THE VOICE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO MISSISSAUGA
Food Bank calls for changes Food bank suffering from limited space and resources, says coordinator MARIA IQBAL NEWS EDITOR UTMSU’s Food Bank is calling for more space and resources to help meet growing student needs. At a meeting of the Food Service Advisory Committee last June, food bank coordinator Nourhan Afify spoke about the issues the food bank is facing. Perception was among the most urgent problems Afify identified. “Many students who could benefit from this service feel uncomfortable using it because of the social stigma associated with poverty and food insecurity,” said Afify in an interview. She added that some students simply do not know that the campus food bank exists. To help increase awareness of the food bank, Afify is planning to launch a marketing campaign so that more students will know of its existence. According to the minutes of the FSAC, only 13 students were using the campus food bank two years ago. Last year, that number increased to 48 stu-
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our office,” said Afify. “We could barely fit food inside the office, let alone people. The Director of Hospitality and Retail Services has spoken to me about the possibility of accessing a bigger space.”
At its meeting last Thursday, UTM’s Academic Affairs Committee approved proposals that will see the masters of management and professional accounting advanced standing option shortened to 12 months, as well as the introduction of a new minor program for forensic science. The first proposal presented to the committee was to reduce the MMPA advanced standing option from 16 months to 12. This proposal came as a result of new guidelines for education in accounting released by the CPA Professional Education Program in 2013. UTM’s Institute for Management and Innovation responded by revising the program to help students better meet its learning expectations.
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The UTMSU Food Bank currently operates in a small room in the Student Centre. dents. And from last June to August, Afify said that the food bank was accessed 86 times. That number includes students who used it multiple times and also factors in their dependents. “Another issue is the quality of our food,” said Afify, noting that the food bank mostly has canned food, al-
though a new fridge means this may not be required. Space is another problem. Currently, the food bank operates in a cramped storage room in the Student Centre. “Our office is the size of a closet. Actually, some closets are bigger than
Student groups: open up OHIP again MARIA IQBAL NEWS EDITOR Like many incoming first-year students, Jessie Li planned to begin her career at UTM by attending the firstyear orientation in September. What she went through that day, however, was not what most students do. The international student from China set off from her Mississauga townhouse that morning. When she reached an intersection and the light turned green, she began to cross the street. A car that was turning right failed to stop for her, and, while slowing down, rolled over her foot. Upon reaching campus after the apologetic driver offered her a ride, Li went to the UTM Health Centre to have her foot examined. Her English was minimal, so it was hard to understand what the doctor was saying. The doctor determined that Li’s bone was
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Mississauga’s Credit Valley Hospital is one of UHIP’s “preferred providers”. likely not injured, but still sent her to the hospital for an X-ray. When Li arrived at the hospital, she went to one of the counters and presented a document from the Health
Centre that confirmed that she was a UTM student and that the doctor had sent her for an X-ray. To Li’s surprise, the receptionist did not accept the document, saying that she had never
dealt with such a document before, nor was Li allowed to take the X-ray.
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