Anna Katycheva Anna Katycheva Students’ Society Councillor Maggie Knight was elected SSMU president Friday night, beating opponent Cathal Rooney-Céspedes with 67.2 per cent of the 4,172 votes cast. Chief Electoral Officer Tais McNeil made the announcement in a two-thirds full Gert’s, which erupted in celebration at the announcement. A number[Read More…]
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Stefan Prokopetz – VP Finance & Operations
What experience do you think you bring into this position? I'm currently doing work for the assistant director of finance here at McGill, I'm doing research on IPOs. So people definitely trust my financial expertise, I understand financial statements, I did budgeting this summer for work. I did a lot[Read More…]
Emily Clare – VP University Affairs
With regards to the administration people have adversarial relationships towards it or cooperative relations, where do you think your approach falls? I think we have to be ourselves as student representatives but also a resource to the university to get information into what students want. So it’s important to work[Read More…]
Natalie Talmi – VP Internal
As you know, there are going be some major changes happening to Frosh next year. How do you feel about these changes, how do you feel that they’ve been handled by Tom Fabian, the current VP Internal? If they’re done correctly, which I feel I could do, then they could[Read More…]
Kady Paterson – VP Internal
The VP internal gets criticized a lot for just being a party planner, would you agree with that assessment or do you see a bigger role and if so what else? Well, I definitely agree with the criticism of it being too often a party planner, because I think that[Read More…]
Todd Plummer – VP Internal
How do you feel about the changes to Frosh? I believe it’s too soon to take a stand on how we feel about Frosh, but I am totally in favour of how this year we are working more closely with the administration. I’m working hard to keep the parts of[Read More…]
Monika Fabian – VP Clubs & Services
Why is it important that the VP clubs and services be an elected position and not something like the interest group coordinator, who is an appointed administrator? When you’re hired as IGC you kind of already have an idea of what you’re supposed to be doing and you fulfill a[Read More…]
Carol Fraser – VP Clubs & Services
What do you think the VP clubs and services relationship should be towards independent student groups that aren’t clubs or services, such as QPIRG? The way I see it is that campus is a place for intellectual growth and intellectual discussion and groups like QPIRG or campus publications. Even though[Read More…]
Usman Bin Shahid
Being a SSMU Rep for the current year I have learned how things in SSMU work. Following on my same mandate as last year as SSMU Rep I wish to further the effort for more student involvement/consultation and representation. I have so far worked in students interest trying my best[Read More…]
Monika Fabian
Please note that Monika Fabian has been sanctioned for sending unsolicited emails to seek endorsements from campus groups. It’s important for our students to have opportunities for involvement outside the classroom. Monika Fabian has strong background experience in ensuring that these opportunities continue to be bountiful and accessible within the SSMU. She has[Read More…]
