While all of the candidates for VP University Affairs have extensive SSMU, faculty, and Senate experience, we endorse Haley Dinel because of her exceptional diplomacy.

Next year’s SSMU executive will have to focus on rebuilding a healthy relationship with the administration. Her extensive list of working relationships with senior administrators  have prepared her very well for this role. 

Dinel is committed to achieving student goals through the appropriate channels, evident in her collaboration in live- streaming Senate meetings and a question and answer period with the Principal following Nov. 10.

Dinel is one of a select group of students which senior members of the administration takes seriously. Coupled with her commitment to creating safe spaces for all students’ voices, we are confident in her ability to help the McGill community move forward next year.

While both Matt Crawford and Emil Briones have similar experience as senators, we believe that Dinel is particularly suited to bridging the divide between the student body and the administration next year.