UPPER CANADA DISTRICT SCHOOL BOARD

Become a Student Trustee

Applications for 2025-2026 are now CLOSED!

The elections for the 2025-26 Student Trustees will be held
online at the Student Senate Meeting February 24, 2025. 

The 2025-26 Student Trustee term will commence August 1, 2025.

Who is eligible?

Any full-time Upper Canada District School Board students entering Grades 11 or 12 that is in good standing for the entire year in the UCDSB can apply to be a Student Trustee.

Specifically, a person is qualified to act as a Student Trustee if he or she:

• be a full time pupil ¹ at an Upper Canada District School Board secondary school in the senior division; or

• be an exceptional pupil in a special education program for whom the board has reduced the length of instructional program.

• full time pupil status applies to participation in any of the four program delivery options currently available to students in the Upper Canada District School Board. 

• be 16 years of age or older by December 31 of the year in which he or she holds office.

• have parental consent (if under 18 years of age).

• have strong academic standing, good leadership and communication skills.

• *full-time pupil has the same meaning as in the most recent regulations made under section 21 of the Act.

• A person is not qualified to be elected or act as a Student Trustee if he or she is serving a sentence of imprisonment in a penal or correctional institution.

• A person who ceases to be qualified to act as a Student Trustee shall resign from the position.

• If a Board determines that a vacancy shall be filled, it shall be filled by a by-election.

[1] A full-time pupil may also be an exceptional pupil in a special education program, for whom the Board has reduced the length of the program under subsection 3 (3) of Regulation 298.

Click here for Student Trustee Policy 315
Click here for Student Trustee Procedure 315.1
Click here for Ontario Regulation 07/07: Student Trustee

A Student Trustee is a representative of the students for the school board and are present at the board table. They offer insights, opinions or perspectives on behalf of all students in the UCDSB. The role of the Student Trustee has three key elements where they represent the views of students or support student leadership:

1. Serving as the Chairperson of the UCDSB Student Senate. The Senate meets two times in-person (with virtual meetings in between) during the school year, with representatives from each UCDSB secondary school;
2. Attending Board Meetings held by the public school board in Brockville. These meetings are usually held on the second and fourth Wednesday evening, each month. The Student Trustees presents brief reports to the Board of Trustees after Senate meetings (and every Board meeting if they so choose).
3. Attending the two Ontario Student Trustee Association’s (OSTA-AECO) conferences (Toronto / Ottawa), as well as being an active member of this organization.

Currently, the term of office for the Student Trustee is August 1, 2024 to July 31, 2025. An honorarium of $2,500 is provided to the Student Trustee at the end of their term of office.

There are key steps that guide our search for a new Student Trustee:

Step 1:  Students interested in becoming a Student Trustee completed ONE brief application form (via a Microsoft Forms OR downloadable form in Word). 

Step 2: Candidates will deliver a three minute speech at the Student Senate meeting, and provide a biography in advance for inclusion into the Student Senate meeting agenda.

Step 3: Members of the UCDSB Student Senate will elect a candidate from the ballot at the February meeting (this portion of the meeting will be live streamed - speeches and announcement of the 2025-2026 Student Trustees). 

For further information about the Student Trustee position, contact [email protected] or refer to information above (Student Trustee Policy 315, Procedure 315.1 and Ontario Regulation 7/07)

[1] A full-time pupil may also be an exceptional pupil in a special education program, for whom the Board has reduced the length of the program under subsection 3 (3) of Regulation 298.