Meet your 2022-2023 Council!

Sabrina Shahidan

Communications and Outreach

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Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Second Year in Economics, Public Policy, & Statistics

Favourite Part About UC: The intricacies of the UC building architecture!

Favourite Quote: "Let me stay tender hearted, despite despite despite" - Chen Chen

Office Hours: 3-4PM Mondays

Maya Javier

Equity

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Vancouver, Canada

Third Year in Political Science & Critical Studies in Equity and Solidarity

Favourite Part About UC: The architecture, especially the UC library.

Favourite Quote: "Nobody in the world, nobody in history has ever gotten their freedom by appealing to the moral sense of the people who were oppressing them." - Assata Shakur

Office Hours: 12-1PM Wednesdays

Neha Sultana

Off-Campus

Toronto, Ontario

Third Year in Social, Cultural, and Linguistic Anthropology with a focus in Medical Anthropology, History, Politcal Science

Favourite Part About UC: The architecture is beautiful!

Favourite Quote: "What we see changes according to what we look for." - E.J. Koh

Office Hours: 1-2PM Tuesdays

Yashasvini Singh

Sustainability

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New Delhi, India

Third Year in Economics & Sociology

Favourite Part About UC: The incredible history and gorgeous buildings!

Favourite Quote: "If it was safer on the ground, we wouldn't be on a boat." - Matthew Healy

Office Hours: 2-3PM Mondays

Emma Caramazza

University & Academic Affairs

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Washington, D.C

Third Year, Political Science Specialist

Favourite Part About UC: The UC library, its a great study spot!

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Office Hours: 11-12PM Thursdays

Sarah Elliot

Mental Wellness

she/her

Halifax, Nova Scotia

Second Year in Life Sciences

Favourite Part About UC: Late night trip to rezzies!

Favourite Quote: "It never hurts to keep looking for sunshine." - Eeyore

Office Hours: 2-3PM Fridays

Kenzy El-Morsi

Formals

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Cairo, Egypt

Fourth Year, Cinema studies, Diaspora and Transnational Studies, and Political Science

Favourite Part About UC: The gryphon staircase! (Love to give him a pat for good luck before exams)

Favourite Quote: "My hair is being pulled by the stars again" - Anaïs Nin

Office Hours: 12-1PM Mondays

David Basil

Athletics

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Lethbridge, Alberta

Favourite Part About UC: The UC Quad

Favourite Quote: "The river I step in is not the river I stand in." - Heraclitus

Office Hours: 12-1PM Tuesdays

Euan Pound

Spirit and Social

He/Him

Thunder Bay, Ontario

Computer Science/Philosophy

Favourite Part About UC: The creepy hallway to the refectory

Favourite Quote: "Don't believe everything you read online" - Abraham Lincoln

Office Hours: 3-4PM Wednesdays

Grace Liu

First Year Representative

she/her

Calgary, Alberta

First Year, Life Science

Favourite Part About UC: Pianos in the Whitney common rooms

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Office Hours: 3-4PM Thursdays

Firdaus Sadid

First Year Representative

he/him

Calgary, Alberta

First Year, Life Science

Favourite Part About UC: Iconic buildings, historical college, and close proximity to life science classes!

Favourite Quote: "Dreams don't work unless you do." - Mahmoud Darwish

Office Hours: 10-11PM, Fridays

Amilya Wilson

First Year Representative

she/her

Elmira, Ontario

Social Science

Favourite Part About UC: The Sir Dan's Quad and the UC Library!

Favourite Quote: "I can't forget you, not because I have a strong memory, but because I have a heart that never denies those who settled in it once." - Mahmoud Darwish

Office Hours: 11-12PM, Fridays

Sara Melino

First Year Representative

she/her

Scarborough, Ontario

1st Year, Social Science

Favourite Part About UC: The historical buildings and late nights in the residence common rooms!

Favourite Quote: "In the end, everything will be okay. If it's not okay, it's not yet the end." - Fernando Sabino

Office Hours: 10-11AM Mondays

Eva Karulina

First Year Representative

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Kelly Gong

Mid-Year Representative

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Hunan, China

Second Year in Psychology & Neuroscience

Favourite Part About UC: The Junior Common Room!

Favourite Quote: "The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today." - Franklin D. Roosevelt

Office Hours: 10-11AM Thursdays

Chiara Chu

Mid-Year Representative

she/her

Taipei, Taiwan

Second Year in Book and Media Studies, Industry Relations & Human Resources

Favourite Part About UC: The UC building!

Favourite Quote: "Good morning, and in case I don't see ya, good afternoon, good evening, and good night!" - Truman, The Truman Show

Office Hours: 1-2PM Mondays

Kristina Cổ

Mid-Year Representative

she/her

San Francisco, United States

Second Year in Criminology & Sociolegal Studies; Minors in Philosophy & Critical Studies in Equity and Solidarity

Favourite Part About UC: UC library!

