Aditya Misra
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Running for:
VP Finance
About me:
I bring several years of student leadership and financial management experience from the McMaster Science Society, where I served as VP Finance and later President.
As VP Finance, I helped manage an approximately $250,000 annual budget, worked with accounting systems including QuickBooks, and helped transition the society’s finances to a fully online system. I also completed multiple financial reviews and audits with McMaster University, giving me familiarity with institutional policies, financial controls, and auditing requirements.
Beyond the technical side of the role, I genuinely enjoy making financial systems more organized, transparent, and useful for students. I have seen how confusing or inaccessible financial processes can create unnecessary barriers, especially in demanding programs like medicine. I would bring both the technical skills needed to manage MMSC finances responsibly and a strong interest in helping medical students feel more confident navigating the financial side of their education.
My platform:
My platform focuses on making financial resources easier to access, understand, and use.
First, I would ensure MMSC funding for interest groups, initiatives, conferences, travel, and equity-focused programming remains transparent and accessible across all three campuses.
Second, I would create a simple MMSC Funding Navigator that brings together existing MMSC opportunities with UGME bursaries, scholarships, research awards, conference support, external funding, and important deadlines in one place.
Finally, I would work with UGME, McMaster financial aid, and relevant external organizations to offer practical financial workshops throughout the year, including navigating AwardSpring and bursary applications, finding scholarships and external funding, and preparing financially for clerkship and residency.
Rather than creating more bureaucracy, my goal is to connect students with the substantial resources that already exist while identifying opportunities to expand the funding available to them.
How do you plan to ensure that EDI is integrated in your role(s)?
EDI-IR would be integrated into how I allocate funding, design financial resources, and evaluate whether students are being equitably supported.
In my previous role as VP Finance, I created EDI-IR-focused grants and saw firsthand how financial barriers can limit participation in student opportunities. At MMSC, I would work closely with VP Black Health, Mac BMSA, VP Indigenous Health, EDI-IR leadership, and regional-campus representatives to identify barriers within existing funding processes and ensure financial resources are accessible across student communities. I would also consider accessibility, representation, community impact, and regional-campus needs when reviewing funding policies.
Beyond grants, I see financial literacy itself as an equity issue. Students enter medicine with very different levels of financial knowledge and support, so I would work to make bursary, scholarship, funding, and financial-literacy resources easier for every student to navigate.
VP Finance
About me:
I bring several years of student leadership and financial management experience from the McMaster Science Society, where I served as VP Finance and later President.
As VP Finance, I helped manage an approximately $250,000 annual budget, worked with accounting systems including QuickBooks, and helped transition the society’s finances to a fully online system. I also completed multiple financial reviews and audits with McMaster University, giving me familiarity with institutional policies, financial controls, and auditing requirements.
Beyond the technical side of the role, I genuinely enjoy making financial systems more organized, transparent, and useful for students. I have seen how confusing or inaccessible financial processes can create unnecessary barriers, especially in demanding programs like medicine. I would bring both the technical skills needed to manage MMSC finances responsibly and a strong interest in helping medical students feel more confident navigating the financial side of their education.
My platform:
My platform focuses on making financial resources easier to access, understand, and use.
First, I would ensure MMSC funding for interest groups, initiatives, conferences, travel, and equity-focused programming remains transparent and accessible across all three campuses.
Second, I would create a simple MMSC Funding Navigator that brings together existing MMSC opportunities with UGME bursaries, scholarships, research awards, conference support, external funding, and important deadlines in one place.
Finally, I would work with UGME, McMaster financial aid, and relevant external organizations to offer practical financial workshops throughout the year, including navigating AwardSpring and bursary applications, finding scholarships and external funding, and preparing financially for clerkship and residency.
Rather than creating more bureaucracy, my goal is to connect students with the substantial resources that already exist while identifying opportunities to expand the funding available to them.
How do you plan to ensure that EDI is integrated in your role(s)?
EDI-IR would be integrated into how I allocate funding, design financial resources, and evaluate whether students are being equitably supported.
In my previous role as VP Finance, I created EDI-IR-focused grants and saw firsthand how financial barriers can limit participation in student opportunities. At MMSC, I would work closely with VP Black Health, Mac BMSA, VP Indigenous Health, EDI-IR leadership, and regional-campus representatives to identify barriers within existing funding processes and ensure financial resources are accessible across student communities. I would also consider accessibility, representation, community impact, and regional-campus needs when reviewing funding policies.
Beyond grants, I see financial literacy itself as an equity issue. Students enter medicine with very different levels of financial knowledge and support, so I would work to make bursary, scholarship, funding, and financial-literacy resources easier for every student to navigate.