It’s exam season which often means you forget to take time for yourself. You have to take these moments, to smile and laugh with your friends, it’s a small (but easy) way to take care of yourself. It’s little moments like this that can help you to keep going even in the most stressful...
December 8, 2015
KINGSTON, ON—On Thursday, December 3, the Alma Mater Society (AMS) eliminated proposals as a mandatory component of the hiring process for salaried staff and select senior volunteers to be replaced by three open-ended questions designed to better test the applicant’s thought process...
November 30, 2015
KINGSTON, ON – The Alma Mater Society (AMS) is proud to announce the following hiring decisions for Orientation Week 2016.
Orientation Roundtable
Coordinator – Meghan Peirce
Logistics Director – Dayna Hellmann
Leadership Development Director – Shannon Crooks
Systems & Support...
November 19, 2015
KINGSTON, ON – Today, Kanivanan Chinniah, AMS President, made the following remarks at the Assembly meeting of November 19, 2015:
“On Monday, November 9, 2015, the Executive was notified by a participant in the Fall Referendum of concerns with regards to the status of the Chief...
November 11, 2015
KINGSTON, ON – Hiring for the AMS Commissioner of Internal Affairs has concluded. After reviewing 4 applications, the AMS Executive (Kanivanan Chinniah, Kyle Beaudry, and Sarah Letersky) are happy to announce that Jon Wiseman, ArtSci ’16, will be taking on the position of Commissioner...
November 9th, 2015
KINGSTON, ON – On Tuesday, November 10th the Alma Mater Society (AMS) and the City of Kingston will install University District street signs in the area bound by Nelson Street to the west, Princess Street to the north, Division and Barrie Streets to the east, and Johnson Street...
November 4th, 2015
KINGSTON, ON – Hiring for the AMS Academic Affairs Commissioner has concluded. After reviewing three applications, the AMS Executive (Kanivanan Chinniah, Kyle Beaudry, and Sarah Letersky) are happy to announce that Tyler Lively, ArtSci ’16, will be taking on the position of Academic...
October 30, 2015
KINGSTON, ON – Today, Kanivanan Chinniah, President, Kyle Beaudry, Vice President (Operations), and Sarah Letersky, Vice President (University Affairs), issued the following statement:
“Yesterday, we accepted the resignation of Miriam Bart, Commissioner of Internal Affairs, effective...
The AMS Executive and their team have been working hard this year to accomplish the initiatives outlined in their platform and beyond. Read more to see what we’ve been doing for the past six months!
Common Ground Seating:
We conducted a formal capacity check with the aid of the Fire Marshall,...
So you want to vote in Kingston but you don’t know where to go? Read this blog to find out more about the different locations to vote in Kingston- specifically the locations that match with your district.
The easiest way to find out your exact poll locations is:
Step 1: Go to the Elections...
Last year the AMS executive team had the wildly ambitious idea to take an empty street during Homecoming and fill it with people, food and music. This Festival on Union Street was ultimately (and oh so cleverly named) the ReUnion Street Festival and deemed a resounding success from both those who...
September 18, 2015
KINGSTON, ON – Today, Kanivanan Chinniah, Kyle Beaudry, and Sarah Letersky, the AMS Executive, issued the following statement in response to the University’s release of the Lewis Report and subsequent review of the student non-academic discipline systems:
“Over the past century,...
September 16, 2015
KINGSTON, ON – Hiring for the AMS Human Resources Officer has concluded. After reviewing five applications, the AMS Executive (Kanivanan Chinniah, Kyle Beaudry, and Sarah Letersky) are happy to welcome Mackenzie Jackson, ArtSci ’17, to the position of HR Officer for the remainder...
August 26, 2015
KINGSTON, ON – Today, Kanivanan Chinniah, the President, and Kyle Beaudry, the Vice President (Operations), appointed Sarah Letersky, ArtSci ’16, as the Vice President (University Affairs) with immediate effect.
The decision was taken in light of the pressing need to have a replacement...
Statement from Catherine Wright
KINGSTON, ON – Today, Catherine Wright, AMS Vice President (University Affairs), issued the following statement:
“The past few months, I have been facing some personal challenges which have made transitioning into the role of Vice President (University Affairs) difficult....
June 19, 2015
KINGSTON, ON – Today, the Alma Mater Society (AMS) released “Collective Perspectives: A Policy Paper on Collective Bargaining between Queen’s University and the Queen’s University Faculty Association”, a student-centric analysis of the factors affecting the new Collective Agreement between...
April 23, 2015
KINGSTON, ON – The Alma Mater Society is excited to announce that the Earth Centre will be joining the AMS as a service under the Commission of the Environment and Sustainability (CES). This is a great opportunity for both parties who work to fulfill the same mandate of improving environmental...