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Federal Council Elections 2016 - Submit

Please make sure to submit your nomination form before the close of nominations on April 15, 2016 at midnight (Pacific Time).

Privacy

We respect your privacy. Information that you provide in the "Screening" section will not be stored in our database, and will only be handled by authorized election officials.

Position
Please select the position you are running for.
Personal Information
Qualifications
1. Experience on a governing council/board (as opposed to a ‘working board’)
2. Experience with the federal green party at the EDA level, either on the Executive or a committee
3. Experience with the federal green party as either a Federal Councilor or a committee reporting to Federal Council
4. Other experience with the federal green party (e.g. staff, candidate, campaign manager)
5. Experience with a provincial green party, either in governance or other roles
6. Positions held with other political parties, either federally, provincially or municipally
7. Positions held with other non-profit or corporate governance bodies
8. Post-secondary professional qualifications (e.g. law, finance, communications, fundraising)
9. Positions held in the Labour movement
10. Long standing commitment to community service (e.g. sports, arts, poverty groups)
11. Participation in international organizations
12. Length of time as member in good standing with the Green Party of Canada
13. Bilingual/multilingual
Greens value diversity and in order to support the achievement of a gender balance and an adequate representation of minority, linguistic, ethnic and Indigenous communities on Federal Council,  in order to assist the members in assessing your application, you may voluntarily self-identify with respect to any of the categories set out below:
14. Member of a visible minority
15. Person with disability
16. Indigenous person
17. Linguistic community member
18. Ethnic community member
19. Gender
20. Age Group (e.g. youth, senior)
Screening
If you feel the need to elaborate on any answers above, please do so here. Note that we encourage participation in the political process by one and all and potential contestants will not be rejected because of minor offences.
Contestant Profile
The information in this section will be made available on our website to advertise your candidacy to our membership. It will be publicly accessible on the internet for the duration of the election.
Head-shot photo of yourself. Provide as large a file as possible (but less than 5MB).
Files must be less than 4.88 MB.
Allowed file types: gif jpg png.
In 350 words or less, please explain why members should vote for you, referencing any relevant board, educational, political, legal, financial, business, or volunteer experiences.
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Full name & Email of nominators. Nominators must be current members of the Party. Candidates for the Executive require twenty (20 )nominations. Provincial and Territorial Representatives require five (5) nominations from individuals residing within the province or the three territories for which they are running.