Mitra Yakubi
Mitra Yakubi is a fourth-year biology and sociology student running for the position of University of Toronto Mississauga Students’ Union (UTMSU) president with the Connect UTM slate. She has been involved in the union as orientation and volunteer coordinator.
Her campaign points include continuing the “conversations” about affordable education, with an emphasis on how UTM students have different needs than students on other campuses, specifically pointing to the high population of commuters. Yakubi identified a lack of mental health resources for students, and added that her slate is “hoping to develop a peer mental health support program that is meant to diversify those mental health services on our campus.”
She wants to work on a self-assigned sick notes program, so that students can take sick days without having to go to a doctor.
Yakubi said, “The student union is, for me, my second home.” She emphasized that as president, she would want to create opportunities for students to get involved with the union, and create safe spaces for students.
