How did you prepare for this year over the summer?

There are a lot of things that have to be accomplished over the summer, from just making sure you’re up to speed in your portfolio, transitioning from the person before you … as president, it’s really important to make sure that our team is working together really well, that we’re all on the same page and that we know how to support each other.

How would you describe the role of president?

It’s an exciting role because you get to be part of everything SSMU does in some little way. It’s my job to have a basic understanding of everything that’s going on. For me I see it as a coordinating and supporting role where I’m the point person for a lot of things. As the official spokesperson, I’m also here to troubleshoot with all the different [executives].

How do you plan to increase student involvement with SSMU?

Strategic Summits. We also have to look at both deep consultation, shallow consultation and involvement. We’re upping our use of social media. We’re also more interested in being more of a presence in residences.

What are some of your top priorities for this year?

Making SSMU’s democratic processes more accessible and transparent and getting through the year as a cohesive, well-functioning group, and really rooted in what’s in the SSMU constitution, which is service, leadership and representation, which to me means leadership and representation grounded in service.

Never have I ever slept with any other SSMU-shies.