Marissa Ditoro is a perfect fit for her job as the Algoma University Students’ Union Equity Centre director.
The Equity Centre helps students who face challenges, such as international students looking for housing, dealing with food insecurity, assists LGBTQ students in accessing services at the Pride Centre, helps students who may feel unsafe on campus and those in financial need with bursary applications.
The centre has stepped up to loan out bicycles to students to help them get around town, helping students who feel they are being discriminated against by a landlord by referring them to the Landlord Tenant Board or legal aid, directing them to health care services and supporting students going through academic appeals.
Ditoro is enthused that the centre is involved with more in person events recently after COVID lockdowns and restrictions, such as a drag show which raises funds for the Group Health Centre’s HIV/AIDS Resource Program .