Favourite Quote: "With our thoughts, we make the world." - Buddha

Office Hours: 2-3PM Thursdays

Poorvi Sharma

Mid-Year Representative

she/her

Mumbai, India

Third Year in Cognitive Science, Computer Science & Statistics

Favourite Part About UC: The fact that it feels like I'm in a Harry Potter movie!

Favourite Quote: "Smile and the world smiles with you. Growl and you get better service." - Garfield

Office Hours: 11-12PM Wednesdays

Maggie Li

Mid-Year Representative

she/her

Calgary, Alberta

Second Year, Health & Disease, Biology; minor in Immunology

Favourite Part About UC: Late-night chats in the Whitney Quad!

Favourite Quote: "Breathe in the sweet air of limitless possibility, and make life as rich as you know it can be." - Ralph Marston

Office Hours: 1-2PM, Fridays

Eugene Alfonzo II Alteza

Mid-Year Representative

he/him

Scarborough, Ontario

Third Year, Pharmacology Specialist, Immunology Minor

Favourite Part About UC: The building is beautiful!

Favourite Quote: "Yesterday is gone, What will you do today?"

Office Hours: 2PM-4PM, Tuesdays

Ella Levin

Upper-Year Representative

she/her

Toronto, Ontario

4th Year, Political Science & Sociology Majors, Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations Minor

Favourite Part About UC: The outdoor spaces (love the quads!)

Favourite Quote: "Damn, uhh... ham..." - Unknown

Office Hours: 2-3PM, Wednesdays

Dylan Smart

Upper-Year Representative

he/him

Cambridge, Ontario

4th, Human Biology, Biodiversity and Conservation Biology, Physiology

Favourite Part About UC: The commuter community at the CSC! (shoutout to the cocos <3)

Favourite Quote: "Science tells us that we are all energy and that we are all connected. And once energy is present in the universe, it doesn’t just disappear. Life moves from one form of energy to another. Your father is still very much a part of the universe." - A character in a book I recently read.

Office Hours: 1-2PM, Wednesdays

Ali Syed

Upper-Year Representative

Milton, Ontario

Computer Science

Favourite Part About UC: The JCR !!

Favourite Quote: "Nothing is impossible. The word itself says I'm possible" - Audrey Hepburn

Office Hours: 11am-12pm, Tuesdays

Easha Khan

UC Director

she/her

Vaughan, Ontario

Second Year in Political Science, English, & Canadian Studies

Favourite Part About UC: The architecture, people, and the city!

Favourite Quote: "Invest in your dreams, grind now, and shine later"

Office Hours: Tuesdays 3-4PM

Muskan Nagra

UC Director

she/her

Brampton, Ontario

Second Year in Humanities

Favourite Part About UC: The architecture, the city, the opportunity to grow, and the people

Favourite Quote: "Never, ever be afraid to make some noise and get in good trouble. Necessary trouble." - John Lewis

Office Hours: Wednesdays 12-1PM

Nicholas Merrithew

UC Director

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Megan Ding

Vice President Internal Deputy

she/her

Kingston, Ontario

First year in Life Science

Favourite Part About UC: Being so close to all my classes (I can sleep in a few more minutes everyday)

Favourite Quote: "Don't waste your time. Or time will, waste, you..." - Muse

Japneet Kaur

Vice-President Clubs Deputy

Uttarakhand, India

First Year in Humanities

Favourite Part About UC: The eclairs at FUNG!!

Favourite Quote: "So, I guess we are who we are for a lot of reasons. And maybe we'll never know most of them. But even if we don't have the power to choose where we come from, we can still choose where we go from there." - Charlie, The Perks of Being a Wallflower.

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Finance Deputy

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Equity Deputy

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Nithya Gopalakrishnan

Sustainability Deputy

she/her

Calgary, Alberta

Second Year in Genome Biology, Health and Disease, & Immunology

Favourite Part About UC: The Junior Common Room!

Favourite Quote: "The future doesn't exist. The only thing that exists is now and our memory of what happened in the past." - David Suzuki

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Selen Bayram

Communications and Outreach Deputy

she/her

Izmir, Türkiye

Second Year in Neuroscience, Cognitive Science, and Psychology

Favourite Part About UC: The architecture, the community, the fact that it offers the Cognitive Science program, the spirit, and its history!

Favourite Quote: "The moon is on my side, I have no reason to run." - fun.

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Formals Deputy

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Rubaina Farin

Secretary

Toronto, Ontario

Third Year, Double Major in genetics and Computational Cognitive Sciences, Minor in Women and Gender Studies

Favourite Part About UC: The people!

Favourite Quote: "People say nothing is impossible, but I do nothing every day." - A.A. Milne

Norah Rahman

Speaker

Toronto, Ontario

Second Year, Double Major in Peace, Conflict and Justice & Anthropology

Favourite Part About UC: Chicken tenders at Howard Ferg.

Favourite Quote: "We have laboured long to build a heaven, only to find it populated with horrors." - Alan Moore, Watchmen