ALMAS KAUR PHANGURA for VP Finance and Services
My name is Almas Phangura and I’m running to be your next VP Finance and Services with the SFU Progressives. I am a fourth year student in the Faculty of Science.

I am passionate about equitable services, especially pertaining to increasing access and opportunity for marginalised groups who are a part of our SFU community. This past year, I have seen how the SFSS did not turn their backs on students and put our needs first at a time when we needed to be heard and supported. The considerable efforts the Progressives put in to support us during these challenging times inspired me to join this fight to defend student power.
Over the past four years, I have worked in various positions to equip myself for the role, ranging from administration, HR, and bookkeeping in the Healthcare and Mortgage sector. My background in Science has provided me with a more rigorous analytical perspective, reflected in my understanding of complex systems and detail-driven analysis. I intend to integrate my background in this field with my passion for community building and volunteering to continue instilling progressive change on campus.
As VP Finance and Services, I will commit to:
  • Improve Funding for Clubs and Student Unions
  • Fight for Affordable Education
  • Improve the Health and Dental Plan
  • Better SFSS Financial Planning
  • Better Transparency and Accountability in the SFSS
Improve Funding for Clubs and Student Unions 
  • Increase the Student Union Core Funding by $300/term for everyone, thus doubling the funding for half of our smaller  student unions, and helping them expand their advocacy efforts.
  • Work with the Members Services Advisory Committee to make the grant system more open, efficient, and accessible.
  • Increase the grant amounts for food and AV costs to allow student unions and clubs to host larger events.
Affordable Education  
  • Despite SFU announcing a multi-year tuition increase, I will push for a tuition freeze!
  • Double funding from $30,000 to $60,000 per year for bursaries to support low-income students.
Improve the Health and Dental Plan
  • Integrate psycho-educational assessment coverage.
  • Support a bidding process to select an insurer who can provide students more expansive health coverage.
  • Increase mental health coverage
Better SFSS Financial Planning
  • Develop a three-year financial plan to create strong, long-term student support services, as well as increase funding for student advocacy initiatives.
  • Create a fundraising group to receive external grants and sponsorships to save students money, and make SFSS large-scale events more accessible and affordable.
Better Transparency and Accountability 
  • Present the SFSS’s finances and spending at Town Hall Meetings to increase transparency and accountability channels.
  • Breakdown the SFSS’s finances in a comprehensive visual format so students have a better understanding of where their money goes.
If you resonate with my line of thought, please cast your vote for Almas Phangura for VP Finance and Services on February 16-18 via SFU Mail.

#StudentPowerStronger
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