Nomination time is here!

Would you like to be a Council Voting Representative at Scouts Canada’s Annual General Meeting? Or do you know someone who you would like to nominate? Nominations are open April 16 to May 14, 2024.

Click on the Nomination Form or FAQ for more details.

Call for Nominations Council Voting Representative for the 2024–25 Scouting Year

Scouts Canada is a corporation created by an Act of Parliament and as required, holds an Annual General Meeting (AGM). There are specific statutory requirements for an AGM including approval of financial statements, appointment of public accountants for the next year’s audit and election of Officers and Directors. To ensure fair and open representation of our membership at the AGM and any special meetings, three Voting Representatives are elected annually to represent each Council.

One of the three Voting Representative positions is reserved for a youth member, but it should be noted that all three Voting Representatives from a Council may be youth members. All members under the age of 27 years on September 1, 2024 are defined as youth.

This year’s Annual General Meeting is planned to be held in November 2024.  

All Scouts Canada members born in 2010 can be nominated as a Voting Representative and can cast ballots for their Council’s Voting Representatives.

There are two stages for election:

1. Call for Nominations are open from April 16, 2024 — May 14 2024.
2. Voting, where required, will be open from May 29th, 2024 and closes on June 18, 2024.

Voting

Where an election is required in a Council, Scouts Canada uses the Scottish Single Transferrable Vote system where voters rank candidates in order of preference. This means that the second, third and fourth-place ranking of candidates is used to determine who will be elected. The conducting of the voting and tabulation is outsourced to a third-party organization. 

All Ordinary Members born in 2010 may participate in electing their Council’s Voting Representatives. Voting will be online through MyScouts.ca; please ensure your MyScouts account is current. Detailed instructions as to how to vote will be distributed closer to the date of the election period.

The National Elections Officer will announce results June 21^st 2024. 

Questions?

Have questions? Please review the FAQs.

For more information, please contact the National Elections Officer at elections@scouts.ca.

‘*’ an Ordinary Member is an active participant, volunteer, BP Guild member or Scouts Canada employee in MyScouts.