March 6, 2016
KINGSTON, ON – Hiring for the 2016-2017 Government and Assistant Managers for the Alma Mater Society (AMS) has concluded. After receiving 81 applications, the Executive-elect, Tyler Lively, Dave Walker, and Carolyn Thompson are pleased to announce the following hiring decisions:
Secretariat:...
February 28, 2016
KINGSTON, ON – Hiring for the 2016-2017 Head Managers of all AMS services has concluded. After receiving 21 Head Manager applications, the Alma Mater Society (AMS) is pleased to announce the following hiring decisions:
Common Ground Coffeehouse: Kodie Rollan, ArtSci ‘16
Publishing...
February 25, 2016
KINGSTON, ON – Today, Kanivanan Chinniah, Kyle Beaudry, and Sarah Letersky, the AMS Executive, alongside Tyler Lively, David Walker, and Carolyn Thompson, the AMS Executive-elect, issued the following joint statement:
“The AMS welcomes the changes to Ontario’s student financial aid...
KINGSTON, ON – The Mental Health Awareness Committee (MHAC) of the Alma Mater Society (AMS) is hosting an event in conjunction with Queen’s For the Boys and the organization Art with Impact to promote mental wellness by creating a space for students to learn and connect through art and media. Art...
February 23, 2016
KINGSTON, ON – Accessibility Queen’s of the Alma Mater Society (AMS) is hosting their first Sexuality x Disability Summit. This event is centered on providing a platform to explore discussions relating to the intersection of sexuality and disability. Topics will range from creating...
Written by: Alex Chung, Social Issues Commissioner
February 22, 2016
Contrary to popular belief, our generation and our campus is not “post-oppression”. One of our fundamental flaws as a generation is our resistance to have productive conversations as a result of a need to fixate on history as an...
February 10, 2016
By: Tyler Lively, David Walker, and Carolyn Thompson
This year we wanted to do things a little differently and as part of our commitment to an open AMS, we wanted to provide a detailed overview of the Executive Team hiring process.
This year saw a record number of applicants for...
February 9, 2016
KINGSTON, ON – Hiring for the AMS Executive’s team of 2016-2017 has concluded. After reviewing 64 applications and two rounds of interviews, the AMS Executive-Elect (Tyler Lively, David Walker and Carolyn Thompson) are excited to announce the following hiring decisions:
Commissioner...
February 9, 2016
By: Kanivanan Chinniah, Kyle Beaudry, and Sarah Letersky
In all our years at Queen’s, we never thought we would see the student newspaper call for its student government to listen less to students. Their strong call for the reinstatement of approving student activity fees through...
KINGSTON, ON – The Alma Mater Society (AMS) is partnering with ArtStreet at the University of Dayton to bring an art installation entitled “GHETTO: A Retail Art Installation” to the Queen’s campus. The installation is a retail art experience that seeks to take the commercialized...
February 4, 2016
KINGSTON, ON – Today, Kanivanan Chinniah, President, Kyle Beaudry, Vice President (Operations), and Sarah Letersky, Vice President (University Affairs) released the following statement:
“It is with regret that we found that the AMS Judicial Committee, which operates at arm’s length...
February 4, 2016
KINGSTON, ON – Today, George Collister, the Chair of the AMS Judicial Committee, released the following statement:
“On Saturday, January 30th at 8:00 PM, I received a complaint from Colin Zarzour of Team CSG to appeal several decisions of the Elections Team that were made during the...
Council (full-time salaried positions) applications are due today at 4pm! If you’re still on the fence about applying, we wanted to give you a few more reasons to encourage you to submit your application for one (or more!) of these positions. Any one of these individuals would love to talk to...
January 31, 2013
KINGSTON, ON – The Alma Mater Society (AMS) congratulates Tyler Lively, Dave Walker, and Carolyn Thompson (Team LWT) on their election as the 2016-2017 AMS Executive and Cam Yung on his election as University Rector.
In the first round of the AMS Executive elections, Team LWT received...
January 27, 2016
KINGSTON, ON – Below are the results of the 2016 Winter Referendum. Voter turnout was 44.3%.
Do you agree to the establishment of a $0.30 fee (subject to individual opt-out) to support Jack.org Queen’s chapter?
Choice Votes Percentage
Yes...
KINGSTON, ON – On Wednesday, January 6, Student Wellness Services (SWS) announced the extension of the hours of urgent care walk-in clinic service on Thursdays to 7:30pm.
This extension, made on a trial basis, is a result of AMS representatives lobbying the University for better hours of clinic...
So you’re interested in working for the AMS? Check out the 7 tips below to submit the best application possible and get ready for the interview!
1. GO TO THE INFO SESSIONS— Monday January 18 and Thursday January 28. Learn more about the different positions available and meet current salaried...