Don’t be surprised to see SA presidential candidate Travis McIntosh out talking to MRC students with wife Rita and four-month-old son Liam in tow.
“Liam sure is fun on the campaign trail. There are a lot of really passionate and informed women on campus,” McIntosh said, admitting he’s still learning the ropes of fatherhood. “If they don’t like talking with me, because sometimes when I’m passionate about something I can be confrontational and brash, they tend to really like talking with Liam.”
If he gains the presidency, McIntosh, a fourth-year applied policy studies student, hopes to raise Mount Royal’s exposure on a worldwide scale.
“I think this a great institution and this is the highest office I can gain as a student to try and represent the incredible students I have met . . . I have always felt that if you believe in something than you should tell other people about it and that’s what I’m doing right now,” McIntosh said.
McIntosh was initially disqualified in last spring’s election before an appeal process led to the byelection. He said re-tooling the SA election policy would be a top priority, along with creating economic incentives for students who ride Calgary Transit and raising SA exposure.
And if he is elected on Dec. 2, McIntosh said, “I would be spending my Christmas reading a lot of information but that’s what I have been doing over the last three years for my degree. I like reading policy; I like reading legal documents. I am a dork that way. That’s why I think I would be a good candidate for office.”
— Jeremy Nolais
It is my purpose, in this time of electoral change, to give back to Mount Royal in equal weight, if not more, the abundant experiences and resources that this institution has given me. The experiences that I have obtained within the classrooms and halls of Mount Royal College have instilled in me a confidence, understanding, and clarity that will be with me for all days to come. In this brief statement I seek to outline my experience and overall vision for the Students' Association of Mount Royal College. My vision for the Students Association is for it to advocate on behalf of students through the renewal and continuance of the Association’s primary function: a representative, or steward, of students.
I believe that upon the end of your time here at Mount Royal University, you should leave this school in better shape and spirits than when you arrived. You deserve to have a choice to continue your education, be it undergraduate continuation, or graduate studies, unimpeded by the school you were enrolled in. Essentially, your credits earned at Mount Royal should award you equal credit standing at any other major Canadian, and potentially international, post-secondary institution. I know first-hand that the instruction we receive here meets or exceeds our national standards and should be supported in any way possible by our Association where needed.
Ultimately, it is the faculty and staff who instruct and support us every day of our school-life who should be recognized in this context. By their capacity to involve us, train us, and challenge us to be better than who we once were, Mount Royal’s array of professional academic instructors and staff build us up to become successful, attentive individuals within a complex world. It is this world-class education provided to us through these individuals that I believe must be exemplified and support through our Students' Association. As your elected president I plan to be your voice, to announce to Canada and to the world that we attend Mount Royal!
As a candidate for the position of president I believe whole-heartedly in the values of the Students' Association. The mandate of the SA of Mount Royal College is one of a promoter of student welfare, a representative voice within all levels of educational development, and the enhancers of student life. I believe these three mandates are the greatest of services that the SA can offer to you and me. By supporting the SA, you support yourself - as the SA supports you, so in turn are you strengthened. The cyclical nature of influence is unimpeded as long as all those within the Association remain together. A vote for me is a vote to restore certainty, order, and direction within the SA’s leadership towards winning whole and obtaining the recognition of the work we have all done here together as students. We deserve nothing less.
Vote for me to be your one, for all, so that in turn, for you, all can be won.
Vote Travis McIntosh.
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