Praise for Paisley

LettersAntonio Bavaro — Published March 22, 2011

Since I’ve known Paisley Sim, her creative ideas on projects and motivation to inspire other students into action has reinvigorated my own involvement within the Concordia Community.

I have been quite involved within student communities in the past. While undertaking my diploma in Theatre Arts at Grant MacEwan University in Edmonton, I was an organizer and co-president of our student organization.

Since starting at Concordia in Fall 2009, I have been on the executive of the Concordia Association of Students in Theatre for two years, and joined Queer Concordia’s executive in Fall 2010.

I have 10 years of experience volunteering and organizing benefit events in Alberta and now in Montreal’s gay, queer, theatre and various artistic communities.

As a fellow Theatre and Development student, Paisley is a fine example of the art community engagement that our program instructs us to embrace in our practice and in our own personal lives.

As a fellow Albertan, I would be proud to list her as someone from my home province. I think she has the prairie wit and earnest ethic that will enable her to represent the student body as a Fine Arts Councilor.

Within Theatre, she is always letting the entire class know whenever something important/fun/interesting is coming up with the FASA or the CSU. Paisley has proven extremely useful when it has come to Special Project Grants and advice with CASTs goals for students in Theatre.

Paisley possesses a firm knowledge in the rules and regulations of our student organizations and administrative structure, as well the heart needed to provide aid to fellow ConU students. She has proved that she cares about really representing students and making sure they are able to make the best out of their university experience.

Because of her humanity and realness when working, I know any council would benefit from Paisley Sim’s expertise and appreciation that politics are for students.

—Antonio Bavaro,
Cinema Student