The Rewards of Loyalty?

Faithful readers of StudentUnion.ca might be familiar with Joanna Groves. She was appointed Director of Services of the University of Victoria Students' Society (UVSS) in 2002, and won the position of Director of Finance in 2003. In 2004, she was elected Chairperson, defeating opposition candidate Dallas Henault and allegedly breaking the UVSS term-limits bylaw. The following year, she faced criticism for chairing the UVSS Electoral Committee despite her firm support for the Putting Students First slate, support which went so far as lending the key to a CFS-leased room (in space owned by the UVSS) to that slate for the purpose of storing campaign materials.

Some readers may also be familiar with the Selkirk Students' Association. Probably not that much familiarity; it's a very small organization, serving the student body at a small institution. But readers might know that it is, and has been for many years, affiliated with the Canadian Federation of Students, a trait that it shares with, inter alia, the UVSS.

But, I suspect that few StudentUnion.ca readers knew that Joanna Groves is now the key staff person (with a job title that I'll bet is "Resource Coordinator") of the Selkirk Students' Association!