The executive slate of UTMSU weighs in on what they’ve promised to accomplish.
Nour Alideeb – President
- A grade forgiveness policy
- Creating a Nap Room
- Free post-secondary education for all students
- Establishing a mentorship program for first-year and upper-year students
- Fighting against rising fees: Tuition Incidental and Ancillary
- Lobbying for $15 minimum wage on campus
Jackie Zhao – VP Internal and services
- Emergency food plan fund
- More locker spaces on campus
- International Student Bursary
- Sustainable green products for clubs and societies
- Establish a GTA U-Pass
- Introduce Summer Club Space Allocation
- Increase club funding
- Multi-lingual UTMSU Newsletter
Maleeha Baig – VP equity
- Combat sexism, misogyny, and build consent culture on campus
- Lobby for Racialized and Indigenous Counsellors, Mental Health
- More diverse destressor programming
- Combat Islamophobia, Racism, Homophobia, and all systemic forms of oppression
- Establish Task Force on Multifaith Space
- Establishing an Equity Service Centre
- Free hygiene products on campus
- Equity/Indigenous Breadth Requirement
Marise Hopkins – VP external
- Heated bus shelter at IB, Deerfield, and Hart House
- Lobby for cheaper, healthier, and expanded food options on campus
- Combat xenophobia through the WUSC program
- Challenge anti-blackness on campus
- Lobby for OHIP for international students and more international student services/support
Vanessa Demello — VP university affairs and academics
- Improving mental health services, debunking myths, and monthly programming
- Work towards eliminating AV costs for clubs and societies
- Work towards eliminating Registrar fees, deferral, exam review fees
- Expanded summer course options
- Reform of Academic accommodation processes
- Study space expansion
