Platform

UNITED FOR PART TIME ISSUES:
-    Work to include Part-Time students under UTAPs
-    Establish a Part Time Student Bursary
-    Fight to allow Part Time students access to ALL residences
-    Fight to have more affordable child-care on campus
-    Work towards including Part-Time students in the UPass
-    Collaborate with the Career Center to have more part-time specific events

UNITED FOR MORE SERVICES:
-    Create a Ministry of Student Services that is open to all students
-    Increase Clubs Funding and Needs Based Bursaries
-    Make the UTMSU Food Bank more visible and accessible
-    Create a network of discounts from local businesses
-    Create a better Communications Strategy to outreach to more students
-    Reintroduce the Wall of Transparency and publish the actuals of the union every month
-    Introduce Discounted Raptors tickets at UTM
-    Fight to extend the UPass to the Summer Session

UNITED FOR EQUITY:
-    Implement new strategies to fight against racism, sexism, homophobia and other forms of discrimination on campus
-    Establish a Phobias Awareness Week
-    Continue the fight to establish permanent equity officers at UTM
-    Conduct an Accessibility Audit of UTM to see where improvements can be made
-    Fight to establish more multi-faith space on campus
-    Establish educational events to address intersecting phobias

UNITED FOR ACCESS TO EDUCATION:
-    Collaborate with ECC members to freeze or reduce residence/parking/meal plan fees
-    Fight to have split tuition fee payments at UTM
-    Lobby to create a provincial system of credit transfer
-    Work with student unions across Ontario to reform OSAP
-    Fight to increase government funding to universities
-    Establish a UTM Think Tank, and publish a report about what students want from all levels of government
-    Increase student involvement in all levels of government
-    Introduce polling station on campus for elections for all levels of government

UNITED FOR ACADEMIC ISSUES:
-    Introduce a Co-Curricular transcript to record all volunteer and extra-curricular activities.
-    Work to establish a Pass/Fail credit on our campus
-    Establish a student run Academic Advocacy Service
-    Increase support for Academic Societies so they can host bigger and better attended events
-    Complete and produce the Anti-Calendar

UNITED FOR ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES:
-    Lobby the University to establish a sustainability policy for all printing and photocopying on campus
-    Lobby to have each residence equipped with filters for water
-    Increase Green Grants

UNITED FOR AN EXPANDED STUDENT CENTRE:
-    Fight to establish a 50 cent for every dollar match by the University towards the Student Center Expansion, to introduce:
o    More club space
o    More food diversity
o    More bookable student space
o    A Convenience Store

UNITED FOR CLUBS:
-    Expand the UTMSU Club Audits
-    Expand services offered to clubs, including a bulk purchasing program, website service, and promotional material designing

UNITED FOR STUDENT RIGHTS:
-    Fight for the right of international students to access OHIP
-    Host an international students Orientation
-    Work to make the UTM Bus Stop heated during winters
-    Lobby the administration to roll over meal plan dollars on an annual basis
-    Expand usage of your flex dollars to off campus businesses
-    Increase Work-Study positions