[su_heading size=”21″]Emanuel Ebrahim is ready to take on the challenges of being York’s president on March 19.[/su_heading]
Ebrahim, a third-year kinesiology and health major, won the yearly “President for a Day” contest that the university hosts every year. He is a Student Health Ambassador, volunteers for UNICEF and Médecins Sans Frontières, and is involved in many activities at York. He believes his passion for school-spirit is what gave him the upper-hand against his competitors.
“I wrote a paper that was far too long to be submitted, which is why I think my application was selected,” says Ebrahim. “I had to convert the pages, ideas, reasoning, and passion from roughly three pages into one page. This ensured that every line I wrote had to have a significant meaning.”
Ebrahim’s entry focused on the addition of non-academic and athletic bursaries and scholarships. This would make scholarships available to people who make a difference through group involvement and environmental initiatives, amongst other activities.
The temporary president also wants to create more school spirit for York students.
“I see too many people come to school for class and leave right after,” says Ebrahim.
[su_pullquote]“I wrote a paper that was far too long to be submitted, which is why I think my application was selected,” says Ebrahim. “I had to convert the pages, ideas, reasoning, and passion from roughly three pages into one page. This ensured that every line I wrote had to have a significant meaning.”[/su_pullquote]
He wants to create a program-specific forum where students from all age groups can interact and learn from each other, creating a sense of community among the student body.
With the big day approaching, Ebrahim believes it will be an interesting experience to see how the school is run, and how ideas go from paper to action.
“Being president for a day is an honour, but you have to try and think of what you can do with this day that can impact the rest of the generations of future Lions,” says Ebrahim.
His presidential duties include a long list of meetings while working with many people to improve York. He is also scheduled to give a talk at the Kinesiology awards later that night.
Ebrahim says, “It will be tiring but very rewarding in a sense that I get to try and make change, and at the very least I don’t have to go to class.”
Julia Alfano
Staff Writer
