{"id":7313,"date":"2025-12-12T08:57:38","date_gmt":"2025-12-12T13:57:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.coto.org\/?p=7313"},"modified":"2025-12-12T08:58:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-12T13:58:09","slug":"2025-2026-coto-board-elections-nominations-are-now-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.coto.org\/news-articles\/2025-2026-coto-board-elections-nominations-are-now-open\/","title":{"rendered":"2025-2026\u00a0COTO Board Elections: Nominations are now open\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Nominations for the upcoming 2025-2026&nbsp;Board of Directors elections are now open!\u202f&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The elections will take place in\u202f<strong>District&nbsp;2&nbsp;(Central&nbsp;West)<\/strong>&nbsp;and<strong>&nbsp;District 3 (Central&nbsp;East).\u202f<\/strong>There are two positions available in&nbsp;District&nbsp;2 (3-year terms) and one position in District 3 (by-election for 1-year term).&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Electoral District&nbsp;2&nbsp;(Central&nbsp;West)\u202f<\/strong>\u2014<strong>\u202f2 positions&nbsp;(3-year term)<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Composed of the counties of Bruce, Grey, Elgin, Essex, Huron, Chatham-Kent, Lambton, Middlesex, Oxford, Perth, Brant, Wellington, Dufferin, Haldimand, Norfolk, Hamilton, Halton,&nbsp;Niagara&nbsp;and Waterloo.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Territorial Districts of Rainy River, Thunder Bay, Kenora, Algoma,&nbsp;Sudbury&nbsp;and Manitoulin.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Electoral District&nbsp;2&nbsp;(Central&nbsp;East)\u202f<\/strong>\u2014<strong>\u202f1&nbsp;position&nbsp;(1-year term)<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Composed of York, Durham, Ottawa, Simcoe, Northumberland, Peterborough, Prince Edward, Kawartha Lakes, Haliburton, Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry, Prescott and Russell, Renfrew, Hastings, Frontenac, Lennox, and Addington, Lanark, and Leeds and Grenville.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Territorial Districts of Cochrane, Muskoka, Parry&nbsp;Sound, and&nbsp;Nipissing and Timiskaming.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Interested in getting involved?\u202f<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=xr-dcbboFcA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Watch a recording of College Registrar&nbsp;Gillian Slaughter&nbsp;to learn more<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nominations opened on Wednesday, December 10,&nbsp;2025&nbsp;and&nbsp;close&nbsp;on Wednesday, January 28, 2026.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Eligible registrants in&nbsp;districts 2 and 3&nbsp;will receive an email from&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:elections@coto.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">elections@coto.org<\/a>.&nbsp;The email&nbsp;will include a&nbsp;hyperlink to&nbsp;BigPulse, which is the College\u2019s approved and secure election platform used for all nominations and voting.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.coto.org\/about\/who-we-are\/elections\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Learn more about College elections on our Elections page<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.coto.org\/about\/who-we-are\/elections\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Learn more about becoming a Board Director with our Board Pre-Election Module<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Contact&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:elections@coto.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">elections@coto.org<\/a>&nbsp;with any questions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nominations for the upcoming 2025-2026&nbsp;Board of Directors elections are now open!\u202f&nbsp; The elections will take place in\u202fDistrict&nbsp;2&nbsp;(Central&nbsp;West)&nbsp;and&nbsp;District 3 (Central&nbsp;East).\u202fThere are two positions available in&nbsp;District&nbsp;2 (3-year terms) and one position in District 3 (by-election for 1-year term).&nbsp; Electoral District&nbsp;2&nbsp;(Central&nbsp;West)\u202f\u2014\u202f2 positions&nbsp;(3-year term)&nbsp; Electoral District&nbsp;2&nbsp;(Central&nbsp;East)\u202f\u2014\u202f1&nbsp;position&nbsp;(1-year term)&nbsp; Interested in getting involved?\u202fWatch a recording of College Registrar&nbsp;Gillian Slaughter&nbsp;to learn more.&nbsp; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"advanced_seo_description":"Nominations for the upcoming 2025-2026\u00a0COTO Board of Directors elections are now open. 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