Fourth-year political science student Dina Skvirsky started out as a Drop Fees campaign organizer. From there, she gradually became more involved with CUSA, began working for the Carleton Disability Awareness Centre, and is now running for vice-president (student issues) with the “United Carleton” slate.
“It's been really fun working with students and getting to know the issues that students face every day, but also getting some positive feedback and uniting the Carleton community around issues that affect us all every day,” Skvirsky said.
Skvirsky said she wants to give back to the Carleton community and really believes in her platform and what they can do for students.
“We represent a united Carleton. We’ve pulled people from all over campus. We’ve been all over the world. We come from different backgrounds, different programs, different jobs even. It’s about unity and pulling Carleton together to make some positive changes,” she said.
Skvirsky said they have many ideas, including making Carleton bottled-water-free, fighting for student space, establishing OHIP for international students and introducing a fall reading week. She said she has one especially important goal for the coming year.
“One of the biggest things that I’m the most passionate about is fighting for a dedicated sexual assault support centre. . . . I really strongly believe we have the space and money. We just need the will to have a dedicated sexual assault support centre,” Skvirsky said.
“We’re really serious about this, we have a great team lined up, [and] we’re going to have a great year.”