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Recognition Policy Under Review

Written by Communications on June 25, 2024. Posted in My AMS.

After careful and deliberate discussion, on June 24th, the AMS Assembly has unanimously voted to suspend the Recognition Policy. This decision comes after thoughtful consideration and feedback from stakeholders. As a part of the regular policy review process that takes place early in the summer, it...

Changes on Judicial Commitee Hiring

Written by Communications on June 17, 2024. Posted in My AMS.

Please be aware that the AMS will be increasing the number of students hired for the Judicial Committee from 6 to 9. While no changes have been made for the quorum of Judicial Committee, the increase in number aims to work around the availability of JCOMM members during the school year, and address...

24/25 AMS Senior Management Team Hired

Written by Communications on April 8, 2024. Posted in My AMS, News.

KINGSTON, ON | April 8th, 2024 |11:40 AM After several months of reviewing applications, conducting interviews, and careful deliberations, Owen Rocchi, Ayan Chowdhury, and Ruth Osunde have completed their hiring for the 2024-2025 AMS Senior Management. Team OAR is excited to announce the following...

AMS Judicial Committee Findings

Written by Communications on April 8, 2024. Posted in My AMS.

To whom it may concern, On March 25th, 2024 the AMS Judicial Committee convened to hear the case of AMS v. AMS (Rector) Election Team, presented by the Judicial Affairs Manager for the complaint submitted by Leo Yang on February 8th, 2024. This report is released pursuant to section 4.6(IX),...

March Executive Updates

Written by Communications on March 19, 2024. Posted in My AMS, News.

Elections It was an unusual election season, to say the least! No team satisfied the requirements to be placed on the ballot this year, unfortunately. With this in mind, a past precedent utilized in 2018 was enacted. Assembly received their notice immediately with our next actions. A special assembly...

St Patrick’s Day Harm Reduction Booth

Written by Communications on March 14, 2024. Posted in Community Issues, My AMS, Tricolour Spirit.

The AMS is organizing the St. Patrick’s Day Harm Reduction Event on March 16th. This event will take place in front of the ARC, at the entrance on Earl St., from 10 am to 2 pm, or as long as supplies last. The AMS tent will be stocked with an array of goodies and essentials aimed at promoting...

AMS Executive Appointment Results

Written by Communications on March 1, 2024. Posted in My AMS, News.

March 1st, 2024 | 1:25 AM Kingston, ON – On February 29th, 2024, at 11:26 PM, AMS Assembly Appointed the 2024-2025 AMS Executive team. The AMS Elections Team would like to congratulate Owen Rocchi (President), Ayan Chowdhury (Vice President of Operations), and Ruth Osunde (Vice President of...

AMS Elections Following February 13th Special Session Assembly

Written by Communications on February 23, 2024. Posted in My AMS, News.

Friday, February 23rd, 2024 | Kingston, ON On February 13th, 2024, the AMS held a Special Session Assembly to appoint the next AMS Executive Team. The sole team on the ballot was Team LOT, who did not receive a vote of confidence from Assembly Members. With 21 Members of Assembly voting against the...

2024 Rector Election Results

Written by Communications on February 8, 2024. Posted in My AMS, News, Student Life.

Thursday, February 8th, 2024 | 8:14 AM KINGSTON, ON – Below are the results of the 2024 University Rector Election held amongst AMS and SGPS members. 2024 Rector Election: Niki Boytchuk-Hale: 2073 (42.8%) Leo Yang: 1759 (36.3%) None of the Above: 127 (2.6%) Abstain: 883 (18.2%) The 39th Rector...

AMS 2024 Winter Referendum Results

Written by Communications on February 8, 2024. Posted in My AMS, News, Student Life.

Thursday, February 8th, 2024 | 12:26 AM KINGSTON, ON – Below are the results of the 2024 AMS Winter Referendum. Voter turnout was 19.7%. AMS Sliding Scale for Reference: Voter turnout between 15-19.9% of AMS members requires 55% or higher to pass Voter turnout between 10-14.9% of AMS members requires...

AMS Elections Update

Written by Communications on February 1, 2024. Posted in My AMS, News.

Thursday, February 1st, 2024 As of Wednesday, January 31st, 2024, no candidate team for AMS Executive has satisfied the requirements to be placed on the ballot for the February 6th and 7th 2024 AMS Executive Election. Moving forward, the 2024-25 AMS Executive team will be appointed by the Assembly...

In Response to Matthew Evans

Written by Communications on January 22, 2024. Posted in My AMS, News.

We are incredibly disheartened that, after almost a month of planning, Matthew Evans, Provost, and Donna Janiec (VP of Finance and Administration) have decided to let the student population know that they will no longer be attending the January AMS Assembly at 4:40pm the day before. The student community...

2024 Rector Election Update

Written by Communications on January 15, 2024. Posted in My AMS, News.

On December 12th, 2023, Owen Crawford-Lem, the 38th Rector of Queen’s University, announced that he will resign from his position on April 30th, 2024, serving a 2-year term. The Rector, elected by all students and as the third highest officer of the University, advocates and shares the perspective...

A statement on recent Non-binary, Trans, and 2SLGBTQIA+ protests

Written by Communications on September 20, 2023. Posted in My AMS, News.

September 20th, 2023 Across Canada, including Kingston, protests are being held to object school curriculum focusing on gender identity and gender expression. These demonstrations target the Non-binary, Trans and 2SLGBTQIA+ communities, who are an active part of our campus community. As members of...

Queen’s University Contributes $750K Funding to the City of Kingston

Written by stuart on March 2, 2022. Posted in My AMS.

Queen’s University has recently committed to an additional $750,000 in funding to the city, to be distributed in $150,000 yearly lump sums.

Winter Term Update

Written by Jumphost on December 17, 2021. Posted in My AMS, News.

December 17, 2021 KINGSTON, ON – Yesterday afternoon, Queen’s University sent an email detailing an update about Winter Term. An excerpt is shown below: “With some very limited exceptions, which are themselves subject to change should public health considerations require it,...

Update on Rector Election

Written by Jumphost on October 4, 2021. Posted in My AMS, News.

October 4, 2021 Kingston, ON – The AMS Office of the Secretariat has announced that Rector candidate Maya Morcos has succeeded her name from the ballot prior to the voting days of October 1st and 2nd, 2021. We wish Maya the best and thank her for engaging with the position over the...

City issues new emergency order to further curb unsafe social gatherings

Written by Jumphost on September 10, 2021. Posted in My AMS, News.

Sept. 10, 2021 KINGSTON, ON – Today, the City of Kingston is issuing a new emergency order – which includes increased penalties and new enforcement powers to further discourage the ongoing violation of social-gathering limits and help stop local COVID-19 case counts from climbing. Recent large...