCCT Reps. (2) | Erin Light | Lauren Qualls |
Past members:
| POSITIONS | 2022-2023 Academic Year |
| Co-Presidents (2) | Breanna McCreary / Yaewon Kim |
| Secretary & Treasurer | Helia Sehatpour |
| Events & Student Engagement Coordinators (2) | Jie Li / Erin Lowey |
| CUPE representative(s) | Kimberly Ning |
| CPA representative | Maddie Gregory |
| GSS representative(s) | Cian Dabrowski |
| GEC representative | Morgan Schaeffer |
| Ombuddy | Lauren Qualls |
| *Clinical Rep | Erin Light |
| *Lifespan Rep | Violet Cieslik |
| *CaBS, SP, INDV Rep | Eric Mah |
Past members:
| POSITIONS | 2021-2022 Academic Year |
| Co-presidents (2) | Breanna McCreary / Lauren Qualls |
| Secretary & Treasurer | Alejandra Contreras |
| Events & student engagement coordinators (2) | Erin Light / Erin Lowey |
| CUPE representative(s) | Breanna McCreary |
| CPA representative | Maddie Gregory |
| GSS representative(s) | Thomas Ferguson |
| GEC representative | Julie Prud’homme |
| Ombuddy | Elysia Desgrosseilliers |
| *Clinical Rep | Christina Robillard |
| *Lifespan Rep | Brooke Lagore |
| *CaBS, SP, INDV Rep | Elysia Desgrosseilliers |
Past members:
| POSITIONS | 2020-2021 Academic Year |
| Co-presidents (2) | Liz Williams / Christina Robillard |
| Secretary & Treasurer | Helia Sehar-pour |
| Events & student engagement coordinators (2) | Breanna McCreary / Lauren Matheson |
| CUPE representative(s) | Breanna McCreary |
| CPA representative | Yaewon Kim |
| GSS representative(s) | Thomas Ferguson |
| GEC representative | Julie Prud’homme |
| Ombuddy | Debra Torok |
| *Clinical Rep | Cindy Quan |
| *Lifespan Rep | Sybil Goulet-Stock |
| *CaBS, SP, INDV Rep | Eric Mah |
Past members:
| POSITIONS | 2019-2020 Academic Year |
| Co-presidents (2) | Liz Williams / Christina Robillard |
| Secretary & Treasurer | Alex Fisher |
| Events & student engagement coordinators (2) | Breanna McCreary / Lauren Matheson |
| CUPE representative(s) | Breanna McCreary / Lisa Ohlhauser |
| CPA representative | Yaewon Kim |
| GSS representative(s) | Thomas Ferguson / Connor Leshner |
| GEC representative | Lauren Matheson |
| Ombuddy | Alex Fisher |
| *Clinical Rep | Christina Robillard |
| *Lifespan Rep | Tomiko Yoneda |
| *CaBS, SP, INDV Rep | Liz Williams |